The state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the American Bird Conservancy were awarded their motion for summary judgment in a case brought by Maui resident Tina Lia and a group she founded last year, Hawaiʻi Unites. Lia had … Continued
Above photo: This stretch of vegetation at Marconi Point was known to be a robust habitat for endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bees. The top photo, taken in 2022, shows what it used to look like before unauthorized clearing occurred this past … Continued
When resource managers caring for the native bee and seabird habitat on Oʻahu’s North Shore learned what was happening early last month, they spread the word as far and as wide as possible in hopes of keeping the damage from … Continued
Mosquito Case: Environmental Court hearings on Tina Lia’s and Hawaiʻi Unites’s motion for a preliminary injunction to halt a mosquito-suppression project in East Maui are on hold due to the fires that devastated Maui last month. An initial hearing was … Continued
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
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
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
In a complaint filed May 26 in U.S. District Court, the owner of nearly 100 acres of coastal, agricultural land on Oʻahu’s North Shore alleged that the City & County of Honolulu violated his companies’ due process rights by stymieing … Continued
(This article has been corrected. The original version included the wrong date for the preliminary injunction hearing. It was not to be on July 19, but on July 21.) On July 21, Environmental Court Judge John Tonaki will hear a … Continued
Board Denies Petition for Contested Case On Mosquito Control Suppression Project The state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ May 12 meeting began at 9:15 a.m. and stretched well past dinnertime. As the board heard public testimony on one of … Continued