When it comes to environmental measures, the number passed by the Hawai`i Legislature in 2010 was not huge. However, several of the bills passed have far-ranging consequences. Almost certainly, the most consequential measure is Act 73, which increases to $1.05 … Continued
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, which recommends management measures for fisheries in the U.S. waters of the western and central Pacific Ocean, is finding that as resources diminish, managing what remains is getting harder and harder. The discussions … Continued
Another Setback for Irradiator: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sided with a citizens’ group in Honolulu, determining that the public should have the opportunity to comment on a revised environmental assessment for the fruit irradiation facility proposed by Pa`ina Hawai`i, LLC. … Continued
By almost all accounts, the vision behind the residential and commercial development proposed for about 300 acres on the Kona Coast, in an area known as O`oma, is a model of progressive, state-of-the-art thinking when it comes to urban planning. … Continued
Noise – current, future, acceptable or compatible – has taken center stage in the debate over the proposed O`oma Beachside Villages just a short distance south of the Keahole airport on the Kona Coast of the Big Island. As a … Continued
The proposal for O`oma Beachside Village calls for development in three general areas. Closest to Queen Ka`ahumanu highway is a mauka “village,” including a mix of housing types (small lot, multi-family, and live-in retail units) and a commercial center. The … Continued
DLNR Staff Backs Off Proposal to Extend Lease in Palila Habitat “Do we have to watch extinction happen all over again? Do we have a choice?” University of Hawai`i zoologist Sheila Conant wrote last month in her testimony against a … Continued
Mangroves Get a Champion: Sydney Ross Singer, the hero of waiawi and defender of coqui, has found another invasive species to champion: the red mangrove. In February, Singer brought suit against the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, the County … Continued
Since the early 1990s, Maui County has been aware of a probable connection between the wastewater it injects into the ground below the Lahaina sewage treatment plant and the nearby coastal waters. And for almost as long, it has clung … Continued
Kilakila `o Haleakala, the group that is opposed to the construction of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) near the summit of Haleakala, was dealt a setback when the Intermediate Court of Appeals, in a ruling issued June 9, upheld … Continued