Leader of Onomea Access Group Gets Death Threats; Garden Link Is Suspected Ed Johnston spearheaded the fight to reopen to the public the government road at Onomea Bay, and in doing so, earned the wrath of the founder of the … Continued
Supreme Court Throws Boating Dispute Back to Kaua`i Planning Commission The Hawai`i Supreme Court has issued its ruling on the matter of whether operators of tour boats along Kaua`i’s Na Pali coast need to obtain a Special Management Area permit … Continued
Atrazine, one of the most widely used broadleaf herbicides in the United States, began showing up in Hawai`i water in 1983. It had been used by the sugar industry since 1961 and accounted for up to 50 percent of total … Continued
Have people exposed to agricultural chemicals in Hawai`i suffered as a result? No study purporting to be definitive has been done. Nor is there any real likelihood that it ever will be. In 1979 and 1980, researchers at the University … Continued
At the moment, Hawai`i is in the throes of transition between plantation agriculture and diversified agriculture. Plantation agriculture left its mark on the state’s groundwater supplies, but it is not clear that the legacy of diversified agriculture will be any … Continued
By Patricia Tummons In June 1979, John Mink, a hydrologist under contract to Maui Land & Pineapple Company, conducted a series of water quality tests. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had asked for the tests to determine if a chemical … Continued