The Legislature in Hawaii is currently considering a bill, SB 2365, that proposes to ban consumer fireworks statewide. Below is the testimony that I have submitted for this bill. I am outraged by the abundance of fireworks and the lack of enforcement of existing laws this past New Year’s Eve (and in the past on …
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Roz Savage, Ocean Rower
For the past few months, I’ve been working with ocean rower and environmentalist Roz Savage for a project at Archinoetics (where I work) called the RozTracker (an interactive mapping tool that plots her crossing of the Pacific Ocean). Recently, Archinoetics took over managing Roz’s website as well, and so I was charged with fixing a …
Surfrider Oahu Website
I recently completed the new Surfrider Oahu website for the local chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. This was an amazing opportunity to work on a website for a cause that I am so passionate about: protecting the oceans and shorelines. The website was built WordPress and integrates a number of third party tools, such as …
Sea Turtle Testimony
There is currently a proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service to allow unlimited longlining by Hawaii swordfish boats. In the proposal is an increase in the allowed “interactions” (typically that is a euphemism for death, or at least serious injury). As you might guess, I strongly oppose this proposed measure. Below is the testimony …
American Clean Energy and Security Act
To those who question the potential effectiveness of the Waxman-Markey bill (also known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act), I have two questions: 1) Do you believe that humans have caused the climate to change? and, 2) Do you think we have the capacity to fix it? I just want to make sure …