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Climate Change

4 Dec 2020

Ditch Managers Fail to Meet Terms Of Lauded Kauaʻi Stream Agreement

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Climate Change, December 2020, Energy, Water | 0

In April 2017, the state Commission on Water Resource Management voted to adopt the terms of a mediated agreement intended to end the years-long conflicts over the diversion and waste of stream water via the Kokeʻe and Kekaha ditch systems … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Jul 2020

Court Rebukes PUC Over Approval Of Rate Hike Tied to Liquefied Natural Gas

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, Energy, July 2020 | 0

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has issued a ruling that makes clear what it thinks of the Public Utilities Commission’s effort to push the companies it regulates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And that is: Not much. In a decision issued … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 May 2020

Wind Farms’ Representatives Pick Apart Draft Guidance on Takes of Endangered Bats

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, Endangered Species, Energy, May 2020 | 0

Last month, Environment Hawai‘i reported on a new draft bat guidance document aimed at helping the state Endangered Species Recovery Committee (ESRC) make decisions regarding the Habitat Conservation Plans and Incidental Take Licenses that are required for wind farms to incidentally harm … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Mar 2020

Draft Guidance Would Further Curb Number of Bats Wind Farms Can Kill

by Teresa | posted in: April 2020, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Energy | 0

Several million dollars have been spent over the past few years on research, habitat restoration, and land acquisition to mitigate the unexpectedly high number of endangered Hawaiian hoary bats being killed by wind farms across the state. Last month at … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Mar 2020

New & Noteworthy: ‘Pretty Stable’

by Teresa | posted in: April 2020, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Energy | 0

Where on O‘ahu are endangered Hawaiian hoary bats most active? According to an acoustic monitoring study launched in 2017, “by far and way, the bulk of activity is on northern part of the island,” said Joel Thompson of the Oregon-based … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Mar 2020

Can Genetic Engineering Save the ‘I‘iwi? Scientists in Volcano Weigh the Odds

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, March 2020 | 0

Temperatures are rising. And as they soar, so, too, do the mosquitoes that carry the parasite that causes avian malaria, fatal to so many of the native Hawaiian forest birds. For years, scientists and biologists concerned with the health of … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Jan 2020

Climate Commission Issues Guidance On Amending Shoreline Setback Rules

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, January 2020 | 0

On December 23, the Honolulu Climate Change Commission approved guidance on how the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) should update the city’s shoreline setback ordinance, which has not been significantly amended in a decade. The ordinance — which Matt Gonser … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Dec 2019

City Climate Change Commission Mulls Changes to Shoreline Setback Ordinance

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, December 2019 | 0

Sunset Beach homeowners Gary and Cynthia Stanley may have bought some time to keep their unauthorized sandbag burrito pile in place through the winter by requesting a contested case hearing from the Board of Land and Natural Resources (see Board … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Dec 2019

New & Noteworthy: Sad Trees, Happy Bats

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, December 2019, Endangered Species, Energy, New & Noteworthy | 0

Can’t Cool Down: More than a decade ago at the Hawai‘i Conservation Conference, Stephen Miller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Honolulu expressed his concern about the pace at which nighttime temperatures at high elevations were rising: … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Nov 2019

City, State Planners Explore Solutions To Sea Level Rise Hazards on O‘ahu

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, November 2019 | 0

“The situation on O‘ahu regarding erosion is really terrible,” state Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands administrator Sam Lemmo told the City and County of Honolulu’s Climate Change Commission at its meeting last month. The Wai‘anae Coast is experiencing serious … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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In This Issue

  • January 2021 PDF January 4, 2021
  • Honolulu Climate Commissioner Floats Bold Changes to Construction Standards January 4, 2021
  • High Court Ruling Favors ‘Aina Le‘a On Question of Statute of Limitations January 4, 2021
  • Board Talk: KIUC Permit; Kahala Hotel Permit Appeal January 4, 2021
  • Longline Fishers Propose Gear Changes To Mitigate Bycatch of Protected Species January 4, 2021
  • New Directors of Housing, Planning In Hawai‘i County Tied to Developers January 4, 2021
  • New & Noteworthy: Big Island Dairy; Lanikai Land Grab January 4, 2021

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