Environment Hawaiʻi editor Patricia Tummons recently interviewed Ciara Kahahane, the deputy director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and effectively the executive director of the Commission on Water Resource Management. The focus of the discussion was the way … Continued
ADC Squatters: Last March, Environment Hawaiʻi reported on Pacific Biodiesel’s rent-free use of 1.53 acres of land owned by the Agribusiness Development Corporation. The ADC’s “Hawaiʻi Agribusiness Plan 2025” report, dated January 2026, states that the parcel, in Shipman Industrial … Continued
The lawsuits over activities at Marconi Point on Oʻahu’s North Shore just keep coming. This time, they’re over the development of a large solar photovoltaic system on the rooftops of eight agricultural warehouses on land owned by RCA Trade Center, … Continued
Land Board Imposes Fine, Revokes Permit for Illegal Longlining in Territorial Waters The punishment of commercial fisherman Konane Zager continued last month with the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voting on January 9 to fine him $10,051.90 and … Continued
Late last year, with an injunction cutting off vehicular access across any part of the historic, state-owned Haleakalā trail set to take effect on January 1, attorneys representing Public Access Trails Hawai`i and founder David Henderson Brown offered to negotiate … Continued
The administration of President Donald Trump is going full steam ahead with plans to allow mining of metal-rich nodules on the seafloor in international waters. In April, he signed Executive Order 14285, “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources,” which … Continued
Here we go again. On October 29, Environmental Court Judge Lisa W. Cataldo issued an opinion in the Sierra Club of Hawai‘i’s appeal of a 2022 Land Board decision to grant revocable permits to Alexander & Baldwin and East Maui … Continued
Board Issues Fine, Orders Removal Of Erosion Control Material in Lāʻie On December 12, the Land Board hit James and Rhodette Greig with a $234,000 fine for violations stemming from their non-compliance with a September 2017 Emergency Conservation District Use … Continued
Dolphin, Whale Strandings: A study of dolphin and whale strandings on Hawaiian and other Pacific Islands from 2006 to 2024 found that nearly two-thirds of the stranded animals died as a result of human-caused injury or infectious disease. The research … Continued