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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 |
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Public meetings scheduled for Oahu Climate Action Plan
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 7601 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Land Use
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...The sense of urgency is palpable in these meetings....
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Monday, November 5, 2018 |
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Honolulu Tagged in Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 5778 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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...Honolulu is accepted into a two-year acceleration program that will provide cities powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help meet or beat their near-term carbon reduction goals....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Haleiwa Shark Tour Boat Busted for Chumming
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 4111 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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...The violation is petty misdemeanor that upon conviction could have fines and jail time....
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Monday, October 29, 2018 |
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UH: Bitcoin Causes Global Warming
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 4952 Views :: Environment, Higher Education
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...it alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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Bat Killing Windfarm Buys Enviro Support for $2.75M
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 5493 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...Bat Killing Windfarm partially bankrolls purchase of 2,882 acres of Central Oʻahu forest and fallow lands from Dole Food Company....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Kawailoa Windfarm: New Plan is to Kill 265 Bats, 24 Petrels
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 4982 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... The public may send comments to the Approving Agency -- DLNR ....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Auditor: DoH 'Loses' Paperwork--Kills Investigation of PKF Recycling Audit
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 6:53 PM :: 7575 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Originally bid at $76,400, the contract grew to $543,374—a 611 percent increase—while its scope shrank and the deliverables’ deadline were extended by a year. In the end, the PKF founder was arrested at the arport....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Mauna Kea: DLNR Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep Again
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 6384 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...aerial shooting from helicopters is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2018....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme to be Evicted from its own HQ?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:22 PM :: 7493 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...The eviction suit, filed October 1, 2018 in Honolulu District Court is the latest of several lawsuits filed against HLH—including a separate eviction suit seeking removal of HLH from several big island houses on Kukaiau Ranch land....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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HGEA Claims Another Pelt: DOCARE Chief Quits
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 6632 Views :: Environment, Labor, Police
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...Robert Farrell, who has served as Chief of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) since January 2017, announced his decision to move into a project support role with reduced hours, effective today....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Harvard: Wind Farms Cause Global Warming
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 AM :: 4600 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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UH Glyphosate Study Debunked--Bee Death Story Is Bee-S
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 6258 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Higher Education
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...New glyphosate study suggesting danger to honeybee microbiota is detailed, sophisticated—and wrong....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Hirono: Heretics Must be Excommunicated from Government
By News Release @ 2:27 AM :: 5464 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation
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...We fully support Sen. Hirono’s important request,” said Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, High Priest, Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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Hawaii Cauliflower coral could be listed as endangered
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 2960 Views :: Environment
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...coral bleaching hysteria can bring federal law down on you....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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Climate Action Plan: Preconceived Outcome Set for Public Meetings
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 6714 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Land Use
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...During the meetings participants will engage in a “game” that sparks discussion about the best way to transition O‘ahu to a clean energy future and meet stated goals under the Paris climate agreement....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018 |
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Green Energy Mandates a Tax on Poor People
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 5394 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii’s governor signed a 100 percent mandate in 2015, making it the first state in the country to require its entire energy mix to originate from renewables. California passed a similar bill in August....
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Sunday, September 16, 2018 |
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Lawsuits Close in on Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 PM :: 18340 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Ethics, Agriculture
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...When a couple of penny-stock touts, one of whom is listed in the Panama Papers Offshore Leaks Database, start selling timber futures and carbon credits in Hawaii, the greenwash is thicker than most....
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Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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Paris Accord: Ige Promises to Keep Raising Taxes and Electric Rates
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 PM :: 4584 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...“Politics runs on money. Billions of dollars."....
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 |
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Climate Commission Grabs for Control of Waikiki
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 4670 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...Support legislation for disclosure for private property and public offerings located in areas with potential exposure to sea level rise....
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018 |
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Lehua Island: No New Rat Attacks Since 2017
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 4836 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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...Lehua Island supports tens of thousands of seabirds of which a significant percentage of eggs, chicks, and adults were preyed upon by rats annually....
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Saturday, August 4, 2018 |
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EPA Releases Long-Delayed Report Showing Ethanol Hurts Environment
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 7655 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture, Tax Credits
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...including ethanol in the U.S. gas supply is wreaking havoc on the atmosphere and soil....
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Friday, August 3, 2018 |
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Hurricane Hector Threatens Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:05 PM :: 7932 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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...PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 KT....
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Friday, August 3, 2018 |
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WESPAC to Trump: Veto HR4528
By News Release @ 4:39 AM :: 4757 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...America's seafood consumers may soon be deprived of sustainably harvested domestic marlin products should President Trump sign legislation to prohibit interstate commerce of billfish landed in Hawaii....
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Thursday, August 2, 2018 |
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Mainland Animal Liberation Nuts Demand End to Aquarium Fishing
By News Release @ 2:46 AM :: 5200 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...(the usual suspects) urged Hawaii Governor David Ige to immediately halt all extraction of marine animals for aquarium purposes on Friday, July 27....
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Saturday, July 28, 2018 |
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EIS Will Be Required for Aquarium Permits
By News Release @ 3:26 AM :: 4540 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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"...It will also give interested parties the opportunity to offer additional documentation and comment...."
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Thursday, July 26, 2018 |
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Eco-Hypesters Complain About ‘Dirty’ Clean Energy
By Andrew Walden @ 11:24 PM :: 5259 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...maybe anti-GMO dupes in skeleton suits will now start showing up at the filthy crony-capitalist Hu Honua biomass station....
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Thursday, July 26, 2018 |
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Ige: I Signed Endangered Species Letter, but I didn't Really Mean it
By News Release @ 3:27 PM :: 4780 Views :: Environment, Politicians
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"...I signed the February 14 letter solely in my capacity as Vice Chair of the WGA...."
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Federal Appeals Court: No Property Right In A Clean And Pure Environment
By Robert Thomas @ 1:19 PM :: 4860 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...Remember that case from earlier this year where the Hawaii Supreme Court held that for purposes of Hawaii's Due Process Clause, the Sierra Club has a property right in a "clean and healthful environment?"....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Caldwell issues directive on climate change and sea level rise
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 6085 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Land Use
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... Propose revisions to shoreline rules and regulations to incorporate sea level rise ....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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Hawaii Sierra Club Leader Hit With $1000 per day SMA Fines
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 PM :: 10852 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Greenmail, Land Use
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... Fines in excess of $236,000—still accruing at $1000 a day—and a lawsuit--are forcing into the open a 13-year battle over alleged violations of numerous State and County permitting and land use laws on a Huelo, Maui shoreline property owned by Hawaii Sierra Club Vice Chair and Maui Tomorrow President Lucienne De Naie ....
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Monday, June 25, 2018 |
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Sierra Club Endorses Ige for Reelection
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 4816 Views :: Environment, Politicians
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...The Hawai'i Sierra Club has 20,000 members....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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SNOPES: Did Fracking Cause Volcanic Activity on Hawaii’s Big Island?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 6854 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...Fracking does not take place on Hawaii’s Big Island, but that is far from the only problem with this absurd conspiracy theory….
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 |
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Cat-Obsessed Animal Liberation Nuts Blamed for Monk Seal Deaths
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 4774 Views :: Environment
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...The recent deaths of three critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals on O‘ahu due to toxoplasmosis is very sad and could have been entirely preventable....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Wanna Buy Some Land?--DLNR has Got Money for You
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 6142 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Tax Credits
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...You will be tested on the catechism of the State Religion....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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Wind Farms Request Permission to Kill More Bats, Petrels, and Nene
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 5535 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Public meetings: The three public scoping meetings will be held at the following locations....
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018 |
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Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii EIS--Public Scoping Meetings Being Held
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 7113 Views :: Environment, Military
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...The Missile Defense Agency to Hold Public Scoping Meetings for the Homeland Defense Radar – Hawaii Environmental Impact Statement....
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii: New Greenhouse Gas Rules Just as Fake as Renewable Energy Rules
By News Release @ 12:35 AM :: 6591 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits
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...Net zero does not mean zero. Hawaii can cause a global rise in greenhouse gas emissions and call it net zero....
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Friday, June 1, 2018 |
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$0.15 Bag Tax Hits Oahu Starting July 1
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 9771 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes
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...Caldwell in 2017, amended the plastic bag ban ordinance to require businesses to charge a minimum 15 cent fee per bag starting July 1, 2018....
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 |
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Who is Driving Electric Vehicles in Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 9:42 PM :: 5880 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...An analysis of factors that affect EV adoption in Hawaii....
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Friday, May 25, 2018 |
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FEMA Rewards Maui With Lower Flood Insurance Rates
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 5764 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Cost of Living
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...Maui County was upgraded from Class 8, which has a 10 percent discount on flood insurance premiums, to Class 7, which allows a 15 percent discount. This means the average premium will drop from $763 to $721....
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 |
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Fisheries Management: UH Identifies Next Targets
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 4770 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...In their computer model, the research team simulated the effect of removing fishing pressure....
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Monday, May 21, 2018 |
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Government Relies on Flawed Data to Determine Endangered Species
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:36 PM :: 5456 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...“essentially half of the species” identified by Fish and Wildlife Service officials as “recovered” never should have been listed in the first place....
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Monday, May 21, 2018 |
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Banning Styrofoam Creates All Kinds Of Problems Including Environmental Ones
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 4228 Views :: Environment
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...replacing Styrofoam products with paper alternatives often creates more waste (in volume and energy use) and generates more air and water pollution. The environmental impact of paper manufacturing is worse than foam manufacturing....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Court Orders Hawaiian Shallow-set Longline Fishery to Close
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 4437 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...enviros continue to obstruct all non-tourism activities in and around Hawaii....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 |
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Ookala: DoH Warns on Dairy-Related Water Pollution
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 6123 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Agriculture
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...Big Island Dairy has reported untreated wastewater from the dairy’s wastewater treatment system spilled from a damaged sewage pipe in the evening on May 6....
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Monday, May 7, 2018 |
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Rewrite of Hawaii Environmental Rules -- Public Hearings Set
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 3855 Views :: Environment
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... the Environmental Council is conducting nine public hearings from May 21-31 throughout the state on changes to the state Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) rules ....
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 |
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UH Manoa Researcher Admits Global Warming 'On Hiatus' Since 1998
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 4448 Views :: Environment
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...a strong connection between sea surface temperature patterns associated with the Global Warming Hiatus phenomenon and changes in cyclone activity over the northwest Pacific....
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 |
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Hawaii Recycling is Polluting China--But No More as of May 1
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 5390 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...In an effort to clean its environment, China has restricted recyclable commodities and set strict contamination limits. The E-Cycling program cites this shift in the worldwide recycling commodities market for local restrictions....
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