HB2523_HD1_ – Sets up PUC regulatory framework for a planned interisland electric cable. Senate accepted House version and it passed. Passed. See Maui News article for more – especially the reservations our Maui County Senators expressed about this bill and their attempts to rewrite it to include more community input. Sen English was the only Maui […]
Public Input to Historic Preservation Plan
A community meeting to provide public input on the development of the 2012-2017 State Historic Preservation Plan will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Maui High School. The meeting, which is being held by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division, will include a presentation on historic […]
Maui County Buys 64 acres at Kaehu Bay
From Maui News Maui County has purchased 64 acres of undeveloped property fronting Kaehu Bay, preserving the wetland and fishponds in a $996,000 deal brokered with the Trust for Public Land and other groups, according to an announcement Tuesday. “We have been fortunate to work with the Paukukalo and Waiehu communities, The Trust for Public […]
Hawai’i Supreme Court: Open Ocean Aquaculture = “Fishing”
Press Release from Food and Water Watch: Hawaii Court Allows Factory Fish Farming in Federal Waters Judge Finds Reasonable Federal Agency’s Determination that Aquaculture Activities Are “Fishing” Statement from Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter Honolulu, HI —“We are very disappointed by the court’s decision, which seems to say that […]
Aloha Kanaloa Coalition on Plight of Monk Seals
COMMUNITY COALITION PLEAS FOR EDUCATION AND DIALOGUE IN THE WAKE OF RECENT HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL DEATHS Honolulu, Hawai`i – In response to the series of “suspicious” Hawaiian monk seal deaths in Hawai`i, a group of concerned citizens and organizations have stepped up efforts to educate the public about the plight of the critically endangered marine […]