A Seattle-based company has taken the first steps toward regulatory approvals of a wave energy project, possibly with an additional wind energy component, off Moloka`i that could generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity, according to the application filed in … Continued
On June 4, the state Land Use Commission unanimously approved a petition by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. to designate more than 80 percent of its vast Maui fields as Important Agricultural Lands (IAL). While commissioners praised the company’s dedication to … Continued
Kelly Greenwell was in high dudgeon. Addressing fellow members of the Hawai`i County on the subject of a resolution he had introduced to protest an aerial hunt to eradicate wild cattle in a state forest reserve, Greenwell fulminated, “This was … Continued
Last month, the state Land Use Commission began its hearing on the petition of the City and County of Honolulu to amend the land use district boundary around west O`ahu’s Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill, changing it from Agricultural to Urban. … Continued
Rarely does the tension in a Land Use Commission meeting rise to the level of spine-tingling. But the LUC’s hearing April 30 on the fate of 1,060 acres of Urban land owned by Bridge `Aina Le`a was high drama indeed. … Continued
A draft agreement between the Hawai`i County Office of Housing and Community Development and Bridge `Aina Le`a calls for Bridge to receive up to two credits for each unit of affordable housing it builds. Under the county Affordable Housing Code, … Continued
Efforts by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council to incite Native Hawaiians to rise up in protest against nearshore fishery regulations go back several years. The first public manifestation of this campaign occurred in August 2006, when a puwalu, or … Continued
“To some extent, we’ve been had,” said the chairman of the state Land Use Commission, commenting on the painfully slow progress by landowners to move forward with a development proposed in the area of Puako, on the Kohala Coast of … Continued
Of the many complaints about actions taken by Kitty Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, one of the most frequent and serious concerns the council’s apparent involvement (directly or through contractors) in lobbying at the state … Continued
The state Land Use Commission does not seem to be in any rush to force Kuilima Resort Company to show why 236 acres of Urban land on the North Shore of O`ahu should not revert to the Agricultural District. Last … Continued