URGENT TESTIMONY ALERT! Maui Tomorrow believes that East Maui Irrigation’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) does not adequately disclose the negative impacts of their proposed 30-year water lease of East Maui stream water, and this FEIS may be approved this week. Please testify this Friday, Sept 24th at 9:00am at the State of Hawai’i Board of Land […]
Wind Up to World Whale Day
So MANY things have been happening, Maui County! Its ALL because of YOU and your aloha for this place we call home. We just wanted to give you a quick update on ALL the things weʻve been involved in together, as we prepare for WORLD WHALE DAY this Saturday at Kalama Park, Kīhei from 9am […]
LUC Rejects Olowalu Town FEIS
Maui Tomorrow was in attendance at yesterday’s LUC hearing on the proposed Olowalu Town. It was the latest of three long hearing days spent on this matter, and we appreciate the time put in by concerned citizens, who waited through 10 hours of testimony yesterday before they got a one-minute chance to testify. We also […]
LUC to Hear Olowalu FEIS AGAIN!
LUC TO HEAR OLOWALU TOWN DEVELOPMENT FEIS AGAIN! MONDAY, 12/07/15 @ 10am Maui Arts and Cultural Center The Land Use Commission will be back on Maui to hear final statements and comments on Olowalu Town Developers FEIS. The Save Olowalu coalition asks that you wear RED in support of those testifying to #saveolowalu and also […]
Mark Hyde Proposes Change to EIS Consultant Choice Methodology
This letter was written by attorney, Mark Hyde and suggests a method of taking the pro-developer bias out of the EIS methods. Now the developer chooses and pays for the EIS consultant which leads to developer-friendly EIS preparers getting the work. Hyde is proposing a method used in other states where the accepting body (state […]
Hawai’i Report: GPI (Genuine Progress Indicator)
Please take examine this fascinating 2012 look at the costs of environmental degradation in Hawaii. http://oeqc.doh.hawaii.gov/Shared%20Documents/2012-Annual-Report-by-Hawaii-State-Environmental%20Council.pdf NOTE: It will take some time to download (82 Megabytes), but it is worthwhile. Thereafter you may want to save the document so that you do not have to download again. In an effort to get away from measuring […]