daviscoffey

Davis is a Fall SCPN Fellow who is pursuing his bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Science and English at the University of Virginia. His past experiences include conducting research on seagrass restoration on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i, designing GIS for sustainable development in Portugal, and chaining himself to a coal digger in Germany. In his free time, he enjoys writing

Hawaii
The Ongoing Fight for the Forests and Freshwater of Hawai‘i
January 14, 2021 by daviscoffey

Hawai‘i’s native forests have evolved for millennia to become an incredible array of biological diversity and abundance. There are close to 1,400 plants native to Hawai‘i, with around 90 percent of them found nowhere else in the world. Healthy, native...

Energy, Hawaii
What the Reopening of the Puna Geothermal Plant Means for Hawai‘i
October 29, 2020 by daviscoffey

Puna Geothermal Venture facility, Hawai‘i’s only geothermal plant, is reopening on the Big Island following two years of closure. As the most petroleum-dependent state in the nation, Hawai‘i is dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy...