October 2011

“We’re plunking millions into these programs. Do we really know where we are?” asked Sharon Moriwaki, co-chair of the University of Hawai`i’s Energy Policy Forum and moderator of last month’s Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit panel on measuring and reporting … Continued

The challenges of dealing with invasive species can seem daunting, whether on a local or a global scale. But at a meeting last month in Waikoloa, the scientists, researchers, and natural-resource managers who are on the front lines in the … Continued

It was a day of extremes. One of the largest areas subject to a Land Use Commission petition – roughly 57,000 contiguous acres – was disposed of in one of the shortest LUC meetings in recent memory – less than … Continued

Robert Lu`uwai, for one, was glad to see it finally happening, but others seemed to think it was not only a waste of money, but a hassle and an abortion of due process. Last month in the Kihei Elementary School … Continued

It was practically a secret for months. But in late August, state Department of Land and Natural Resources staff and members of the public (including Environment Hawai`i and Carroll Cox of Envirowatch) were starting to ask about the elusive emergency … Continued

The Enemy of my Enemy…: Ants are relative newcomers to Hawai`i, and generally not welcome ones at that. But in an article published in the July issue of Pacific Science, three German scientists discuss an unusual case of mutualism involving … Continued