Judge Voids Lease for Energy Plant Proposed on Hawaiian Home Lands The efforts of Albert Hee and his company, Waimana Enterprises, to develop a 58-megawatt co-generation plant at Kawaihae have once more come to a screeching halt. On October 26, … Continued
New Rent Policy For Non-Profits Is Sent Back For Fine Tuning The Board of Land and Natural Resources has decided its new policy on lease rents for non-profit corporations needs a it of fine tuning. The policy was adopted just … Continued
Climate Change, and Response To It, Could Affect Islands’ Water Supplies For islands, a reliable source of drinking water defines what is habitable and what is not. In Hawai`i, most drinking water sources are underground lenses of buoyant freshwater that … Continued
State’s Climate Change ‘Action Plan’: Business-As-Usual For Energy Sector With its extensive developed coastal areas, unique and threatened terrestrial ecosystems, and vast coral reefs, Hawai`i is surely as vulnerable as anywhere else on Earth to the effects of global warming … Continued