The Department of Land and Natural Resources, working with University of Hawai’i geologist Chip Fletcher, has developed a Coastal Erosion Management Plan. The plan was unveiled in September at the DLNR’s Sustainability Summit and was adopted as DLNR policy at … Continued
News that the administration of Hawai’i County would be seeking to build a fruit irradiation facility made the front page of The Honolulu Advertiser on December 30, 1996. In an article by the Advertiser Big Island correspondent, Hugh Clark, Mayor … Continued
Is irradiation safe? Proponents insist it is; opponents argue it is not. Here is a summary of the positions of proponents and opponents on safety and other issues related to irradiation. Unique Radiolytic Products Irradiated foods contain certain compounds that … Continued
Gray-Star, Inc., has published a fact sheet on its “transportable,” 202-ton irradiator. The company describes the machine as “no more difficult to use than a microwave oven.” Even so, it offers such a sophisticated tracking system that “governmental regulatory agen–cies, … Continued
Power Plant Gets Court Approval To Build on Ke’ahole Conservation Land The Hawai’i Electric Light Co. (HELCO), the electric power utility for the Big Island, has won a judge’s approval to move forward with construction of an addition to its … Continued
On December 16, the Board of Land and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on rules proposed for managing commercial boating activities in Hanalei, Kauai. There are rules on the books at the moment – rules that go back to … Continued
Does Lynn McCrory have a financial conflict in the dispute over levels of commercial boating in Hanalei that would preclude her voting on any change in boating issues there? She posed this question to the state Ethics Commission and the … Continued
The Hanalei boating controversy is, hands down, one of the most complex in the state. No comprehensive history of the subject has yet been published, nor do we pretend to fill this need here. Many aspects of the conflict are … Continued
About a dozen dolphins were killed near a fish aggregating device off the South Kona coast in August, the National Marine Fisheries Service has reported. The report, made to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council at its November meeting … Continued