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2018

1 Jun 2018

Environmental Planning Office Closes, Victim of Cuts to Federal EPA Budget

by Teresa | posted in: June 2018 | 0

Without so much as a news release, the Hawai`i Department of Health has shuttered its Environmental Planning Office. Effective May 2, the office – which was instrumental in coordinating the Department of Health’s strategic plans, reviewing land use and environmental … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Jun 2018

New & Noteworthy: Waikoloa, False Killer Whales, a Correction

by Teresa | posted in: June 2018 | 0

Waikoloa Woes: The long-stalled rural development known as Waikoloa Highlands, just outside of Waikoloa Village in the Big Island district of South Kohala, is in jeopardy of losing its development rights granted by the Land Use Commission. In 2008, the … Continued

1 Jun 2018

North O`ahu Wind Farm Wins License To Incidentally Kill Protected Bats, Birds

by Teresa | posted in: June 2018 | 0

On May 18, the majority of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources rejected its hearing officer’s recommendation to deny a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Incidental Take License (ITL) for the proposed 25-megawatt Na Pua Makani (NPM) wind … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Jun 2018

Early Developers of Leilani Estates Ignored the Eruption in Their Back Yard

by Teresa | posted in: June 2018 | 3

On May 26, 1959, representatives of the Hawai`i Land Hui, a group of three Honolulu businessmen, met with Hiroshi Kasamoto, director of the Hawai`i County Planning and Traffic Commission. As their attorney, Masanori Kushi, later described the encounter, the investors … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 May 2018

Plan to Eradicate Mice on Midway May Come at a Cost to Imperiled Laysan Duck

by Teresa | posted in: May 2018 | 0

The photos are hard to view. Adult albatrosses with bloodied heads. Gray, night-time shots of mice preying on birds that can’t or won’t leave their nests. Beautiful, dead birds, killed by the “vampire” mice of Midway National Wildlife Refuge. The … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 May 2018

‘Aina Le‘a Controversies on Three Fronts: Federal Court, Bankruptcy Court, and County

by Teresa | posted in: May 2018 | 0

In March, a jury in Honolulu federal court decided that Bridge ‘Aina Le‘a, LLC, had suffered damages when the Hawai‘i Land Use Commission voted in 2011 to put land the company owned on the Big Island back into the Agricultural … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 May 2018

A 30-Year History of Failure and Litigation

by Teresa | posted in: May 2018 | 0

The land at issue in the Bridge ‘Aina Le‘a litigation was placed into the Urban district in 1989. A succession of owners failed to develop it, and in 1999, a subsidiary of Bridge Capital, a company now headquartered in the … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 May 2018

False Killer Whale Team Fails to Reach Consensus on New Protection Measures

by Teresa | posted in: May 2018 | 0

It’s been five years since the National Marine Fisheries Service adopted a take reduction plan (TRP) to address the Hawai‘i longline fleet’s interactions with false killer whales (FKW). The plan required vessels to use stronger branch lines and weaker hooks … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 May 2018

City Agencies Face Phantasmagoria Of Climate Change-Induced Obstacles

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, May 2018 | 0

In its first few meetings, Honolulu’s new Climate Change Commission has heard from a slew of city agency heads about the status of their respective agencies’ efforts to plan for climate change effects. Some agencies have gone further than others. … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 May 2018

New & Noteworthy: Perishable Ho`okupu, Scientists Walk Out

by Teresa | posted in: May 2018 | 0

Maunakea Silverswords: At some time in late March or early April, the gate leading into the silversword reserve near Hale Pohaku, on Maunakea, was not just damaged, but completely removed by vandals, as revealed on a visit in early April. … Continued

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In This Issue

  • January 2026 PDF January 8, 2026
  • BOARD TALK: Groups Appeal Land Board Decisions To Deny Contested Case, Grant Water Permit January 7, 2026
  • BOARD TALK, Continued: Lāʻie Sandbag Fine, Maui Land Acquisition January 7, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: Marine Mammal Strandings; A Seawall Fine Is Upheld January 7, 2026
  • As Haleakalā Trail Injunction Takes Effect, DLNR Pleads to Maintain Vehicular Access January 7, 2026
  • Water Commission Gets Dire Report on Diminishing Flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā January 7, 2026

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