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Energy

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Wind Farms’ Representatives Pick Apart Draft Guidance on Takes of Endangered Bats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Draft Guidance Would Further Curb Number of Bats Wind Farms Can Kill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 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
31 Aug 2019

Board Talk Cont.: Auwahi Wind Farm Gets to Kill More Bats

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Energy, September 2019 | 0

On August 23, the Land Board voted to accept a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Auwahi wind farm on Maui and approve a new Habitat Conservation Plan for the take of an additional 119 endangered Hawaiian hoary bats over … Continued

Teresa Dawson
6 Jun 2019

Another Court Action Against Hu Honua Moves Forward

by Patricia Tummons | posted in: EH-XTRA, Energy | 0

On June 6, Judge Greg K. Nakamura of the 3rdCircuit Court in Hilo heard arguments on several motions to dismiss a lawsuit filed last fall by Claudia Rohr. It was the second complaint that Rohr had brought in an effort … Continued

31 May 2019

Climate Experts Explore Possibility Of Suing to Cover Mitigation Costs

by Teresa | posted in: Climate Change, Energy, June 2019 | 0

Marti Townsend, director of the Sierra Club’s Hawai‘i Chapter, asked the audience crammed into a state capitol conference room last month to imagine a world in which fossil fuel companies in the 1980s took the warnings of its scientists about … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 May 2019

Hu Honua Faces New PUC Hearing, Well Issues, DOH Fines, and a Lawsuit

by Teresa | posted in: Energy, June 2019, Pollution | 0

In December 2017, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court told the state Public Utilities Commission that it had to consider greenhouse gas emissions in carrying out “all of the [commission’s] duties.” The decision wasn’t unanimous. In fact, it was as close as … Continued

Patricia Tummons

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  • Rising Seas Compromise Coastal Cesspools, Deliver Sewage to Nearshore Ecosystems April 1, 2021
  • Thousands of Cesspools Harm Reefs, But Fixing Them Will Cost Billions April 1, 2021
  • Planning Commission Confronts Challenges of Cesspool Conversion April 1, 2021
  • Are Pacific Marine Monuments Safe Now? Maybe Not, Chief Justice Roberts Suggests April 1, 2021
  • Feds Seek Input From Fishery Councils On Climate Crisis, Conservation Goals April 1, 2021
  • Board Talk: Fate of Endangered Forest Birds Hinges On Landscape-Scale Mosquito Control April 1, 2021
  • New & Noteworthy: Recycling Bill, American Samoa Appeal April 1, 2021

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