Under a draft, court-ordered plan to manage state lands within the Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on the Big Island, observers chosen by the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) or its clients, Clarence Ching and Mary Maxine Kahaulelio, would be allowed … Continued
UPDATE: The judge has denied the motion for reconsideration. SEE OUR EH-XTRA ITEM. On October 1, 1st Circuit Judge Jeffrey Crabtree was scheduled to hear arguments on David Kimo Frankel’s latest motion in his fight against a revocable permit the Board of Land and … Continued
On November 8, Jeff Polovina will be the featured speaker at our annual benefit dinner. Polovina is the author of the Oceans and Marine Ecosystem section of the Hawai‘i chapter of the 4th National Climate Assessment. Until his retirement two … Continued
In articles published in February and June, Environment Hawai‘i reported on expenses related to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s meetings held at the Wailea Beach Resort – Marriott on Maui in June 2018. We found that the cost to … Continued
It wasn’t long ago that transitioning to hybrid gas-electric vehicles was seen as a better way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on O‘ahu than going purely electric. Unlike the neighbor islands that generate more of their electricity from renewable sources, … Continued
The Big Island is on the verge of testing three hydrogen-fueled buses. It’s been sitting on that verge for more than five years, but, according to Riley Saito, with the Hawai‘i County Department of Research and Development, just a few … Continued
Waimea, ‘Anaeho‘omalu Aquifers Remain Separate in Updated Water Resources Plan After more than a decade, the Commission on Water Resource Management finally updated its Water Resources Protection Plan (WRPP) earlier this year. As adopted, the plan seems to put the … Continued
‘Aina Le‘a Stumbles: On August 26, Robert Wessels, who heads up ‘Aina Le‘a, Inc., forwarded to the Hawai‘i County Planning Department an environmental impact statement preparation notice (EISPN), prepared by Christian Renz, a Waikoloa landscaper. In the decade since Wessels … Continued
On June 27, 2013, the state of Hawai‘i deposited $4.165 million with the 2nd Circuit Court. The action was the first step toward condemning about an acre of land adjoining Maui’s Ma‘alaea harbor that the state had been leasing since … Continued
For the last two years, David Kimo Frankel has tried to get the Department of Land and Natural Resources and its board to stamp out what he saw as illegal commercial use of a state beachfront parcel rented since the … Continued