A $70 million 120-bed home veterans home planned for about seven acres of a 26-acre state-owned parcel across from the Walmart store in Kapolei must choose a general contractor by March to meet Veterans Administration deadlines or risk losing nearly two-thirds of the project’s federal funding. The 135,000-square-foot, two-story Hawaii State Veterans Home is planned […]

Holy guacamole. Avocado fans: This one is for you. Kenji Fukumitsu, a Kona farmer, has a tree that’s producing avocados that each weigh as much as a newborn baby. “Look at the size of this, it’s unbelievable it’s like a baby … we should dress it,” joked Dr. Joy McElory. McElory is a doctor at […]

The idea of a new Aloha Stadium isn’t a unique one, but two state lawmakers say their new strategy actually lays out a solid funding plan and they’re not just focusing on the stadium, but everything that surrounds the venue. And that means pushing out some long time vendors. “What this in affect does is […]

It’s embracing bioplastics and paper. Samsung is once more improving its environmental footprint in response to pressure. The company has outlined plans to begin replacing plastic packaging with more sustainable materials. From the first half of 2019 onward, it’ll ditch regular plastic in boxes for phones, appliances and other products with bioplastics, recycled plastics and […]

This Valentine’s Day is going to be a little less sweet. SweetHearts, the colorful, heart-shaped candies with sugary messages like “Kiss Me” and “My Love” will be scarce this year. If you’re lucky enough to find them, they’ll be from last year’s batch. It’s kind of a historic moment. These candies have been a mainstay […]

Researchers have warned climate change will lead to extreme weather events, increase human mental health problems and internally displace more than 143 million people. A recent study from Japan, where temperatures have increased an average of 34.07 Fahrenheit per 100 years, suggests changing temperatures due to global warming could alter the world’s proportion of male and […]

PORTSMOUTH — When it comes to disposing items like pizza boxes, water and beer bottles, even old copies of this newspaper, practically every ecologically conscious person would pitch them in a recycling bin. Until fairly recently, communities’ recycling products had value in developing countries, namely China, where they are broken down into raw materials. American […]

It took decades to convince Americans to throw paper, tin cans, glass jars and plastic milk jugs into the recycling bin instead of the garbage. And now, some of those recyclables are ending up in the landfill. Recycling is not going away, but because of a shift in the worldwide market, the system is undergoing […]

Don’t mix grocery shopping bags with your bottles and cans. It’s a disaster for recycling facilities. Guess what? Plastic shopping bags are recyclable. But if you think you can toss them in with the bottles, cans or cartons in your recycling bin, we have some bad news. Bags require special sorting and processing machines ― and […]

When it comes to conserving water, making small changes can have a huge impact. But many of us don’t really think about water shortages unless we are in the middle of a heatwave, when temperatures are consistently at 85 degrees or more. Extreme heat or not, the water system is overstretched, and with climate change, we can […]