(POSTED 1/26/06) The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has granted the petition of Concerned Citizens of Honolulu for a hearing on an application submitted by Pa`ina Hawai`i to build a Cobalt-60 irradiator at the Honolulu International Airport. And that has … Continued
(POSTED 10/31/05) One of the first actions of Governor Linda Lingle was a hiring freeze. It wasn’t absolute. Executive departments could push paperwork through the Department of Budget and Finance, the fiscal overseers, and on to the governor’s office if … Continued
The Hawai`i Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in the `Aina Le`a case. For those needing a reminder, that case involves the development of about 1,000 acres of land near Waikoloa, in the Big Island district of South Kohala. … Continued
On November 27, 1987, the Signal Puako Corporation filed a petition with the state Land Use Commission, seeking to place into the Urban land use district just over 1,000 acres in South Kohala between the newly minted village of Waikoloa … Continued
A federal rule that, for all intents and purposes, does away with bigeye tuna catch limits for the Hawai`i longline fleet is being challenged in U.S. District Court. The lawsuit, filed November 20, was brought by Earthjustice on behalf of … Continued
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources last month unanimously approved a 65-year pipeline easement to Summit Biofuel, LLC. The company plans to use the pipeline to move biofuels from cargo ships at the port of Hilo to a … Continued
Over the last year, Hu Honua Bioenergy, LLC, builder of the proposed biomass-fueled, 28-megawatt power plant on the Big Island coast a few miles north of Hilo, has faced multiple applications for mechanic’s and materialman’s liens filed by contractors and … Continued
What’s the difference between “grubbing” and “mowing”? That was the question posed to the Hawai`i County Board of Appeals earlier this year, as a Kona landowner challenged the accusation he had violated the county’s prohibition on grubbing without a permit. … Continued
How much did U.S. taxpayers spend to argue against the recent expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument? Environment Hawai`i asked that question after the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac) issued a press release describing a meeting … Continued
A Seal by Any Other Name…: The endangered Hawaiian monk seal has a new name: Neomonachus schauinslandi, reflecting its genetic divergence from the Mediterranean monk seal. The name change reflects recent genetic studies by researchers at the Smithsonian and colleagues … Continued