(Above photo: An employee of BEI Environmental Services in protective gear at O‘ahu Sugar Company’s former pesticide and herbicide mixing plant on the Waipi‘o Peninsula. The company collected soil and water samples in 2000. Credit BEI) In July 2001, Environment Hawai‘i reported on contamination … Continued
The state Land Use Commission is holding hearings on a boundary amendment petition to place about 96 acres of former cane land near Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i, into the state Urban District to allow for one of the largest – if not the largest – … Continued
Sierra Club Loss: Last month, 1st Circuit Judge Jeffrey Crabtree ruled against the Sierra Club’s Hawai‘i Chapter and in support of the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decisions in 2018 and 2019 to grant revocable permits for the continued diversion … Continued
Contamination of coastal waters caused by sewage from cesspools and other onsite sewage disposal systems (OSDS) as well as sewage infrastructure will only increase with the rise in sea level over the next few decades. In fact, it is already … Continued
Sewage is killing the reefs of Hawaiʻi. Sure, other factors are at play. There’s overfishing, especially of herbivores. Physical damage from hurricanes. Chemicals in runoff from former plantation fields and lawns, oils from highways and leaking underground tanks and pipes. … Continued
(This article has been changed to correct the spelling of John Pipan’s name.) Which has the greater value? Keeping a private swimming pool, to be used by a handful of guests at an exclusive Kona bed-and-breakfast that sits practically on … Continued
For more than a decade, the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Wespac) has fruitlessly decried the proliferation and expansion of marine national monuments throughout the Pacific, beginning with President Bush’s establishment of Hawaiʻi’s Papahanaumokuakea monument in 2006. But when Donald … Continued
“We know in many places of the country, our fisheries are being affected by climate change,” Sam Rauch, NOAA’s deputy assistant administrator for regulatory programs told the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac) last month. Fish stocks are moving from … Continued
“It is a very dire situation. We have some strategies, and we’re pursuing them as fast as possible on parallel tracks, but it’s a lot of fingers crossed right now,” Department of Land and Natural Resources director Suzanne Case told … Continued