HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 2 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: The 29 grid-scale renewable energy projects planned or under construction on four islands represent between $3.5 billion and $4 billion in investment in Hawaii's clean energy economy, according to an estimate by Hawaiian Electric. In addition, more than 3,000 private rooftop solar projects have been interconnected so far in 2020. On Oahu, that represents more than $65 million in businesses' and homeowners' investm more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 1 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on June 30: Attorney General Clare E. Connors yesterday filed a lawsuit against electronic-cigarette manufacturers JUUL Labs, Inc. (better known simply as JUUL) and Altria Group, Inc. (the parent company of Philip Morris and JUUL's largest shareholder), as well as certain key executives and directors, seeking penalties, damages, and injunctive relief for violations of Hawaii's Unfair and Decep more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 1 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today signed on to a bipartisan letter signed by 42 attorneys generals urging the U.S. Senate to pass S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings (ILLICIT CASH) Act. The letter was sent to Sen. Mike Crapo, Chairman, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ranking Member, of the Senate  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 30 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: Hawaiian Electric will extend the moratorium on disconnections for nonpayment through Sept. 1, and urges customers who are having difficulty paying their bill to contact the company well before September to consider payment options. Hawaiian Electric suspended collection efforts in March to ensure customers' electric service was not disrupted during COVID-19-related orders to stay at home. On Friday, the Public U more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 2 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: Five new physicians joined Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii. They add to Kaiser Permanente's award-winning staff of more than 600 health care providers in Hawaii's largest medical practice, the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, which serves more than 250,000 members in Hawaii. Siting Chen, MD, PhD, joins the oncology department at Kaiser Permanente Kona Medical Office and Hilo Clinic. He received his medical degree fro more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 2 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: An already impressive laboratory for data visualization at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is collaborating on a major software upgrade with the help of a $5-million grant from the National Science Foundation. The Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Applications (LAVA) consists of 1,200-square feet of space equipped with the world's highest resolution hybrid reality visualization system called the D more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 2 -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: The journal Substance Use and Misuse (SUM) has published a special issue on areca nut and betel quid (ANBQ) research . The issue contains 22 articles from 10 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region. The publication, co-edited by University of Hawaii Cancer Center researchers Thaddeus Herzog, Ph.D. and Pallav Pokhrel, Ph.D., is composed of literature reviews, commentaries and original resea more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 1 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: An international team of researchers focused on what can happen to ocean ecosystems when fishing pressure increases or decreases, and how this differs between tropical to temperate marine ecosystems. The team, led by Elizabeth Madin, a researcher at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology in the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), found ecosystems do not res more PR