29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, June 1999 | 0

Genetic Engineering: Fields of Dreams — Or Nightmares? To the extent genetic engineering is discussed at all in Hawai`i, it is celebrated as the next economic savior in a state where visitor counts are in the cellar and the old … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, November 1999 | 0

Natural Area Reserves Merit Protection, Not Reduction Marjorie Ziegler may have summed up the sorry situation at Pu’u Maka’ala better than anyone else. “You can’t not fence and not manage and then say when the areas get degraded, ‘Pull them … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, September 1999 | 0

In The Face Of Incorrigible Violators, State, County Need The Will To Enforce So who says Hawai`i isn’t friendly to small business? As the state looks at cutting red tape and needless regulation, the case of the Anglin family and … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: December 1998, Editorial | 0

Keeping Turtles Down: The NMFS Biological Opinion The biological opinion on sea turtles issued last month by the National Marine Fisheries Service may be fairly described as schizophrenic. While recognizing the parlous straits of the creatures, which continue to be … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, February 1998 | 0

Lingle Should Be Held to Account Recently, David Frankel, executive director of the Hawai`i Chapter of the Sierra Club, wrote a short article highly critical of the Lingle record. The article was published in Maui newspapers, and, on January 9, … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, July 1998 | 0

Village Park Concerns Demand Further Investigation Consider this: Barely three in a hundred requests for suspected cancer cluster investigations ever result in the kind of in-depth studies needed to determine whether the suspicions have any scientific basis. The likelihood that … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, November 1998 | 0

HELCO’s Keahole Gambit: Irrational and Costly For the folks at HELCO, “planning” has come to mean the single-minded pursuit of the permits and approvals needed to install two new combustion turbines at Keahole. In the name of this “planning,” HELCO … Continued

29 Oct 2014

EDITORIAL

by | posted in: April 1997, Editorial | 0

A Shibai of EPIC Proportions Is or is not the Exotic Pest Insect Committee a public agency? On the “is” side, we would note the fact that its initial members were appointed by Governor John Waihe’e. On the “isn’t” side … Continued

29 Oct 2014

EDITORIAL

by | posted in: Editorial, February 1997 | 0

The Fatal Flaws of the Hanalei Plan The name may conjure up visions of a tropical paradise for many, but increasingly, to people on Kaua’i as well as across the state, Hanalei is synonymous with intractable, deep-seated community conflict. People … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, January 1997 | 0

Protect the Plants at Pohakuloa For the last year, hunters on the Big Island — politically strong, but scientifically feeble — have pretty much dominated the Army’s deliberations over how to manage priceless, unique, and irreplaceable natural resources at its … Continued