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MEDIA RELEASE HIRONO STATEMENT ON HAWAII VA WAIT TIMES Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement on data revealed showing Honolulu’s Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center has the longest average wait time – 145 days – in the U.S. Department of Veterans’ […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kaiser Permanente’s Hilo, Honolulu and Mapunapuna clinic buildings have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star certification, which signifies that the buildings perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. “Kaiser Permanente is pleased to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation have announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses. This comprehensive national program is projected to reduce GHG emissions by nearly 250 million metric tons and save 500 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Responding to one of the first major directives of the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have established new federal rules that set the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions standards and will significantly increase the fuel economy of all new passenger cars and light […]

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