Tag Archives: Brian Shatz

Food Security, Government, Sustainability

Farmers Support Colleen Hanabusa

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Richard Ha writes:

Hillary Clinton says GM foods are okay, and the vast majority of our local farmers agree. I think Senator Inouye, too, would have agreed with Hillary Clinton on this issue.  Hanabusa

Our local county councilperson Margaret Wille says they are not okay, though, and, without scientific proof and going against the vast majority of UH scientists, initiated an ordinance to ban it. Hawai‘i State Senator Brian Shatz went with Margaret Wille on this issue.

This is why we farmers support Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in the upcoming U.S. Senate election. It’s about courage, leadership, and common sense.

Hillary Clinton was the featured speaker at the recent BIO 2014 conference, which is the largest industry trade group representing all aspects of biotechnology (it has a thousand members).

Audio excerpt of Hillary Clinton's talk

Listen to the short audio above for an excerpt of her talk. She supports genetically modified products and says there is a large gap between fact and perception. She talks about the shift in foreign policy from emergency feeding to providing seeds that are drought-resistant, for example. And she advises the industry to be more thoughtful about how they describe genetically engineered products.

Everything she says makes a whole lot of sense to me.

Geothermal, Government, Renewable Energy Sources

Abercrombie, Shatz and Leadership

As I write this, the first Election Day printouts are in and it looks like Neil Abercrombie and Brian Shatz have an insurmountable lead for the Governorship and Lieutenant Governorship of Hawai‘i.

We are truly at a crossroads in human history, and it is going to take real leadership to lead all of us to greener pastures. I have all the confidence in the world in Neil Abercrombie’s leadership abilities. He will take us there!

In terms of renewable energy, we must utilize our natural resources to their maximum potential. What we have here on the Big Island is truly extraordinary. While the rest of the world is fearful of a decline in available energy, we here in Hawai‘i have the most powerful energy source available to us. It is geothermal.

What if we could connect all the islands to this energy? What if we all shared, so everybody on every island pays the same low amount? What if this cost would hardly rise?

And what if this source of energy would last 500,000 to a million years? Wouldn’t we fix whatever it is that’s holding us back?

I feel good about Abercrombie and Shatz being elected, and confident that we will take the right path to the future.

For the sake of future generations: Not, no can. CAN!