The people of Maui face many complex water issues that will profoundly affect the community’s ability to sustain itself into the future.
Gov Abercrombie OKs 65 year Fish Farm Leases
In a move which confused his supporters, Governor Abercrombie, signed into law an extension of the controversial open ocean aquaculture leases to 65 years. This despite originally putting them on his veto list. According to MauiTime Weekly: Large scale aquaculture—the use of giant underwater cages to farm massive quantities of yellowfin tuna, moi and other […]
Maui Hi-Tech Park: Shopping Mall?
Maui R&T Partners Inc., a joint venture of Pacific Rim Land and Woodbridge Capital who are closely associated with Goodfellow Brothers, whose retired chief, Steve Goodfellow, helped create the R&T park, have switched their emphasis to smaller lots, including residential development and some retail on the Research and Technology Park land. We previously erroneously reported […]
ForTheFishes.org Campaigns to Ban Aquarium Collecting
Rene Umberger on Maui, is working with a coalition to ban the sale of Hawaiian reef wildlife by the aquarium trade. Rene says: If you believe Hawaii’s reef wildlife belongs on Hawaii’s reefs and not for sale in the global aquarium hobby, then please go to forthefishes.org and we’ll send Governor Abercrombie a postcard telling […]
MECO asks for 6.7% Rate Increase
KAHULUI, Hawaii, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Maui Electric (MECO), subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) (NYSE: HE), today filed a request for a rate increase with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for Maui County customers in 2012. The increase would cover the cost of improvements to integrate additional renewable energy and improve […]
Big Wind Faces Mounting Uncertainty
Civil Beat reporter Sophie Cocke reports that the Big Wind EIS will have to consider alternatives to the Big Wind project and that developers are eying Maui as a possible location for renewable project to feed Oahu’s voracious energy appetite. Read her article at Honolulu Civil Beat