In 1989, the U.S. Air Force and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, without prior notice to the state of Hawai’i, announced they would be taking comments on a plan to develop what was called an Advanced Launch System. The Big … Continued
Since 1989, taxpayers in Hawai’i have been picking up the costs of meetings of the Hawai’i Space Development Authority. That usually involves some travel for the authority’s chairman, Thomas B. Hayward, since the meetings are held in California. Other expenses … Continued
In June, Environment Hawai’i reported that the Del Monte Corp. was continuing to use heptachlor despite a ban on use of the chemical issued in 1978. Under the “existing stocks” exception to the ban, Del Monte spokesmen said, their use … Continued
September 16, 1992: Across the country, newspapers carry reports of a hearing on Capitol Hill into the Justice Department’s failure to press criminal charges against six companies identified by congressional staffers as among the most flagrant polluters in the nation. … Continued
As the Public Is Poisoned, State Casts its Lot with Polluter Will they get away with it? “They” are Hawaiian Western Steel and Campbell Estate. “It” is the indisputable record of crimes against the environment and the public compiled during … Continued
On September 9, 1992, Representative John Dingell of Michigan, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, issued a memorandum to members of his subcommittee. The memo had been prepared by his staff, … Continued
The missile launches that require evacuation of surrounding state-owned land will occur at an area known as the Kaua`i Test Facility, which is at the northern end of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, just inland of the famous Barking Sands … Continued
Most of the land on which the Kaua`i Test Facility sits is part of the larger Pacific Missile Range Facility, operated by the U.S. Navy. The land is ceded land, which was turned over to the military for its use … Continued
Should STARS drop out of the picture, the Kaua`i Test Facility would still have plenty of people lined up at its door wanting to launch rockets. Leading the pack, in fact, is Hawai`i’s own Office of Space Industry. For years, … Continued
Kaua’i Landfill Expansion Is Finally Approved by BLNR When Hurricane ‘Iniki hit Kaua’i last September, it generated in one day the amount of refuse that ordinarily the county would take four years to accumulate. Had the county’s planned expansion of … Continued