Rain In Hawaii On The Decline April 24, 2013 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112829666/global-warming-could-lessen-rain-for-hawaii-042413/ It has happened almost imperceptibly, but rainfall over the Hawaiian Islands has been in decline since 1978. According to a team of scientists at the University of Hawaii, Manoa (UHM) and the University of Colorado, Boulder, this trend is likely to continue with global warming […]
Sierra Club etc. File in Liquified Natural Gas Import Docket
The Gas Company, dba Hawai`iGas has filed an Application with the Public Utilities Commission for Phase 1 of 3 for importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) into Hawai`i. Life of the Land, Sierra Club and Blue Planet Foundation have filed Motions to Intervene because of concerns that this will delay the transition from fossil fuel to […]
Old Maui Island Plan Maps
Council’s General Plan Committee 1:30pm Thursday, March 1 and 15 Comparison of three proposed maps: 1. 2009 GPAC 2. 2010 Planning Director 3. 2012 Planning Director C – 2 CENTRAL MAUI MAP B Waihee village — GPAC and 2010 Director recommended “Country Town”. 2012 Director recommends a RGB. GPAC recommended an increase in […]
Gov Abercrombie on Maui Apr 10
Gov Abercrombie and his cabinet will be at the new science building at UH Maui on Wednesday evening.
PLDC Repeal Clears Last Committee
Today the Senate Ways and Means Committee (with our own Sen Gil Keith-Agaran) voted to strip the HB1133 (Repeal the PLDC) of the unnecessary amendments added by Sen Solomon (which would have required it go to conference committee) and pass a clean repeal of the PLDC identical to that which the House passed. This means […]
Arakawa to Close County Recycling Sites
Mayor Proposes Closure of County Recycling CentersMauiNow.com March 25, 2013 According to Maui Now, Mayor Arakawa will close the County recycling centers to save $750,000 in the 2014 budget and because he says the County shouldn’t be competing with private recyclers. Sherri Pell, Manager of Aloha Recycling, located at 75 Amala Place in Kahului wrote […]