For those that are perpetually reading impaired (or maybe, as suggested, just pro grifting?) - Governor Green said, "holding the fossil fuel industry responsible for deceptive conduct". This is the same historical pattern as with Big Tobacco, which also engaged in a long-running cover-up that ultimately caught up to them. Shouldn't come as much of a surprise as many of the same legal firms that worked for Big Tobacco also worked for Big Oil.
Lying to the public and your investors for decades tends to have legal consequences - unless the White House prefers to interfere with state lawsuits, that the Supreme Court declined to stop, and pick winners and losers?
TomK - And seriously, what will the $100K million be used for in reality, even if it's a realistic estimate? At some point, you'll price out the people who make a substantial economic contribution to the state.
$100 Billion would go a long way! ;) But regardless of the math, seems to make sense that everyone should pay to clean up the messes they make and cruise ships make some of the biggest messes.
Fiend - Mitigation? Ha!
Yeah, better wording would have been "mitigating the impacts of climate change" as the focus of the Hawaii fund is on reducing beach erosion, improving drainage, etc - basically trying to reshape the infrastructure to better handle increasingly severe events. Which is more costly, and doesn't actually rectify the underlying problem - but, hey, at least it is more costly! ;)
Manao - Seems like a perfect time to talk secession..
Them there is fighting words (or some unknown form of Mother May I?) - "When, therefore, [Hawaii] became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation. All the obligations of perpetual union, and all the guaranties of republican government in the Union, attached at once to the State... There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through consent of the States."
Some of us sticking around for the (hopefully) longer term would prefer to see something meaningful done to address this situation. Or the powers that be can continue to do nothing and just let nature sort it out. I'm sure that'll be great for everyone!
Lying to the public and your investors for decades tends to have legal consequences - unless the White House prefers to interfere with state lawsuits, that the Supreme Court declined to stop, and pick winners and losers?
TomK - And seriously, what will the $100K million be used for in reality, even if it's a realistic estimate? At some point, you'll price out the people who make a substantial economic contribution to the state.
$100 Billion would go a long way! ;) But regardless of the math, seems to make sense that everyone should pay to clean up the messes they make and cruise ships make some of the biggest messes.
Fiend - Mitigation? Ha!
Yeah, better wording would have been "mitigating the impacts of climate change" as the focus of the Hawaii fund is on reducing beach erosion, improving drainage, etc - basically trying to reshape the infrastructure to better handle increasingly severe events. Which is more costly, and doesn't actually rectify the underlying problem - but, hey, at least it is more costly! ;)
Manao - Seems like a perfect time to talk secession..
Them there is fighting words (or some unknown form of Mother May I?) - "When, therefore, [Hawaii] became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation. All the obligations of perpetual union, and all the guaranties of republican government in the Union, attached at once to the State... There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through consent of the States."
Some of us sticking around for the (hopefully) longer term would prefer to see something meaningful done to address this situation. Or the powers that be can continue to do nothing and just let nature sort it out. I'm sure that'll be great for everyone!