Photo: Limitations of recent U.S. Geological Survey modeling of aquifer recharge in Hawaiʻi. Credit: Heidi Kāne presentation to Commission on Water Resource Management. By Teresa Dawson How will the climate crisis affect groundwater recharge in Hawaiʻi? As a presentation the … Continued
Hu Honua Rebuffed: The on-again, off-again dispute over the Hu Honua power plant just north of Hilo is now on again. This comes after Hu Honua itself sought to postpone – possibly for months – the scheduled start of a … Continued
By Teresa Dawson A couple, its two offspring, and a single male may be the only surviving ‘akikiki left in the Halehaha portion of Kaua‘i’s Alaka‘i plateau, and they may all die of avian malaria as early as next spring. That’s … Continued
By now, most people are familiar with the “hockey stick” phenomenon. That occurs when a trend that may have been bumping along at a gradual increase suddenly shoots skyward, going nearly vertical over a relatively short period. It appears on … Continued
“It’s pretty intense,” says state toxicologist Dr. Diana Felton. With rising seas and more frequent severe storms expected as a result of the climate crisis, she and Department of Health colleague Dr. Iris van der Zander warn of the increased … Continued
(This article has been corrected to reflect that Engineering with Nature is a program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, not FEMA.) As Environment Hawai‘i reported in April, sea level rise threatens to draw sewage from cesspools and other on-site disposal systems into coastal … Continued
(This article has been corrected to reflect that Category 3 projects are those where 1,000 up to 25,000 cubic yards of sand are placed on a beach. We had erroneously stated that Category 3 projects were those that used more … Continued
“It is a very dire situation. We have some strategies, and we’re pursuing them as fast as possible on parallel tracks, but it’s a lot of fingers crossed right now,” Department of Land and Natural Resources director Suzanne Case told … Continued
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
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