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Saturday, May 6, 2017 |
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Anti-Dairy Activism Spreads: Big Island Dairy faces fine, possible lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 8376 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Agriculture
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...The fine is based on an inspection DOH officials did March 28-29 in response to Democratic Party insiders....
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Thursday, May 4, 2017 |
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The First Step in Revoking Obama’s Land (and Ocean) Grab
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:56 PM :: 5511 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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What is done by executive power can be undone by executive power....
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 |
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Saturday, April 22, 2017 |
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HECO Touts Green Energy Progress on Earth Day
By News Release @ 4:45 AM :: 5536 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...in 2016 26 percent of the electricity used by customers came from renewable resources - up from 23 percent the year before....
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Friday, April 21, 2017 |
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Are Enviros Finally Ready to Accept Fish Farming?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:25 AM :: 8303 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...some environmentalists are saying open-ocean aquaculture deserves a fresh look....
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
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Office of Maunakea Management awarded 2017 Preservation Commendation
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 6220 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, OHA
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The Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation will honor the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Office of Maunakea Management (OMKM) for its outstanding preservation efforts of Maunakea....
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Saturday, April 8, 2017 |
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Schatz-Connected Developer building ‘Shopping Center’ at Pupukea
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 PM :: 10421 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Development
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...the Star-Adv omits any reference to “Hanapohaku Project Manager Linda Schatz”, also known as Mrs Brian Schatz....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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DLNR: Waikiki Eco Confab Cost Taxpayers Millions
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 9260 Views :: Environment, Ethics, OHA, Tourism
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...and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ponied up $500K buying Kamanao Crabbe the chance to MC the event....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Dairy: Billionaire Developer Omidyar Creates More Precedents Farmers Can’t Follow
By News Release @ 6:37 PM :: 6094 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...the Makauwahi Cave Reserve be the recipient of $125,000 for a supplemental environmental project to be funded by Hawai‘i Dairy Farms....
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Thursday, April 6, 2017 |
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Deal Announced to Preserve Ka Iwi Coast
By News Release @ 7:00 PM :: 4229 Views :: Environment
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...ending a 40-year-long battle to preserve the area....
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 |
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Hawaii: Monsanto is First Farm Awarded Zero Waste Certification
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 7793 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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The first business in Hawaii to earn the certification, Monsanto’s Upper Kunia Farm has been focused on increasing yields while using fewer resources, and has successfully diverted 98 percent of its waste....
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
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As Expected, EPA Rejects Anti-Pesticide Activists’ Petition to Ban Chlorpyrifos
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 7714 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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...in response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network North America....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
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Cover-up: How Wind Farms Hide Bird and Bat Kills
By Selected News Articles @ 1:29 AM :: 6926 Views :: Energy, Environment
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If it were not for groups like Audubon and the Sierra Club etc. making millions off dead eagles and endangered species through mitigation, these groups would probably have a completely different opinion about wind energy’s “incidental take” permits....
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Sunday, March 26, 2017 |
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Feds to Reopen Papahanaumokuakea to Fishing?
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 8200 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...request that the President remove fishing prohibitions within the Marine National Monuments in the U.S. Pacific Islands....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 |
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Omidyar Wins by Losing: Kauai Court Ruling Forces Farms to File EIS
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 11550 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism, Pierre Omidyar
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By voluntarily filing an EIS for his dairy farm on Kauai, Omidyar has now brought about a court ruling for the first time ever mandating EIS for farmers statewide....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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Hawaiian biodiversity declining millions of years--Before Humans Arrived
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 6841 Views :: Environment, Hawaii History
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... but, but, but--How can we make the humans feel guilty now? ....
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 |
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Civil Rights Violation? EPA Investigating Anti-GMO Pesticide Hype
By News Release @ 4:24 PM :: 8165 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Greenmail
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...only pesticides from agriculture harm only native Hawaiians who are apparently immune to pesticides used on luxury resorts and golf courses....
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Monday, March 6, 2017 |
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NOAA: How are Coral Reef Fish Doing in Hawaii?
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 5848 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...this assessment generates management options for a range of overfishing risk levels....
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Friday, March 3, 2017 |
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Pesticides, VOG, Mercury? DoH Seminar to Train MDs on Hysteria
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 9064 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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This major event for medical professionals is part of Gov. David Ige’s statewide initiative to address community concerns about chronic exposures to pesticides, Vog, lead, mercury and other environmental hazards (allegedly) affecting our keiki....
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Friday, March 3, 2017 |
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HIDOT to Solicit Feasibility Study for Ferry System
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 5248 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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Should the HDOT determine that a private ferry operation or public-private partnership is the desired model for the proposed ferry service the entity shall develop a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit for potential commercial ferry operators....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
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POTUS Rescinds WOTUS: Hawaii Waters to be Freed of Federal Control
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:22 AM :: 6181 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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By developing a rule that recognizes the need to work with states to address water issues, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers will be helping the environment, not hurting it....
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Sunday, February 26, 2017 |
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Study: Wind Turbines Could Make This Endangered Bat Go Extinct
By Selected News Articles @ 9:42 PM :: 6738 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The new study found the endangered hoary bat populations could decline by 90 percent in the next 50 years as more wind turbines are built....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
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DLNR Introduces Birth Control for Mosquitoes
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 4284 Views :: Environment
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...method used across the U.S. mainland....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Kauai Dairy Farm Withdraws Final EIS
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 7842 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture
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... an EIS which they are not required to submit ....
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Friday, February 17, 2017 |
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DOH: Dairy Farm EIS Decision Coming Feb 24
By News Release @ 1:08 AM :: 7182 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture
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The extension adds eight calendar days to the 30 calendar days allowed by statute for the approving agency to decide if the FEIS is acceptable....
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
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Wind Farms Kill 5 Million Bats Per Year
By Jack Dini @ 5:36 PM :: 6350 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...researchers have determined that an average of 15.5 bats are killed at each individual wind turbine site every year....
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Monday, February 13, 2017 |
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Anti-Fishing Lies Exposed: Attorney General Releases Point by Point Debunk of Kaniela Ing
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 7454 Views :: Environment, Labor, Small Business
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...Must read: AG responds to 9 questions from Ing. Short version of responses: “No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, and No.”....
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Thursday, February 2, 2017 |
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Recycling Company Cited for Water Pollution
By News Release @ 10:08 AM :: 6748 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes
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The company had also placed discarded materials and equipment in a drainage ditch that is recognized as a state water body and protected by state and federal regulations....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
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DLNR Seeks Applicants: Commission on Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 6640 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...for a new term that will begin July 1, 2017 and run for four (4) years....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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BLNR Approves Big Island Carbon Credit Scam
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 6048 Views :: Environment, Tax Credits
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...Growing Trees will Provide Opportunity for Purchase of Credits....
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Saturday, January 21, 2017 |
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State Environmental Council Releases ‘Sustainability’ Report
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 3973 Views :: Environment
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The report identifies environmental priorities for the State and makes important recommendations on measuring sustainability.....
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 |
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EPA Fines Matson $725K for Molasses Spill
By News Release @ 11:46 PM :: 4905 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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...over federal Clean Water Act violations relating to a September 2013 molasses spill into Honolulu Harbor....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
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Wind Turbines Are Killing Way More Bats Than Any Expected
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 AM :: 7513 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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In the last five years, America’s wind turbines killed more than three times as many birds as the BP oil spill did....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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New DLNR Police Chief Announced
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 5917 Views :: Environment, Law Enforcement
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Robert Farrell retired in 2015 as Assistant Chief for the California Department of Fish and Game. After retirement, Robert went to work for DOCARE as a conservation officer assigned to the Hilo district....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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OHA Officially Named Papahānaumokuākea co-trustee
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 4762 Views :: Environment, OHA
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...the state and two federal departments formalized an agreement adding OHA as a co-trustee of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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State Announces 10-Year Invasive Species Plan
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 6545 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Law Enforcement
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...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....
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Friday, December 30, 2016 |
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DLNR Dis-Informational Meeting on Non-Existent Sea Level Rise in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 6926 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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Because it is on an extinct volcano, Oahu is rising out of the sea faster than the wildest projections of sea level rise from the Global Cooling Deniers.....
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016 |
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Ige Completes Appointments to State Environmental Council
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 6062 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government
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...But-but-but What about the separation of church and state?....
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Sunday, December 18, 2016 |
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EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:55 AM :: 5921 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....
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Friday, December 16, 2016 |
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WESPAC to Obama: Tuna Monuments Destroy Jobs
By News Release @ 1:56 PM :: 6809 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...Papahanuamokueakea MNM may account for a potential loss of about 2.5 million pounds per year of tuna and other pelagic species and affect more than 100 jobs....
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Thursday, December 15, 2016 |
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Thursday, December 15, 2016 |
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 7011 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Pew: National Parks in Hawaii Need $133 Million in Maintenance
By Selected News Articles @ 10:27 AM :: 5252 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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Here are needed repairs at some national parks in Hawaii....
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Sunday, December 4, 2016 |
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Irksome Nuisance: DLNR Pushing Non-Commercial Fishing Licenses Statewide
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 8281 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
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...the cost for an agency to run the licensing program would likely eat up much of the revenue it was supposed to generate....
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Thursday, November 24, 2016 |
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Hawaii's Aquarium Fishery: Regulated, Valuable, Sustainable
By Video @ 1:38 AM :: 7192 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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It is the most intensively managed of all fisheries in the State....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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DLNR Seeks Volunteers for Water Security Advisory Group
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 6802 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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The Chairperson of DLNR will review the applications and select individuals that are deemed qualified to serve on the Water Security Advisory Group per the requirements of Act 172....
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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How Many Nene do Windfarms Really Kill?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 7333 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....
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