Plaintiffs Seek More Transparency to Manage Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area
Under a draft, court-ordered plan to manage state lands within the Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on the Big Island, observers chosen by the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) or its clients, Clarence Ching and Mary Maxine Kahaulelio, would be allowed … Continued
Pohakuloa Ruling Spurs Motion For Reconsideration in Kahala Case
UPDATE: The judge has denied the motion for reconsideration. SEE OUR EH-XTRA ITEM. On October 1, 1st Circuit Judge Jeffrey Crabtree was scheduled to hear arguments on David Kimo Frankel’s latest motion in his fight against a revocable permit the Board of Land and … Continued
Polovina to Discuss Climate Change at Annual Dinner of Environment Hawai‘i
On November 8, Jeff Polovina will be the featured speaker at our annual benefit dinner. Polovina is the author of the Oceans and Marine Ecosystem section of the Hawai‘i chapter of the 4th National Climate Assessment. Until his retirement two … Continued
Fishery Council Struggles to Justify Expenses for 2018 Meeting at Maui Resort
In articles published in February and June, Environment Hawai‘i reported on expenses related to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s meetings held at the Wailea Beach Resort – Marriott on Maui in June 2018. We found that the cost to … Continued
State, County Agencies Struggle with Transition to Electric Fleets
It wasn’t long ago that transitioning to hybrid gas-electric vehicles was seen as a better way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on O‘ahu than going purely electric. Unlike the neighbor islands that generate more of their electricity from renewable sources, … Continued
Hydrogen Buses May Finally Make Debut on the Big Island
The Big Island is on the verge of testing three hydrogen-fueled buses. It’s been sitting on that verge for more than five years, but, according to Riley Saito, with the Hawai‘i County Department of Research and Development, just a few … Continued
Water Commission Roundup
Waimea, ‘Anaeho‘omalu Aquifers Remain Separate in Updated Water Resources Plan After more than a decade, the Commission on Water Resource Management finally updated its Water Resources Protection Plan (WRPP) earlier this year. As adopted, the plan seems to put the … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Aina Lea and Draft EIS for EMI
‘Aina Le‘a Stumbles: On August 26, Robert Wessels, who heads up ‘Aina Le‘a, Inc., forwarded to the Hawai‘i County Planning Department an environmental impact statement preparation notice (EISPN), prepared by Christian Renz, a Waikoloa landscaper. In the decade since Wessels … Continued