From EarthJustice Four Hawaii community groups recently filed suit under the national Clean Water Act, asking the federal district court to direct Maui County to secure a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit that would set limits on the pollutants that can be discharged from injection wells at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility. Earthjustice filed the […]
Corporations Eye Maui For Oahu Energy Projects
From Civil Beat The Legislature’s recent approval of the undersea cable bill earlier this month is generating added interest in projects seeking to bring energy from neighbor islands to Oahu… Read more
Maui Island Plan Meetings Resume
MEETING SCHEDULE: MAY 21 & 22: 9am – 5pm. Public testimony will only be heard on MAY 21st. MAY 29 & 30: tentative date JUNE 4 & 5: tentative date More details to follow after the agenda is posted on the County website at http://www.co.maui.hi.us/Archive.aspx?AMID=201http://www.co.maui.hi.us/Archive.aspx?AMID=201
HC&S Sugar Down – Coal Fired Electric Sales Up
From the Maui News Sugar production at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. on Maui was off significantly in the first quarter of this year compared to same quarter last year, but profits rose 35 percent in the company’s agribusiness sector, according to Alexander & Baldwin’s first-quarter report released Wednesday. Only 1,900 tons of sugar were […]
70% Beaches Eroding
By Sonia Isotov of Maui Now An assessment of coastal change over the past century has found 70% of beaches on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Maui are undergoing long-term erosion, according to a US Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Hawaiʻi (UH) report released today. Of the three islands, Maui beaches experienced the […]
Pi’ilani Promenade: 2 Megamalls for Kihei
“BAIT & SWITCH” PROJECTS IN NORTH KIHEI A Southern California developer plans to convert 68 acres mauka of Pi’ilani Highway at the intersection with Kaonoulu Street into two Mega Malls, described by the developer as soon-to-be the largest outlet malls in the state of Hawaii, exceeding 700,000 square feet of retail space coupled with acres […]