For 15-year-old Navahine Fukumitsu, climate change has made it harder for her family to farm kalo on its kuleana lands in Hakipuʻu, O’ahu, which it has done for more than ten generations. “[C]limate change is altering the growing season, decreasing … Continued
The climate change lawsuit filed last year by about a dozen young people from Hawaiʻi against the state and its Department of Transportation is similar to others filed over the past several years in other state and federal courts. Filings … Continued
Aquarium Permits: On January 30, Environmental Court Judge Jeffrey Crabtree granted a motion filed last year by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) to amend a statewide ban on the issuance of aquarium collecting permits that had been in … Continued
Last month, the Environmental Court opened the door to the Board of Land and Natural Resources considering up to seven permits for aquarium species collection in the West Hawaiʻi Regional Fishery Management Area. When it does, opponents will be there. … Continued
When will All American Trucking remove its unauthorized baseyard on the state’s ‘Ewa feedlot parcel at Campbell Industrial Park? “If we have to ask the question six ways from Sunday, it gets frustrating,” Kaiwi Yoon told Hawai‘i Meats president Bobby … Continued
After holding 19 scoping meetings that reached more than 500 members of the public, the state Division of Aquatic Resources last month presented to the Board of Land and Natural Resources proposed rule amendments aimed at protecting herbivore species that … Continued
Case No. 1: On May 28, 2021, based on two anonymous tips about a vessel’s chain dragging along the sea floor and damaging coral, staff from three divisions within the state Department of Land and Natural Resources boarded a 54-foot red … Continued
On December 9, the Land Board backtracked on its November 10 decision regarding the continuation of four revocable water permits to Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and East Maui Irrigation Co., which A&B co-owns with Mahi Pono, LLC. Mahi Pono grows … Continued
“Hopefully we can put to rest, at least for a couple years, all the East Maui water issues,” Mike Buck said at the October meeting of the state Commission on Water Resource Management. Alas, that would not be the case … Continued
On November 15, the Water Commission approved a settlement with Olowalu Water Company, LLC of a violation case commission staff brought in October. Staff had initially recommended that the commission find that the company had violated the interim instream flow … Continued