On Friday, February 5, the state Senate Committee on Economic Development, Environment, and Technology deferred a bill that would have repealed the state’s beverage container recycling programs. Introduced by committee vice chair Sen. Sam Slom and Sen. Lorraine Inouye, Senate … Continued
Our February 2016 cover story incorrectly stated that the hearing officer’s recommendations in the East Maui interim instream flow standards (IIFS) contested case hearing was expected early this year, when, in fact, those recommendations had been issued on January 15. … Continued
First Circuit Judge Rhonda Nishimura has granted an interlocutory appeal and a stay of her January 8 ruling invalidating the four revocable permits the state Board of Land and Natural Resources granted in 2014 to allow Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. … Continued
“It sounds like you got the gun in your hand …,” Stanley Roehrig began. “That’s right!” David Frankel interjected. “… and nobody else has bullets,” Roehrig said. “They’ve had the gun to the head of our clients and have been … Continued
With Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s announcement that it will be harvesting its last crop of sugarcane this year, the question looms large: What’s going to happen to the hundreds of millions of gallons of stream water diverted daily from East … Continued
For years, every December, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Land Division has submitted a list of hundreds of revocable permits (RPs) to the Board of Land and Natural Resources for renewal, for everything from a 40-square-foot empty lot … Continued
“How many observers or crew members have to die before WPCFC takes action? … This. Must. End. Charlie, Keith, and all the other missing observers deserve better,” the World Wide Fund for Nature’s Bubba Cook told the Western and Central … Continued
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission closed its annual meeting last month, having failed again to significantly strengthen its measure aimed at ending overfishing of tropical tunas, especially bigeye. But it wasn’t for lack of trying. Ahead of the … Continued
For years, environmental groups and some members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) have groused about the Hawai`i longline fleet being allowed to skirt its international bigeye tuna quota by attributing some of its catch to U.S. … Continued
Olowalu Town Nixed: Last month, at the end of a 12-hour-long hearing, the Land Use Commission refused to accept a final environmental impact statement for a residential development of 1,500 units in West Maui first proposed more than 10 years … Continued