Last November, in an effort to obtain hard information about the sponsorship of the puwalu by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, Environment Hawai`i submitted a formal Freedom of Information Act request to the council. The request did not ask … Continued
No Greenbacks for Greenhouse Panel: Lately, Governor Lingle has stressed the importance of Hawai`i turning to “clean energy” and reducing its reliance on fossil fuels. In remarks to the international climate change summit in Honolulu last month, for example, she … Continued
The critical need for parking in Kapahulu just couldn’t beat the need to replenish the coffers of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ dwindling Land Development Special Fund, which is the sole source of funding for the Land Division, … Continued
In the two decades since development was first proposed for some 3,000 acres inland of Puako Bay on the western Kohala coast of the Big Island, plans have changed frequently – and radically. Initial plans, put forward in the late … Continued
Late last year, Bridge `Aina Le`a announced it would be preparing an environmental impact statement for a development planned for some 3,000 acres of land at Puako, on the western side of the island of Hawai`i. Yet for two years, … Continued
A dispute over how to allocate affordable housing credits accumulated by Nansay when it owned the Puako was settled only last year after years of litigation involving Nansay, Bridge `Aina Le`a, and the County of Hawai`i. In the early 1990s, … Continued
To the Editor: I was disappointed in your analysis in the February 2008 edition of Environment Hawai`i (“Reversals at Supreme Court Raise Question: Is Water Commission on the Right Track?”), about how the commission “doesn’t get it.” I expect more … Continued
For the second time, Congress has decided to compensate bottomfish and lobster fishers for financial losses associated with federal regulations that limit commercial fishing opportunities in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In January, President George Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, … Continued
In partial response to a Freedom-of-Information-Act request by Environment Hawai`i filed last November, the National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Regional Office in March delivered 254 pages of records relating to Western Pacific Fishery Management Council activities. This is the … Continued
Honolulu doesn’t even make the list of the nation’s top 10 ports when it comes to the volume of fish landed, but the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council leads the way when it comes to dollars hauled in. According to … Continued