Body & Soil Conference is April 11,12,13 at the Maui Tropical Plantation “As above so below” Registration is happening now!
News Articles: Both Sides of Cane Burning Controversy
Maui’s Cane Burning – How Dangerous Is It? March 23rd, 2012 HC&S Responds to ‘Cane Burning Dangerous?’ Article March 26th, 2012 New Rules Prohibit Backyard Burning of Household Trash April 9th, 2012 HC&S Explains Air Permit Violation April 11th, 2012 OPINION: EPA Maui Hearing an Expensive Farce June 1st, 2012 Group Opposed to Cane Burning […]
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 […]
EPA: Public Hearing on Regional Haze Plan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be holding two public hearings on the proposed Clean Air Act Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan for Hawaii, one in Kahului, Maui on May 31 5:30-8:30 pm at MCC Pilina Multipurpose Room.
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 […]
2012 Legislature – Last Minute Actions
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 […]