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A community organization, Hui Kānāwai ʻOiaʻiʻo, has sued Governor Josh Green, the state Commission on Water Resource Management, and two individuals, arguing that the governor’s appointment of one of them – Vincent Hinano Rodrigues – to a position on the … Continued
East Maui Appeals: On January 9, the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi filed a notice of appeal to the Environmental Circuit Court of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ December 13, 2024, decisions to grant a revocable permit to … Continued
The utility that provides potable water to the fancy, multi-million-dollar homes in the Launiupoko, Maui, subdivisions sets aside a part of its income every month to pay off more than a million dollars in loans from its owner, Peter Martin. … Continued
This month, the state Commission on Water Resource Management is expected to decide whether or not to accept or reject a petition from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to designate the Waiʻanae aquifer sector as a groundwater management area. … Continued
In June 2020, Launiupoko Irrigation Company filed a request for a rate increase with the Public Utilities Commission. Among other things, it sought PUC approval for nearly $10 million in loans that it had received from Peter Martin, who holds … Continued
More Protections for Cetaceans: At its recent meeting in Fiji, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission adopted a measure intended to provide some measure of protection to whales and dolphins that interact with longline fishing vessels throughout the vast … Continued
On October 29, Governor Josh Green announced the appointment of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues to fill the spot on the Commission on Water Resource Management reserved for an expert in Hawaiian culture and traditions. Within a week, a complaint alleging numerous … Continued
Hawaiʻi law provides for an unusual – in Hawaiʻi, at least – process to select members of the state Commission on Water Resource Management. A special four-person committee considers applicants for vacancies on the commission. Two of them are named … Continued
News of the selection of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues was not welcomed by many of the same groups who had pushed to have the governor pick a candidate from the two remaining on the original list forwarded to him in February. … Continued