Click here to download a PDF document that is a list of the committed, designated, and proposed developments in each of the six community plan districts of Maui Island. The list can also be found at: http://www.co.maui.hi.us/DocumentView.asp?DID=8290 NOTE: The numbers given are actually underestimates of the potential units, since the list is incomplete in the […]
Groups Seek to Restrict Water Diversions
Maui News Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 HONOLULU – Two Maui groups have filed a petition with the state Commission on Water Resource Management urging the commission to designate the Wailuku watershed to restrict water diversions by Wailuku Water Co. and Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. The petition filed Wednesday by Earthjustice for Maui Tomorrow Foundation […]
2006 ‘Aina News Summary
Sustainable farming vital for health of Isles As organic products continue to gain shelf space in markets and residents turn their vision toward self-sufficiency for the Islands, farmers face decisions about managing lands, marketing products and maintaining a financially viable business in a state where agricultural parcels are increasingly rare. As we consider creative ways […]
2006 Housing News
Harbor Lights Condos Council Over-rides Arakawa Veto – Passes Workforce Housing Ordinance A new residential work force housing policy became law Tuesday after the Maui County Council unanimously overrode a veto by Mayor Alan Arakawa. "This is the win-win situation that we all strive for," said Housing Chairman Danny Mateo, who got in the last […]
Federal Court Rules Biopharm Permits Issued Illegally in Hawai’i
EarthJustice: Citing possible harm to Hawai’i’s 329 endangered and threatened species, a federal district judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in permitting the cultivation of drug-producing, genetically engineered crops throughout Hawai’i. The court found that USDA acted in “utter disregard” of the ESA, and also violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), by failing to conduct even preliminary investigations prior to its approval of the plantings.