From PBS Insights

Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 pm  Lanai and Molokai

On the June 30 episode of Insights, host Dan Boylan will engage residents and community leaders from Lanai and Molokai about the wind projects being proposed there which may affect the economic future of the islands. We've been hearing a lot about "Big Wind" lately, but much of the information has come from the state, wind developers and the electric utility. We'll hear what some of the locals think about how wind energy would or wouldn't fit into their island communities, economy and culture. They'll also talk about their hopes for the future and the direction they'd like to see their rural economies take. 

The guests include: Alberta De Jetley, owner & publisher of Lanai Today, farmer and member of Lanai Planning Commission; Kanohowailuku Helm, founding member of I Aloha Molokai, a community group opposed to wind development on Molokai; Robin Kaye, member of Friends of Lanai, a community group opposed to wind development on Lanai; and Walter Ritte, a Molokai resident & activist.

Watch online: LINK 

Links for his week's Insights on PBS topic: 

• Lanai Wind Project Website
• Regulators Approve Maui Electric's Contract for 21-MW Sempra Generation Wind Project - Hawaii News Now
• Lanai Finds Reasons to Allow Wind Farm By Sophie Cocke - January 7, 2011 - Pacific Business News
• Lanai Wind Farm Term Agreement Negotiated By Brian Perry - January 8, 2011 - The Maui News
• Lanai and Molokai Groups Fear Damage to Land by Lanai, Molokai Wind Farms By Alan Yonan Jr. - January 12, 2011 - Star Advertiser
• Senator: Commitments to Lanai a Starting Point By Audrey McAvoy - January 12, 2011 - The Maui News
• Turbine Troubles: Wind Farm Proposal for Lanai, Molokai Draws Fire By Harry Eagar - February 4, 2011 - Maui News/National Wind Watch
• Ranch Weighs in on Wind By Megan Stephenson - February 4, 2011 - The Molokai Dispatch
• Are Wind Farms on Lanai and Molokai to Feed the Ravenous Energy Needs of Oahu Simply Immoral? By Larry Geller - February 10, 2011 - Disappeared News
• Wind Energy Faces Gales Editorial - February 27, 2011 - Star Advertiser
• Study: Molokai, Lanai could supply 25% Oahu Energy By Sonia Isotov - March 18, 2011 - MauiNow.com
• Lanai Group Asks Hawaii to Void Big Wind Deal By Michael Levine April 28, 2011 Honolulu Civil Beat
• Friends of Lanai Demand Competitive Bidding Process be reopened for 'Big Wind' Editorial April 28, 2011 Hawaii Independent
• Big Wind, Big Warning: Abercrombie Threatens Molokai Ranch with Condemnation - May 20, 2011 - Conservation Hawaii Website
• Molokai Group Unites Against Industrial Wind By Catherine Cluett - June 5, 2011 - The Molokai Dispatch
• Local Group Organizes to Halt Big Wind Project By Robin Kaye (guest) June 14, 2011 The Molokai News
• Community Resists Wind Project By Maggie Cassidy - June 26, 2011 - The Molokai Dispatch