💥 Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters • The Guardian

「 This new area encompasses vast regions throughout the Pacific, including around the eight main Hawaiian islands, Mokumanamana and the entire north-west Hawaiian chain of islands – which lie within the Papahānaumokuākea marine national monument, a Unesco world heritage site 」

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/17/hawaii-elon-musk-spacex-rocket-debris

#hawaii #musk #spacex

The debate over the damage sunscreens cause to the marine environment is heating up — and impacting top Japanese brands — as some regions ban certain chemical ingredients. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/20/wildlife/sunscreen-environmental-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #oceans #pollution #sun #health #skincancer #coral #hawaii #us #palau

Hawaiian coffee farmers have a message for President Donald Trump: Steep tariffs on major exporters such as Brazil will end up hurting them, too. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/20/economy/trump-tariffs-hawaii-cofee-farmers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #hawaii #us #coffee #trade #tariffs #donaldtrump

Update. Laws like the one in #Connecticut are under consideration in #Hawaii, #Massachusetts, and #NewJersey. Big #publishers and the #AuthorsGuild are lobbying against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/books/libraries-e-books-licensing.html

From Alan Inouye (@alansinouye), former director of public policy for the American Library Association (@alalibrary): “It’s really sad [that opposition limits libraries] to what we had [in the age of print]. In effect, we’re excluding the possibility of being better in the digital world.”

#Libraries