October 2009

Praise and an Update from Wahiawa Dam Owner To the Editor: I want to compliment you on the accuracy and balance in Teresa Dawson’s article on the Wahiawa Dam and Reservoir in your August issue. Good journalism will play an … Continued

Gate-gate I: Recently, access over land controlled by the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority (NELHA) has become a cause celèbre. In July, NELHA director Ron Baird announced that at the end of the month, he would be closing the … Continued

“There are places he’s gone to in this last exploration that I will never send him to again…A lot of people here do a lot of really good work, but Mohsen, for state pay, he risks his life for plants … Continued

“I’m appalled,” state Natural Area Reserves System commissioner Sheila Conant said at the commission’s August meeting, referring to the U.S. Forest Service’s and NEON, Inc.’s (short for National Ecological Observatory Network) failure to consult the commission before deciding to build … Continued

A three-judge panel of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has dealt a major setback to backers of a planned irradiator on state land at Honolulu International Airport. As a result, the public will have an opportunity to comment once … Continued