Late last year, Maui solid waste division chief Tracy Takamine delivered some startling news to the Maui County Council’s budget and finance committee: Phase IV-A of the Central Maui Landfill, which receives the bulk of the island’s waste and had … Continued
It took them long enough. Last September 5, the state Department of Health and the Maui County Department of Public Works and Environmental Management signed settlement agreements requiring the county to resolve violations at the Lana`i and Central Maui landfills … Continued
From a common-sense viewpoint, it’s a no-brainer: the very first step in tackling the mounting problem of solid waste is simply stop producing so much of it. The next logical step is to salvage that part of what we toss … Continued
It’s back. The plan to log koa, the beautiful, high-value native hardwood, from about 12,000 acres of land just north of Hilo went down in flames six years ago, amid lawsuits and countersuits over land ownership and logging deals, violations … Continued
A quick review of the letters commenting on the most recent draft environmental impact statement for taking koa from some 12,000 acres of forest north of Hilo discloses some of the more serious concerns that David S. DeLuz Jr. and … Continued
It may seem silly now, but Honolulu officials Jack L. Throp and Paul Weissich were serious in 1966 when they proposed introducing exotic mammals from South America, Africa, China, and elsewhere into Kawai Nui marsh as part of an outdoor … Continued
“We’re very excited… This is a big deal,” Peter Young told members of the public at last month’s Board of Land and Natural Resources meeting. The board, which Young chairs, had just approved a 35-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. … Continued
Get out your score cards. Rancorous disputes over long-standing diversions of water from four Central Maui streams are coming to a head, and keeping track of the teams and their plays is becoming complicated. The diversions go back as far … Continued
Last month, nearly four years after Congress appropriated the money, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources was poised to begin distributing more than $2 million in direct aid to fishermen and fishing groups affected … Continued
When the Legislature passed the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2007 last month, it put the state on track for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to 1990 levels, or lower. But state agencies had already been put … Continued