At the Commission on Water Resource Management’s August 16 meeting, Hokuao Pellegrino of the non-profit Hui o Na Wai Eha was one of the many testifiers who asserted that the agency was unfairly targeting John and Rose Marie Duey for … Continued
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. representatives have said it will be depriving its final sugarcane crop of water during the latter half of this year. So what’s happening to all of the tens of millions of gallons of water normally … Continued
“House Bill 2501 invites litigation.” That succinct reply was all Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) attorney David Kimo Frankel provided Environment Hawai`i when asked back in May whether a holdover of water rights granted in accordance with the bill could … Continued
On June 16, Sen. Brian Schatz sent President Barack Obama a proposal to expand the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). It was similar to one floated earlier in the month by the group of native … Continued
(This article has been corrected to clarify Mike Goto’s estimate of the percentage of fish exported.) When it comes to the arguments that supporters and opponents of the proposed expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument have put forth about the … Continued
The debate over the proposed expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument has so far focused mainly on potential impacts to Hawai`i’s longline fishery. But at last month’s meeting of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council, William Aila … Continued
While wastewater treatment plants are known havens for contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), some 70 million gallons of untreated sewage a day are discharged into the environment via the tens of thousands of cesspools and septic tanks scattered throughout the … Continued
“I’m all for expanding marine protected areas. The bigger the better, as you know. The devil is in the details,” the Hawai`i Audubon Society’s Linda Paul said last month of the proposed expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument’s boundaries … Continued
Cry me a river. That’s basically what attorneys with the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation had to say about arguments made last month by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.’s attorneys that it would cost too much — “several million dollars” — for … Continued
(This article has been revised to clarify 1) the number of compounds that could be considered CECs worldwide and their detectability, 2) the description of the model used in the study, and 3) the model’s treatment of conservation lands.) Of 11 pharmaceuticals commonly found … Continued