Parties in Mosquito Lawsuit Spar Over Science, Balance of Harms
On August 15, Environmental Court hearings resume in a case brought in May by Maui resident Tina Lia and the group she founded, Hawaiʻi Unites, to halt a project aimed at saving critically endangered honeycreepers from extinction. With the warming … Continued
New & Noteworthy: SPJ Awards, Koloa Case, And Dailey Seawall Appeal
Awards: Environment Hawaiʻi editor Patricia Tummons’ pieces on affordable housing, published in 2022, won two awards in the All Media category of the Society of Professional Journalists, Hawaiʻi Chapter, annual contest. The winners were announced at an awards dinner on … Continued
Brittany Zimmerman Sells Her Vision To Hawaiʻi County – But Is It For Real?
(Above photo: Final lab configuration of the experiments done by Brittany Zimmerman in support of her master’s thesis at the University of North Dakota: “Closing the Loop in Life Support Systems for Spaceflight and Habitation: Reutilization of Human Excrement through … Continued
Zero Waste Hawai‘i Island Lays Out Plan for Reuse of Foodware in Hilo
At the June 23 meeting of the Hawaiʻi County Environmental Management Commission, the contrast could not have been more sharply drawn between the Yummet approach to waste management, involving a high degree of sophisticated technology to succeed, and the more … Continued
Board Talk: East Maui Permits; Fishing, Forest Management at Kīpahulu
Water Permittees To Contribute Funds For East Maui Watershed Management State forestry and wildlife managers will finally receive funds from the two companies that for years have been diverting tens of millions of gallons of water a day from East … Continued