Scientists to Strap Cameras to Hawaiian Seals By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU June 15, 2012 (AP) Hawaiian monk seals need an image makeover. Some fishermen blame the endangered species for stealing their catch. There are unfounded rumors that they devour and deplete fish stocks. And at least four of them have been killed […]
Reader’s Letter to Editor
This letter appeared in the Maui News: I wish someone would give me an explanation on how we could have three planning entities reject the proposed – and now approved – growth changes for Makena and yet have this suddenly approved (The Maui News, June 6)? The Maui General Plan Advisory Committee, the Maui Planning […]
Man Sentenced for Harassing Monk Seal
For Immediate Release: June 15, 2012 DLNR ENFORCEMENT CITE MAN FOR ILLEGAL LANDING AT MANANA ISLAND, HARASSMENT OF MONK SEAL Sentenced to $1,000 fine and 80 hours of community service HONOLULU – An O‘ahu man was sentenced to a $1,000 fine and 80 hours of community service in Kaneohe District Court after being cited by […]
Hawaii Only State Not Regulating Pesticides in Water
From Sophie Crocker in Civil Beat Hawaii is the only state that isn’t complying with new federal regulations that increase oversight of pesticides that are sprayed in and around waterways, according to officials from the Environmental Protection Agency. The delay is angering local farmers and state agriculture officials who for months haven’t been able to […]
Life of the Land Issues Report on Hawaii’s Energy Future
Read Life of the Land’s Energy Report From Sophie Crocker writing for Civil Beat …The main takeaway: the state can and should be generating 90 percent of its electricity by 2030 from sources such as rooftop solar and small-scale wind that power a single home or neighborhood. Referred to in the industry as distributed generation, […]
Meeting on the future of Kahului Harbor
Future of Kahului Harbor Tue, June 19, 2012 Maui Arts & Cultural Center Alexa Higashi Meeting Room Kahului Open House at 5:30 p.m. Formal Presentation at 6 p.m.