In July of 1990, the small windward community of Lanikai, O’ahu, bade farewell to its homegrown recycling program and welcomed the offer of the City and County of Honolulu to take over with once-a-week curbside pickup. The Lanikai Association had … Continued
With much ado, the City and County of Honolulu launched its curbside recycling program in the fall of 1990. People living in selected the Windward communities were instructed to place their recyclable newspapers, plastic jugs, glass bottles and aluminum cans … Continued
Smokestack emissions from H-POWER are subject to regulation by the state Department of Health. In issuing a permit to H-POWER, the department set certain standards, therefore, and imposed upon H-POWER’s operators reporting requirements so that H-POWER’s performance can be measured … Continued
Hawai’i Is Left in Dark on Plans For Cross-Pacific Plutonium Shipments U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie is concerned that shipments of highly radioactive plutonium to Japan could devastate Hawai’i. To head off the prospect of “floating Chernobyls”- Abercrombie’s term – sailing … Continued
At the time of Western contact, more than 40 species of tree snails (genus Achatinella) populated O’ahu, although the range of any one species extended usually no more than a few miles. The variety of members in the Achatinella family … Continued
People living and camping at Makua Beach have attracted the wrath of the Army from time to time over the years of Army occupation of Makua Valley. Now, as in the 1960s and 1970s, the Army is trying to get … Continued
I was born on the hill, right in Makua, and they call it Pu`upa’i. The place is a flat hill as you’re going up, away in the valley… You can see it from down the beach as you look up. … Continued
In late September, after more than half a century of Army occupation of Makua Valley with never so much as a by-your-leave to the residents of Hawai’i, the federal Environmental Protection Agency announced that the public would have an opportunity … Continued
The Army’s hold on Makua Valley was originally intended to last the duration of the war, and six months longer. Half a century later, the Army shows no intention of moving out. How it managed to stay so long, possessing … Continued
The indefatigable C.S. Judd, forester for the Territory of Hawai’i, was exuberant in his description of Makua Valley’s botanical wonders. Of all of Hawai’i’s “rich botanical mines,” Makua Valley was “probably the greatest bonanza of all, fairly crammed with concentrated … Continued