UHERO 101.12: What is the Value of the Environment?
By Cheryl Geslani The Earth’s environment is divided into different combinations of living organisms and their nonliving surroundings: air, water and soil. These different organic
By Cheryl Geslani The Earth’s environment is divided into different combinations of living organisms and their nonliving surroundings: air, water and soil. These different organic
By Christopher Wada Managing water resources requires an understanding of the linkages between key hydrologic factors and direct human influences. The problem is further complicated
By Jonathan Page and Timothy Halliday Thomas Piketty’s best-selling tome on the evolution of inequality in the US, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, has inspired
By Sherilyn Wee and Michael Roberts Spurred by low natural gas prices and a maturing market for liquefied natural gas (LNG), Hawai‘i Gas received their
By Michael Roberts The calculator in the last post shows that installing solar is an incredibly valuable investment for households and businesses with the physical
By Michael Roberts Renewable energy presents many new challenges at the system level. Before we get to that, it helps to first look at things
By Michael Roberts In 2012 Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University Business School Professor visited Hawaii to give the Stephen and
By Michael Roberts Excluding rooftop solar, Hawai’i residential consumers pay an average of about 37 cents for a kilowatt-hour of electricity. Taking refrigerators, water heaters,
By Kim Burnett and Christopher Wada Results from a recent statistical exercise suggest that by the end of the 21st century, Hawaii will likely see
By Sherilyn Wee and Makena Coffman The one-dollar increase in Hawai‘i’s environmental tax from five-cents since its inception in 1993 to $1.05 effective July 1,
By Jonathan Page and Tim Halliday The outlook for inequality and poverty in Honolulu is not as rosy as it might seem at first glance.
By Carl Bonham Ten different bills have been introduced at the legislature this session to raise Hawaii’s minimum wage. According to proponents, raising Hawaii’s minimum wage
By Inna Cintina and Natalie Schack The gender pay gap gets a lot of attention, but what can we learn about it by looking at
By Tim Halliday Our work indicates that a bad economy can kill you. Specifically, we show that over the ten years from 1984 to 1993
By Inna Cintina Earlier this year the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (FDHHS) issued a summary report on the health plan choices and