Spent Nuclear Fuel at Pearl Harbor: Four Containers Full, Two More at the Ready As of November 9, 1994, four containers of spent nuclear fuel from decommissioned Navy submarines were being held at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. According to … Continued
There is no such thing as a private beach in Hawai’i. But, as has been well reported elsewhere, that fact was lost on the guards hired by Bill Gates to keep members of a prying press away from Gates’ New … Continued
In ancient times, flightless geese, ducks, ibises and rails roamed Lana’i’s extensive dryland forests. At the summit, a cloud forest dominated by ‘ohi’a lehua (Metrosideros collina) with an understory of ferns and many other native plants was home to at … Continued
Thomas C. Leppert, president of the Lana’i Company, says that the dispute over the company’s use of water from the island’s high-level aquifer for golf-course irrigation is an honest misunderstanding. It was always the company’s intention to use brackish water … Continued
The fresh water on Lana’i is found exclusively within the high level aquifer. However, at the aquifer’s fringe, water tends to exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s recommended standard for chlorides in drinking water (250 parts per million). The Lana’i Company … Continued
Since human settlement began on Lana’i centuries ago, water has been in short supply. According to Kenneth Emory’s authoritative account, The Island of Lana’i – A Survey of Native Culture,1 “in the days before sheep, goats, cattle and horses were … Continued
How much water does Lana’i have? And is that enough to support the kind of development that David Murdock has planned for it? These two questions are at the heart of a dispute that has pitted Murdock’s Dole Food Company … Continued