The shift to a green energy future is renewing plantation-era water wars in Hawaii

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By Brittany Lyte, Honolulu Civil BeatMar 26, 2023, 1:00 pm307 pts
This story was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat and is republished with permission. Wesley Yadao, 71, farms five acres of taro in a region of Kauai where generations of families have tended the starchy root vegetable in wet paddies fed by the Waimea River. His tough-knuckled hands betray the…

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