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A rendering of buildings proposed for University of the Nations in a master plan from 2020. The recently approved final environmental impact statement states that the school “has identified two potential new well developments by third parties in the Kailua-Kona region from which U of Kona could be allocated water.” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s all about power these days at the state Land Use Commission. That\u2019s the inevitable conclusion to be drawn from the commissioners\u2019 discussions of legislative measures dealing with land use issues. They\u2019re jealous of the primary role of the Commission on Water Resource Management when it comes to determining water availability. Yet they seem all too willing to cede their own power to the counties when it comes to approving new boundary amendments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is, apparently, how the governor wants it, given that he has appointed and now is approving for second terms so many of the commission\u2019s members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a far cry from the commission\u2019s makeup of just a few years ago. And that\u2019s a shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent Editions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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March 2026<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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February 2026<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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January 2026<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Power Plays at the LUC It’s all about power these days at the state Land Use Commission. That’s the inevitable conclusion to be drawn from the commissioners’ discussions of legislative measures dealing with land use issues. They’re jealous of the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8127,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7272","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7272"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17088,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7272\/revisions\/17088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}