Members of Public Access Trails of Hawaii appealed Tuesday to Mayor Alan Arakawa to provide an inventory of county roads, trails and accesses for public use. Arakawa said the county could produce a list of public roads and trails, but it also would need to include rules and warnings about accessing such areas. Read more […]
Big Wind = Big Money
Henry Curtis’ take on the interisland electric cable, the proposed windfarms and history of the existing Maui Windfarm: Disappearednews.coml
`Aha Ki`ole Survey Says No Windmills
From the Moloka’i Dispatch “`Aha Ki`ole held a public survey from March 8-26, giving the people of Molokai the opportunity to state whether they supported windmill development on Molokai or not. The survey combined with, but was not limited to an open registration for `Aha Ki`ole membership, which is open to all moku of Molokai. […]
ʻAha Kiʻole Survey Says No Windmills
From the Moloka’i Dispatch “`Aha Ki`ole held a public survey from March 8-26, giving the people of Molokai the opportunity to state whether they supported windmill development on Molokai or not. The survey combined with, but was not limited to an open registration for `Aha Ki`ole membership, which is open to all moku of Molokai. […]
Pattern Energy Moves on Moloka’i
The original 2008 agreement between HECO, First Wind and Castle & Cooke allows each company to build a 200 megawatt (MW) wind farm on Lanai and Molokai, respectively, as a part of the state’s renewable energy program. The agreement also states that one wind developer can complete a larger project encompassing both islands should the […]
Send EIS Comments on Iao Stream Fix
Comments can be submitted through May 9 to be included in an environmental impact statement being prepared for a project to correct a design deficiency that has led to major erosion in the Iao Stream flood control project in Wailuku. The fixes in the project, designed to reduce flood risk to Wailuku, would cover 2 […]