For 15-year-old Navahine Fukumitsu, climate change has made it harder for her family to farm kalo on its kuleana lands in Hakipuʻu, O’ahu, which it has done for more than ten generations. “[C]limate change is altering the growing season, decreasing … Continued
The climate change lawsuit filed last year by about a dozen young people from Hawaiʻi against the state and its Department of Transportation is similar to others filed over the past several years in other state and federal courts. Filings … Continued
On November 10, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a settlement over an unauthorized seawall built by James and Denise O’Shea in 2017 after the one that had fronted their Sunset Beach home for decades collapsed. The … Continued
Senate Bill 2070 (now Act 197) calls for the issuance of up to $50 million in special purpose revenue bonds to the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, LLC. The purpose is to assist the company in a host of worthy endeavors, … Continued
Remembering ‘Doc’ Maciolek: Dr. John A. Maciolek (1928-2021), a career biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Service and former zoology professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, died at his home last summer in Westlake, Oregon. At UH, Maciolek … Continued
‘Aina Le‘a Suit Dismissed: The state has prevailed in the efforts of DW ‘Aina Le‘a, LLC, to claim $200 million in damages as a result of the Land Use Commission’s reversion of land it once owned from the Urban land use … Continued
Kihei High Update: “While construction of the two classroom buildings, administration building, and locker rooms is proceeding at a brisk pace, due to some unavoidable construction and material delays, we have been informed that completion of these new facilities will … Continued
High Court Upholds Board Permit For Na Pua Makani Wind Farm After years of strife, the feud over the Na Pua Makani wind farm’s habitat conservation plan and incidental take permit is finally over. In May 2018, the state Board … Continued
Hawaiʻi County Sued in Federal Court Over Closure of Waipiʻo Valley Road Hawaiʻi County mayor Mitch Roth announced on February 24 that he was immediately closing the only road leading into Waipiʻo Valley to all but residents and farmers for … Continued
Photo: Limitations of recent U.S. Geological Survey modeling of aquifer recharge in Hawaiʻi. Credit: Heidi Kāne presentation to Commission on Water Resource Management. By Teresa Dawson How will the climate crisis affect groundwater recharge in Hawaiʻi? As a presentation the … Continued