(Posted 2/4/11) Last September, the Board of Land and Natural Resources approved adding about 6,600 acres around the old Kulani prison, near Hilo, to the Pu`u Maka`ala Natural Area Reserve. As with all reserves, the Legislature has authority to disapprove … Continued
Posted 12/01/2010 “So, I’m a little perplexed,” said Donna Mercado Kim, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means after a lengthy interrogation of Karen Seddon, head of the Hawai`i Housing Finance and Development Corporation over terms of the agency’s … Continued
Posted 11/29/2010 A false killer whale that stranded on Moloka’i and later died has been confirmed as belonging to the insular population of these animals, which were proposed for listing as endangered just days ago. The total number of individuals … Continued
Posted 7/02/2010 The U.S. Geological Survey recently published its report on the impacts that stream diversions and other structures to control stream flows have had on Na Wai `Eha, the four major streams flowing down the eastern slopes of the … Continued
Posted 4/30/2010 The Maui Planning Commission has upheld the decision of former Planning Director Jeff Hunt that the county did not need to obtain a major Special Management Area permit before drilling two new injection wells to receive treated effluent from … Continued
(Posted 11/24/09) A Council Member’s Dissenting View on Bigeye Issue Peter Young, appointed by the governor to represent Hawai’i on the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, has voiced his strong disagreement with the council’s action on bigeye tuna in a … Continued
(Posted 8/24/09) The state Environmental Council has had it with the Lingle administration’s lack of support. In a letter August 17 to deputy director of Health Laurence Lau, council chairman Gail Grabowsky announced that the council would not be meeting … Continued
(Posted 5/1/09) When it comes to meetings of the state Land Use Commission, high drama is in short supply. More often than not, you need to mainline caffeine to stay awake through the tedious witnesses and cross-examination. But the … Continued
(Posted 8/18/08) Even as the public eye is focused on the presidential candidates, the current administration is still working hard to reshape government in its own image before it loses its lease on the White House. No more stunning example … Continued
(Posted 1/14/08) The nation’s premier professional association for ecologists, the Ecological Society of America, has weighed in with a statement on biofuels that urges policy-makers and planners to go slow in converting lands to biofuel crops. “Supplying the emerging biofuels industry … Continued