To the Editor: I was disappointed in your analysis in the February 2008 edition of Environment Hawai`i (“Reversals at Supreme Court Raise Question: Is Water Commission on the Right Track?”), about how the commission “doesn’t get it.” I expect more … Continued
Outwardly, Pu`u Wa`awa`a has not changed much in the last century or so. The furrowed cinder cone once known as Muffin Hill remains one of the most prominent landmarks in North Kona. Even in dry times, the vegetation in the … Continued
A dispute over how to allocate affordable housing credits accumulated by Nansay when it owned the Puako was settled only last year after years of litigation involving Nansay, Bridge `Aina Le`a, and the County of Hawai`i. In the early 1990s, … Continued
How is climate change going to affect Hawai`i? Little by little, scientists here and abroad are tackling that question. A lot has already been done, from Chip Fletcher’s work on coastal erosion and flooding in Honolulu to Dennis LaPointe’s, Carter … Continued
Late last year, Bridge `Aina Le`a announced it would be preparing an environmental impact statement for a development planned for some 3,000 acres of land at Puako, on the western side of the island of Hawai`i. Yet for two years, … Continued
“We’re bringing coals to Newcastle.” That’s how Don Thomas, a geochemist with the University of Hawai`i’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, described recent findings in a presentation to the state Commission on Water Resource Management last March. Thomas’ Hawai`i Scientific … Continued
In the two decades since development was first proposed for some 3,000 acres inland of Puako Bay on the western Kohala coast of the Big Island, plans have changed frequently – and radically. Initial plans, put forward in the late … Continued
In support of maintaining the standard of comprehensive and accurate reporting that we all value so much in this publication, we would like to offer a few corrections and additions to the article entitled “Groups Seek Federal Listing For Black-footed … Continued
The critical need for parking in Kapahulu just couldn’t beat the need to replenish the coffers of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ dwindling Land Development Special Fund, which is the sole source of funding for the Land Division, … Continued
No Greenbacks for Greenhouse Panel: Lately, Governor Lingle has stressed the importance of Hawai`i turning to “clean energy” and reducing its reliance on fossil fuels. In remarks to the international climate change summit in Honolulu last month, for example, she … Continued