April 2003

It may seem counter-intuitive to imagine that a coal-fired power plant is more beneficial to sea life than a sugar mill. But in the years since Hilo Coast Processing Company stopped using bagasse and started using coal, corals in the … Continued

Protecting Plants, When It’s Convenient In celebrating 2003 as the Year of the Hawaiian Forest, Environment Hawai`i is reprinting historical records that depict changes in its forested landscape over the last two centuries. This month’s selection is taken from minutes … Continued

Responses to Editorial On War With Iraq I believe your editorial did not belong in an environmental newsletter. Please stick to environmental issues. I also strongly disagree with your position. Like it or not, we are involved in a global … Continued

Peter Young, the new director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, recently granted interviews to Environment Hawai`i editor Patricia Tummons and staff writer Teresa Dawson. Here are excerpts: What are your goals, your vision for the department? As … Continued

Wednesday, February 26, 2 a.m. The Little Annou, a Maltese-registered freighter, pulls into the Port of Hilo. The hatches to its huge holds open and its cranes unfold. The first of dozens of freight trucks that are queued up along … Continued