Document Type
Article
Program
Environmental Analysis (Pitzer)
Publication Date
9-22-1990
Keywords
Hawaii, geothermal development, environmental issues, rainforest
Abstract
Walking through Hawai'i's Wao Kele O Puna rainforest, you can hear the coarse volcanic soil crunch underfoot. A surrealistic calm lingers in the thick air while songbirds call out from the understory. Yet this is a forest under siege.
Geothermal developers want to tap the volcanic heat beneath the Wao Kele O Puna forest and use it to make electricity and profits.
Rights Information
© 1990 Paul Faulstich. Posted with permission.
Recommended Citation
Faulstich, Paul. Hawaii's Hottest issue: Update on Geothermal Development. Earth First! Journal, 10(8):20-21, 1990.
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Comments
Originally published by Earth First! Journal.