The Paia Merchants Association works to maintain the town’s vibrant commercial district by honoring the area’s unique seaside culture and history while looking toward the future. Unregulated formula-based businesses potentially threaten this goal and could lessen our town’s appeal. Our interests lie in maintaining and enhancing the economic vitality and diversity that currently exists in Paia. We […]
Waste to Energy Presentation
County Council presents Natural Resources Defense Council on Waste to Energy Monday Oct 14 1:30pm 8th floor Council Chamber
U.N. Climate Panel Endorses Ceiling on Global Emissions
According to the NY Times: The world’s top climate scientists on Friday formally embraced an upper limit on greenhouse gases for the first time, establishing a target level at which humanity must stop spewing them into the atmosphere or face irreversible climatic changes. Going well beyond its four previous analyses of the emissions problem, the […]
EMF from Submarine Cables and Oahu-Maui Island Routing Options
NextGen’s write-up of the meeting held to discuss the Interisland electric cable can be read here: NEEH Presentation on Sept 18, 2013
Hawai’i: 2nd Largest % of Foreign-owned Ag Land in U.S.
Nationwide, Hawai`i has the second-largest percentage of its agriculture land held by foreign investors, according to a recent survey by the US Department of Agriculture. (Maui Now). Once the government shutdown is over, you can see the data here.
Council Defers Hotel Height Increase
Residents of Maui jumped into action last night and phoned and emailed Councilmembers requesting that they NOT approve the increate in hotel heights from 120′ to 180’. One councilmember said he got 47 calls and emails when he arrived in the office, and more were coming in. This is an 18 hour period. The Council’s […]