The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to build four radars in Hawai’i whose installation elsewhere in the United States has been surrounded by controversy over their possible health effects. The radars are part of a new system of weather service … Continued
The radar signal from NEXRAD will be thousands of times greater than what current standards allow. However, by using an “averaged” value for the signal’s emissions, NEXRADs proponents claim that no harm will come from exposure to the beam. Peak … Continued
NEXRAD weather radars are expected to operate in a variety of patterns. Nearly all of them will involve bursts, or pulses, of high-energy, narrow-focus electrical beams rotating around a vertical axis. With the beam pointed just slightly above the horizon, … Continued
Speculation? So It Would Seem: The Case of the Rearden Permit The Board of Land and Natural Resources has long been aware of the often incalculable value that a Conservation District Use Permit adds to land in this district of … Continued
One of the few people commenting on the Finding of No Significant Impact for the Moloka’i NEXRAD was Robert McLaren, associate director of the University of Hawai’i’s Institute for Astronomy. In a letter dated August 13, 1993, McLaren takes exception … Continued
What rights does the public have to the use of old government roads? That question lies at the center of two disputes that have arisen on the island of Hawai’i over the last several years. One, near Pu’uwa’wa’a, appears to … Continued
On December 10, 1991, the Hawai’i County Council gave its final approval to eleven separate bills that, taken together, clear the way for unprecedented changes in the landscape and social character of the Hamakua Coast, especially along the eastern rim … Continued
For more than a decade, operators of the two sugar mills along the Hamakua Coast Hamakua Sugar Company, with a mill at Haina, and Hilo Coast Processing Company, with a mill at Pepe`ekeo have protested Environmental Protection Agency requirements that … Continued
Over the years, sugar growers in Hawai’i have enjoyed an abundance of good will from politicians and public alike. The federal price supports for the domestic sugar industry might be the most well-known manifestation of this – although these benefits … Continued