The contested case hearing over the Thirty Meter Telescope is gearing up. It is set to begin in Hilo on October 11. But the sparring has already begun, and if the number of documents filed with the Department of Land … Continued
Wespac’s Missing FAD: When the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council met in Guam last June, there was a lively discussion about the dearth of fish-aggregating devices (FADs) in waters around the island. The Guam Department of Agriculture and Wildlife said … Continued
The state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued orders that resolve – at least for now – two of the longest-festering matters before it. The first of these involves a series of Feed-In Tariff (FIT) projects, totaling more than 6 … Continued
“it’s deep dirt. It gets loads of rain …” Board of Land and Natural Resources member Chis Yuen said of the seemingly perfect 6.7-acre lot in Hakalau. “And if you live on the Big Island, you dream of dirt,” land … Continued
Last year, two of the state’s anchor tenants in Kekaha, Kaua`i — seed companies Dupont Pioneer and Syngenta — together withdrew more than 1,500 acres from their licenses with the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC). In August, Syngenta sought to abandon … Continued
With its proposed Wahiawa Reclaimed Water Irrigation System, the state Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) may finally end the City and County of Honolulu’s practice of dumping effluent from the Wahiawa Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) — without a National Pollutant Discharge … Continued
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At the end of a long and sometimes emotional meeting, after most of the public had gone, Jeffrey Pearson apologized to members of the state Commission on Water Resource Management for having them spend so much time on something that … Continued
At the Commission on Water Resource Management’s August 16 meeting, Hokuao Pellegrino of the non-profit Hui o Na Wai Eha was one of the many testifiers who asserted that the agency was unfairly targeting John and Rose Marie Duey for … Continued
GEMS – the state’s Green Energy Market Securitization program – has a problem: It just can’t figure out how to spend the $144 million or so it has in the bank. But it keeps trying. Although the law setting up … Continued