Almost daily, the reading public in Hawai`i learns of drastic cuts to the biggest social programs in state government – programs dealing with health care, education, social services. Unheralded in the press are the punishing blows that are being dealt … Continued
Deferrals are always anticlimactic, but there didn’t seem to be any way the state Commission on Water Resource Management could have amended the interim instream flow standards (IIFS) of 19 East Maui streams based on the voluminous, yet sorely insufficient, … Continued
After a year of ups and downs, work on a development near Puako, Hawai`i, finally seems to be getting under way, some two decades after the project was first proposed to the state Land Use Commission. As reported in the … Continued
Snakes on Planes: The brown tree snake has long been among the most feared of potentially invasive species in Hawai`i. An article in the current edition of Pacific Science sets forth in dire detail some of the economic reasons such fears are justified. … Continued
`Aina Le`a Project Has Not Met, Cannot Meet LUC Deadlines March 31 was the deadline for developers of the Villages of `Aina Le`a project to complete 16 units of affordable housing on their 1000-acre site near Puako, Hawai`i. The deadline … Continued
When Dr. Garrett Saikley threatened earlier this year to seek a court injunction to stop the celebrated “Great Huki” algae removal project at East Honolulu’s Maunalua Bay, his goal was to shield his tranquil Paiko Drive community from any negative … Continued
Ever since the state Environmental Council decided last August to stop meeting until the Lingle administration provided the funding and manpower necessary for the council to function properly, several government agencies have been stuck awaiting approval of revisions to their … Continued
A Trail Lost, and Found: Seventy-five years ago, folks on Maui traveled a brand new road to get to the summit of Haleakala. That highway, improved substantially in the intervening years, remains the route of choice for the thousands of tourists … Continued
What you are holding in your hands is the 240th issue of Environment Hawai`i. It represents the completion of our 20th year of continuous publication. Think of it. Twenty years, an entire generation, of grinding out a monthly newsletter. Few publications make … Continued
A thousand dollars a day. That’s roughly what the state has been spending for the last eight years for rent on a vacant one-acre lot at Ma`alaea Harbor, more than double the original lease rent of $150,400 negotiated in 1994. … Continued