“I can’t tell you how many ulcers I get in a matter of hours when there’s a possibility I could lose 30 pump stations in one event,” said Timothy Steinberger, the former director of Honolulu’s Department of Environmental Services. The … Continued
May 2015
Navy Plans for Biosecurity: A Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia – broadly defined to include every island state from Hawai`i in the northeast to Micronesia in the southwest – has been released by the U.S. Navy and cooperating agencies. The … Continued
A real-life game of Whack-a-Mole is being played out in and around Kealakekua Bay, on the Kona Coast of the Big Island. Two years ago, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources strictly limited the number of kayak companies … Continued
Land Board Grants $1M to Save Ka Iwi Land From Development On April 10, despite its staff’s recommendation to deny, the Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously approved the release of $1 million for Livable Hawai`i Kai Hui’s purchase of … Continued
Have Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and its subsidiary, East Maui Irrigation Co., Ltd., been illegally diverting more than a hundred million gallons of water a day from East Maui streams? Last month, on behalf of East Maui residents Healoha Carmichael … Continued
To some, it’s the stuff dreams are made of. An entrepreneur proposes to locate a high-tech industry on the Big Island, hire 4,200 high-paid ($90,000-a-year and up) employees, and invest tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure and equipment. Others … Continued
“They are going gangbusters already, trying to open up all historic lo`i,” Alan Murakami says of his clients, member of Na Moku Aupuni o Ko`olau Hui, who will soon be receiving a release of some six million gallons of water … Continued
A Beautiful Reef — Gone: Last fall took a tremendous toll on three miles of coral reef off the Kohala Coast. The culprit, according to Bill Walsh, a biologist with the state Division of Aquatic Resources, was most likely a combination … Continued
What were they thinking? They are the board members of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority. Last month, in what has mercifully turned out to be a meaningless exercise, six of them approved a 30-year leas of at least … Continued