“Here it is May 2008 with an order that requires completion in a couple of weeks from now, and this is the first time we’re hearing of this…..All of a sudden, it’s 2008 and it’s, ‘Oh, sorry, we can’t do … Continued
To the Editor: I was disappointed in your analysis in the February 2008 edition of Environment Hawai`i (“Reversals at Supreme Court Raise Question: Is Water Commission on the Right Track?”), about how the commission “doesn’t get it.” I expect more … Continued
No Greenbacks for Greenhouse Panel: Lately, Governor Lingle has stressed the importance of Hawai`i turning to “clean energy” and reducing its reliance on fossil fuels. In remarks to the international climate change summit in Honolulu last month, for example, she … Continued
“We’re bringing coals to Newcastle.” That’s how Don Thomas, a geochemist with the University of Hawai`i’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, described recent findings in a presentation to the state Commission on Water Resource Management last March. Thomas’ Hawai`i Scientific … Continued
In the coming months, the Public Utilities Commission will begin holding hearings on whether to grant the Wailuku Water Company’s new subsidiary, Wailuku Water Distribution Company, a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN). Such certificates are required of utilities … Continued
Depending on your point of view, the dispute over the diversion of streams in East Maui either took a nasty turn last July or a turn for the better. According to a report of a state employee, people associated with … Continued
At a time when Hawai`i is seeking ways to feed more of its own people, O`ahu’s beef and pork industries are on the verge of disaster. Earlier this year, O`ahu’s only slaughterhouse, which processes both beef and pork, announced that … Continued
Here are the interim instream flow standards approved by the Water Commission for six East Maui streams: Honopou: A minimum flow of 2 cubic feet per second (1.29 mgd) at the 383 ft. elevation of lower Honopou Stream is intended … Continued
The hearing began on a gray, rainy September morning that brightened as the day unfolded. From their seats in the Haiku Community Center, members of the state Commission on Water Resource Management faced a sea of some 200 people, some … Continued
A Watershed Achievement: On August 28, the state Commission on Water Resource Management adopted the 2008 Water Resources Protection Plan, which is perhaps the most important of the six plans that collectively make up the Hawai`i Water Plan as it … Continued