Maui Time, Maui News, Best of Maui, Maui Activities News http://www.mauitime.com Linear Publishing/RSS Generator 2.0 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:49:51 EST The U.S. Department of the Interior's Pacific Islands Climate Science Center (CSC) has tapped David Helweg as the organization's first permanent director. The center-headquartered at the University of Hawaii, Manoa-is one of eight regional DOI Climate Science Centers established and managed by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide federal, state and local land managers access to the best science available on climate change. http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77742.113119-Pacific-Islands-Climate-Science-Center-Names-David-Helweg-New-Director.html http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77742.113119-Pacific-Islands-Climate-Science-Center-Names-David-Helweg-New-Director.html Many of us compost at our homes in an effort to reduce, reuse and recycle. This year, let's make an extra effort and compost our holiday trees. The Recycling Section of the County of Maui is encouraging all residents to take their Christmas trees http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77743.113119-How-To-Recycle-Your-Christmas-Trees-On-Maui.html http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77743.113119-How-To-Recycle-Your-Christmas-Trees-On-Maui.html LAUNIUPOKO LAND SALE APPROVED! Bravo, Maui County Council. No one else on this island can keep us on our toes the way you can. Just when we think we know what they're going decide, they go and flip around 180 degrees. http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77741.113119-Maui-County-Council-Agrees-To-West-Maui-Land-Sale-While-The-EEOC-Sues-County-For-Not-Letting-Some-Old-Guy-Be-A-Cop.html http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77741.113119-Maui-County-Council-Agrees-To-West-Maui-Land-Sale-While-The-EEOC-Sues-County-For-Not-Letting-Some-Old-Guy-Be-A-Cop.html The Office of Hawaiian Affairs recently awarded the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului a $9,900 grant to support a new conservation event on the Valley Isle. http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77744.113119-Maui-Nui-Botanical-Gardens-In-Kahului-Wins-Grant.html http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77744.113119-Maui-Nui-Botanical-Gardens-In-Kahului-Wins-Grant.html NUCLEAR TRACTOR PULL Edward Teller, the famous theoretical physicist known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb" for his work on the World War II-era Manhattan Project, died in 2003, but his daughter Rene told The Free Press of Kinston, N.C., in November that she had recently discovered two of her father's precious mementos at a thrift shop near Kinston during a road trip to visit relatives. "[Father's] work was so demanding" she http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77740.113119-Nuclear-Tractor-Pull-and-Human-Rodent-Connections-and-The-Elephant-Whisperer.html http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-News-i-2013-12-26-77740.113119-Nuclear-Tractor-Pull-and-Human-Rodent-Connections-and-The-Elephant-Whisperer.html