The tug of war over water on O`ahu continues. The transfer last November of an `Ewa water well permit from Campbell Estate to the Board of Water Supply (BWS) has raised arguments by windward farmers and activists that the estate … Continued
Hunters Are Shot Down in Appeal Of Federal Court’s Palila Decision For the last two years, a group of sheep hunters on the Big Island have been working to overturn a federal court’s order requiring the state of Hawai`i to … Continued
Across the islands, the cultivation of taro is experiencing a resurgence that addresses far more than the material needs of those who plant or process the crop. You won’t find the numbers reflected in state agricultural statistics. Many of the … Continued
In recent weeks, floods in Europe, dead or dying corals in the Indian Ocean, rising temperatures and melting ice packs have all been laid at the door of manmade changes in Earth’s atmosphere, brought about largely as a result of … Continued
The `i`iwi may be the best known and best loved of all Hawai`i’s native forest birds. Boasting bright scarlet plumage and along, curved bill, it is easily recognized and still found on Kaua`i, Maui, and Hawai`i. But the bird may … Continued
Kaua`i: The Retreat From Renewables Kaua`i is not the energy producer it used to be. It has a few hydro-electric power plants that support agriculture on the island’s west side, but the once abundant bagasse (sugar-cane waste) that used to … Continued
Hawai`i consumers pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, and it’s not just because fuel to fire our power plants is so expensive to import. Utilities here receive higher revenues for each kilowatt hour of electricity sold … Continued
The prediction that the reefs in Hawaiian waters may be among the world’s last to succumb to the effects of global warming is one reason the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands deserve special protection, say supporters of President Clinton’s executive order of … Continued
In 1997 and 1998, and again in the early part of 2000, large areas of coral reefs in tropical oceans around the world suffered devastating, and in many cases deadly, bleaching events. Scientists attribute the first round of major bleaching … Continued