Council Member Gladys Baisa, who previously led the successful effort to make bed-and-breakfasts legal, introduced the measure heard in Council Chambers on Monday. She appeared to have the support of several of her colleagues and the Maui Vacation Rental Association. Read more at Maui News
Molokai Renewables Co to Bid on Wind Farm
Molokai Renewables developers confirmed last week they will place a bid to build a 200 megawatt (MW) wind farm on Molokai once a new request for proposals (RFP) is released this fall
GMO Labeling at County Council
County Council will discuss their recommended state legislation in regards to labeling GMO products on Wed. 9/14. Sign up for testimony by 8:45am.
What about the water county already has the rights to use?
I don’t understand why we don’t use the water we already have rights to, not simply under the largely ignored Public Trust Doctrine, but by the relatively unknown and often forgotten Memorandum of Understanding by the County of Maui and Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar/East Maui Irrigation.
Department of Health to Discuss County Chlorinated Water Requirements
Maui Tomorrow Foundation will host a community meeting from 6 to 8pm, Tuesday, September 13th, at Kaunoa Senior Center in Spreckelsville. State Department of Health officials will discuss recent enforcement of regulations requiring County chlorinated water usage at farm stands and commercial kitchens in rural areas. Details of both state and federal regulations, how enforcement […]
Opening Hamakuapoko wells is dangerous
Hamakuapoko would take a team of water engineers, microbiologists and chemists on duty monitoring 24/7 to assure the safety of that water.