Just how strict should the state be on Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (A&B), and its subsidiary, East Maui Irrigation Company, Ltd. (EMI), when it comes to policing the permits that allow them to divert tens of millions of gallons of … Continued
In a long-awaited decision issued on October 30, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court determined that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources did not err when it awarded a Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) for construction of the Thirty Meter … Continued
December 2018
“There’s a Hawaiian word, kapulu,” Jonathan Scheuer noted near the end of a two-day hearing of the state Land Use Commission on the stalled Waikoloa Highlands project. Scheuer, commission chair, continued. “Kapulu, that’s a shame thing to have. This project has … Continued
City Steps In: The state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Kahala Hotel & Resort recently tried to win authorization from the Board of Land and Natural Resources for the placement and/ or storage of various items — including … Continued
A stalwart of environmental activism in Hawai‘i has died. Marjorie Fern Yasue Ziegler the long-time executive director of Conservation Council for Hawai‘i passed away at her family home in Kane‘ohe on October 10. She was 62. Marjorie, who was an … Continued
When I moved to Hawai‘i in the summer of 1989, Marjorie Ziegler was one of the first friends I made. I walked into the office of what was then the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, in the hope of establishing … Continued
Like a roly-poly doll, Claudia Rohr takes a punch and springs right back up again. Last December, the woman who owns a bed-and-breakfast operation in the Hilo neighborhood of Keaukaha filed a complaint in 3rd Circuit Court against Hawai‘i County … Continued
Board Rejects Plan To Dump Rocks Along Lanikai Seawall On October 26, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources denied the owners of a $9 million beachfront lot in Lanikai a Conservation District Use Permit to dump a sloped … Continued
November 2018