What rights does the public have to the use of old government roads? That question lies at the center of two disputes that have arisen on the island of Hawai’i over the last several years. One, near Pu’uwa’wa’a, appears to … Continued
On December 10, 1991, the Hawai’i County Council gave its final approval to eleven separate bills that, taken together, clear the way for unprecedented changes in the landscape and social character of the Hamakua Coast, especially along the eastern rim … Continued
For more than a decade, operators of the two sugar mills along the Hamakua Coast Hamakua Sugar Company, with a mill at Haina, and Hilo Coast Processing Company, with a mill at Pepe`ekeo have protested Environmental Protection Agency requirements that … Continued
Over the years, sugar growers in Hawai’i have enjoyed an abundance of good will from politicians and public alike. The federal price supports for the domestic sugar industry might be the most well-known manifestation of this – although these benefits … Continued
Environment Hawai’i reprints here excerpts from the opinion of the Hawai’i Supreme Court on the matter of the Department of Health’s issuance of geothermal drilling permits to True Geothermal Energy Company in the absence of rules to regulate emission of … Continued
Since June 28, high-level nuclear waste from Navy submarines defueled at the Pearl Harbor shipyard has no place to go. It is likely, in fact, that it will be at least two years before any shipments of the waste from … Continued
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory has been receiving highly radioactive waste since the late 1940s. In recent years, it has joined the list of sites operated by the Department of Energy whose clean-up will cost taxpayers billions of dollars – … Continued
The high level radioactive waste from submarine reactors is just one of several types of radioactive waste generated by nuclear ships. Other types are liquid waste, solid waste, and so-called “mixed waste.” Liquid Waste Until 1973, the Navy routinely discharged … Continued