November 2018 PDF
November 2018
Board Talk: Windward Oʻahu Seawalls
Board Rejects Plan To Dump Rocks Along Lanikai Seawall On October 26, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources denied the owners of a $9 million beachfront lot in Lanikai a Conservation District Use Permit to dump a sloped … Continued
Another Lawsuit Challenges Permits Given to Hu Honua Biomass Plant
Like a roly-poly doll, Claudia Rohr takes a punch and springs right back up again. Last December, the woman who owns a bed-and-breakfast operation in the Hilo neighborhood of Keaukaha filed a complaint in 3rd Circuit Court against Hawai‘i County … Continued
Remembering a Founder of Environment Hawai‘i
When I moved to Hawai‘i in the summer of 1989, Marjorie Ziegler was one of the first friends I made. I walked into the office of what was then the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, in the hope of establishing … Continued
In Memoriam: Marjorie Fern Yasue Ziegler 
A stalwart of environmental activism in Hawai‘i has died. Marjorie Fern Yasue Ziegler the long-time executive director of Conservation Council for Hawai‘i passed away at her family home in Kane‘ohe on October 10. She was 62. Marjorie, who was an … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Kahala Update, Frances Officer
City Steps In: The state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Kahala Hotel & Resort recently tried to win authorization from the Board of Land and Natural Resources for the placement and/ or storage of various items — including … Continued
Financing, Affordable Housing Take Center Stage at Waikoloa Hearing
“There’s a Hawaiian word, kapulu,” Jonathan Scheuer noted near the end of a two-day hearing of the state Land Use Commission on the stalled Waikoloa Highlands project. Scheuer, commission chair, continued. “Kapulu, that’s a shame thing to have. This project has … Continued
Mining the Deep Sea: Treasure vs. Destruction In the Ocean’s Most Pristine Ecosystems
Extracting minerals from the abyssal depths of the ocean has long been an objective of countries around the world. And one of the areas that has been most coveted by countries and mining operations is the Clarion-Clipperton zone, which … Continued