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Class pets, weed boom, school robots: News from around our 50 states
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May 5, 2021, 7:33 AM·51 min read
Alabama
Birmingham: Declaring the COVID-19 pandemic “absolutely” managed despite lagging vaccinations, Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday that she will end a health order meant to guard against the spread of an illness that has killed nearly 11,000 people statewide. Citing improved infection rates, fewer hospitalizations and more widespread immunizations, Ivey said the current order recommending that people follow health guidance and requiring some precautions for senior citizens and long-term care facilities will end May 31, barring a sharp rise in cases. The declared state of emergency will end July 6, she said in a statement. “For over a year now, Alabamians, like people around the globe, have made sacrifices and adjusted to a temporary ‘new normal.’ We have learned much since last year, and this is absolutely now a managed pandemic. Our infection rates and
Hawaiian Electric Says It Might Pull The Plug On Giant Battery - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaiian Electric Says It Might Pull The Plug On Giant Battery
Regulators gave the green light to the project, which they say is needed to keep Oahu’s lights on, but with conditions the company opposes. Reading time: 6 minutes.
Hawaiian Electric might pull the plug on a proposed energy storage project designed to help replace a coal-burning power plant that is Oahu’s largest single source of electricity, the company said in response to an order from regulators allowing the storage project to go forward but with numerous conditions.
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How to Resolve Community Conflicts
Community opposition to proposed projects is nothing new, but it seems to be more common nowadays. And more effective. To get moving on such projects, and others, Hawai‘i must work with communities that are demanding a voice in their future.
May 3, 2021
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Recent high-profile conflicts have blocked Hawai‘i’s efforts to generate renewable electricity, build affordable housing and improve parks. This report looks at recent community conflicts and discusses ways to find common ground and collaboratively move forward.
Hundreds of people spent 39 nights in 2019 blocking the arrival of eight 568-foot-tall wind turbines that they said would be set up too close to residences and schools in rural Kahuku.
Pandemic putting brakes on Honolulu bike-share program
May 3, 2021
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HONOLULU (AP) The pandemic is putting the brakes on Honolulu s bicycle-sharing program.
Known as Biki, the program is considering decommissioning as many as 50 of about 130 stations currently in service, Bikeshare Hawaii Executive Director Todd Boulanger said.
The pandemic has taken a financial toll on the program launched four years ago, and the next three-to-six months will be crucial in determining its future, Boulanger said.
The program logged 1.4 million rides in 2019, but the number of trips and generated income was slashed in half when the pandemic hit, Hawaii News Now reported Monday.