“We’re getting out of land resource policy into energy policy,” Hawai`i Island Land Board member Rob Pacheco said at the board’s October 10 meeting. Ever since the state Legislature passed Act 145 earlier this year to allow the Department of … Continued
For the most part, the National Marine Fisheries Service agrees with the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s proposed rule changes for Hawai`i’s shallow-set longline swordfish fishery, and based on the council’s recommendations, the service is expected to announce new rules … Continued
Do the interests of national security trump those of the environment? In a nutshell, that is the question that was posed to the U.S. Supreme Court as it considered the challenge of the U.S. Navy to two conditions of a … Continued
The long-stalled development of more than a thousand acres near Puako, on the island of Hawai`i, was dealt a setback by the Hawai`i County Planning Board of Appeals at its meeting last month. The owner of the land, Bridge Puako, … Continued
Good News on the Waiwi Front: One of the most pestiferous plants in Hawaiian forests is strawberry guava (also known as waiwi or Psidium cattleianum). Seeds from its toothsome fruits are easily spread by pigs, birds, and other animals, and … Continued
Last May, Environment Hawai`i reported on the strange case of Venu Pasupuleti, a would-be wheeler-dealer from Ohio who was proposing to build a huge (4,000-employee) computing center on land owned by the state Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority (NELHA) … Continued
Ahhh, to be thigh-deep in mud again. After years of school in urban California, I was finally back in my own native habitat – hiking in a Hawaiian forest. Being in the mainland for so long was quite an adjustment … Continued
“The count as it stands is zero for four,” said Isaac Moriwake, an attorney with the environmental law firm of Earthjustice. Moriwake made the comment in reference to the track record racked up by the state Commission on Water Resource … Continued
Tuna Little, Tuna Late? At last month’s meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in Guam, the central issue on the table was how to conserve bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks. And according to Paul Dalzell, senior scientist … Continued
The state Commission on Water Resource Management would seem to have a hard time getting things right. Twice the Supreme Court has remanded back to the commission its decisions on the Waiahole ditch contested case, and a third appeal in … Continued