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Friday, October 14, 2016 |
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Am Samoa Tuna Canneries Shutting--Again
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 5348 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Due to a complex series of factors, including a long history of poorly thought out and misguided government policies, we find ourselves at a crossroads....
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Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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Clinton: Phony Anti-Fracking Groups are Russian Plot
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 5280 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...it turns out that Hillary Clinton confirmed this fact in a private speech to tinePublic on June 18, 2014....
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Saturday, October 8, 2016 |
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No, the Bee-Pocalypse Isn’t Here Yet
By Selected News Articles @ 3:17 AM :: 4576 Views :: Environment
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“The bees are dying,” read one Washington Post lede....
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Friday, October 7, 2016 |
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Victory: Hawaii Supreme Court Approves Haleakala Solar Telescope
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 9621 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
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By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....
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Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
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City Negligent - Again - On Hanauma Bay
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:14 AM :: 6339 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Ethics
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...the City failing to follow through on the audit recommendations and court orders....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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HIDOT Demands Money: Threatens to Cut off Lahaina
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 5690 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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The state has estimated that it would cost around $800 million to realign and widen Honoapiilani Highway from Maalaea to the Lahaina bypass....
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
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Feds ‘Search for Solution to Hawaii’s Mosquito Problem’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 7078 Views :: Environment, Health Care, GMOs
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"We all must be diligent in the search for a solution to the mosquito problem that affects humans and animals alike."
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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DLNR Helicopters to Eradicate More Sheep
By News Release @ 5:17 PM :: 6446 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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...in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve (Unit A), Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve (Unit K), Palila Mitigation Lands, and the Ka‘ohe Game Management Area (Unit G) on the island of Hawai‘i....
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Monday, September 12, 2016 |
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Could genetically modified mosquitoes save Hawaii’s endangered birds?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 5725 Views :: Environment, GMOs
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Mosquitoes, which carry avian malaria, are a principal reason that just forty-two of more than a hundred species of native Hawaiian birds remain....
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Friday, September 9, 2016 |
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Bag Ban: A Wealth Transfer from Customers to Big Grocers
By NCPA @ 5:32 AM :: 6014 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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...retailers could gain an estimated $442 million in annual revenue from the sale of paper bags and reusable bags....
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 |
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Papahanaumokuakea: The race for vast remote ‘marine protected areas’ may be a diversion
By Selected News Articles @ 10:17 PM :: 5994 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument will be as big as France, Spain and Germany combined ....
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 |
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Full Text: Ige Announces 10-Point ‘Biosecurity’ Plan
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 4956 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...there are more than 8 million visitors annually....
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 |
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Victory: NOAA removes humpback from endangered list
By News Release @ 7:04 PM :: 5355 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...But Humpbacks are still protected against the murderous onslaught of anti-Superferry whale watching boats....
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Monday, September 5, 2016 |
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Friday, September 2, 2016 |
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Hawaii: Big marine protected areas 'could work against conservation'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:14 PM :: 5889 Views :: Environment, OHA
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“…The Papahānaumokuākea marine park created by Barack Obama could end up as just a ‘paper park’, argue US and UK marine experts….”
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Friday, September 2, 2016 |
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Visitors At The Volcano: Is The NPS Nuts?
By Robert Thomas @ 1:57 PM :: 5738 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... the "compensation culture" ....
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 |
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Fraud: Maui Glass Recycler Gets Year in Prison
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 6143 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Taxes
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...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 |
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List of Road and Park Closures for Waikiki Eco-Conference
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 5895 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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The World Conservation Congress will be held in Honolulu from September 1-10, 2016, at venues including the Hawaii Convention Center and the Neal S. Blaisdell Center....
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Friday, August 26, 2016 |
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Obama to Expand Papahanaumokuakea: OHA gets Co-Trustee’s Cut of the Green
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 6646 Views :: Environment, OHA
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...a Co-Trustee position places OHA at all levels of decision making in the governance of Papahānaumokuākea....
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Saturday, August 13, 2016 |
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Papahānaumokuākea: A Model for Everything Wrong in Hawaii Politics
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:43 PM :: 6126 Views :: Environment, OHA, Small Business
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Unnecessary division, stoked by ethnic, racial, and historical issues, pushed forward by an environmental movement that holds disproportionate influence in Hawaii (often heavily driven by mainland interests)....
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Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
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Hunting, Farming & Fishing Association backs candidates who “help feed Hawaii”
By News Release @ 1:02 PM :: 8731 Views :: Environment, Politicians, Second Amendment, Small Business
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“Our elected officials across the islands must work with local, state and federal governments to preserve and not restrict our rural Hawaii lifestyle.”
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 |
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Ige Appoints Nature Conservancy Employee to BLNR
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 5329 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...Ige announced the appointment of Samuel M. Gon III to the Board of Land and Natural Resources....
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 |
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$188K Cesspools: EPA Fines State, Counties
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 6714 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Environment
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EPA today announced separate agreements with the County of Hawai‘i, the County of Maui and the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources to close illegal large-capacity cesspools....
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Sunday, August 7, 2016 |
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Fishery Council Asks for Transparent Analysis of Proposed Marine Monument Expansion
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 6907 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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The proposed monument expansion could prohibit commercial tuna fishing by U.S. vessels in two-thirds of U.S. offshore waters around Hawaii....
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Saturday, August 6, 2016 |
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State Issuing Fines on City for Sewer Spill and Failure to Maintain Infrastructure
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 4732 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...the inability of the mayor to address this infrastructure failure is clear negligence....
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Thursday, August 4, 2016 |
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Maunalua Bay Recreation Advisory Committee Meets for First Time
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 3449 Views :: Environment
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...first official meeting on Thursday, August 18 at 6 p.m. at Koko Head Elementary School....
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Monday, August 1, 2016 |
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Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 5699 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Meetings set for Oahu and Kauai ....
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Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
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A Dream and a Vision
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:46 PM :: 7000 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment, Small Business
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...the Hunting, Farming, and Fishing Association....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 |
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Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 7347 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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... Schools could have been cooled already but DoE insiders had to reward crony contractors so the keiki will just have to suffer until next year ....
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Thursday, July 21, 2016 |
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Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Fishermen get no response from Obama, Schatz
By News Release @ 5:25 PM :: 6029 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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“As you yourself note, the Hawaii longline fishery uses ‘responsible and sustainable practices and has resulted in Honolulu’s recognition as one of the nation’s ten most productive fishing ports....’”
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Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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EPA Imposes $425M in Costs on Tesoro, Parr Refineries
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 5151 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Under the settlement, the two companies will spend about $403 million to install and operate pollution control equipment....
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Sunday, July 17, 2016 |
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Sue and Settle Scheme Aims for Federal Control of Waters off Main Hawaiian Isles
By Selected News Articles @ 7:10 PM :: 4374 Views :: Environment
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New York Eco-Lawyers sue their comrades in the NOAA. The two sides will next collude in a 'settlement' to gain control of waters off Hawaii....
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Saturday, July 16, 2016 |
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DLNR Seeks Nominations for Game Management Commission
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 5139 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
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House Bill 1041, establishing a statewide Game Management Advisory Commission was signed into law as Act 210, on July 5, 2016....
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Monday, July 11, 2016 |
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Papahānaumokuākea: Schatz Absurdly Wrong
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 6800 Views :: Environment
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Our fishermen are among the major fresh food producers for Hawai‘i, with about 80% of the catch consumed in our local communities....
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Cool Schools, Water Bills
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 5946 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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DOCARE Chief Forced Out—Retaliation for Investigating DLNR Corruption, Theft of Guns
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 12175 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...in a June 16 letter, Case said she was not extending Friel's employment past his six-month probation period....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Feral Cats Kill More Seabirds -- No Eradication Planned
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 5482 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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...Last week, researchers discovered the bodies of six endangered Hawaiian Petrels at a remote breeding colony in Hono o Na Pali Natural Area Reserve, Kauai....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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DLNR Closing Mauna Kea, Bringing in Helicopters for Sheep Eradication
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 7158 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...aerial shooting from helicopters of feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Big Oil, OHA, and Brian Schatz team up to Give Hawaii Fishermen the Shaft
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:36 PM :: 7364 Views :: Environment, Greenmail, OHA
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... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii honey bee die-off points to likely culprits—Not pesticides, but varroa and viruses
By Selected News Articles @ 9:39 PM :: 5791 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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The focus away from pesticides as the primary driver runs counter to the narrative shaped over the past few years by high profile advocacy groups....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Office of Maunakea Management: 16 Years of Stewardship
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 5862 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, OHA
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Recent news making events have detracted from the great strides in the management of Maunakea....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii Dairy Farms Publishes Draft Environmental Impact Statement
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 7622 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism
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The findings of the Draft EIS demonstrate that Hawaii Dairy Farms will be protective of the environment and serve as a model for sustainable agriculture in the Islands.....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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Ignoring the Science: DLNR Hosts Confab on ‘Sea Level Rise Adaptation’
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 4217 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... CLUE: Because Oahu is on an extinct volcano, the island is rising faster than the wildest projections of sea-level rise. Al Gore just can't keep up with Madame Pele ....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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Unanimous SCOTUS: You Can Judicially Challenge A Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination
By Robert Thomas @ 3:27 PM :: 5399 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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"...the consequences to landowners even for inadvertent violation can be crushing...."
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 |
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Petition: Save Hawaii Fisheries
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 6224 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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Petition the President of the United States to Not expand the outer boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Moument from 50 nautical miles out to 200 nautical miles....
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Thursday, May 12, 2016 |
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Act 48: Enviro Disputes Go Directly to Supreme Court
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 6959 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Judiciary, OHA
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...contested case hearings before the commissions on Water Resource Management, Land Use, Public Utilities, the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority and cases involving conservation districts, to be directly appealed to the Hawai‘i Supreme Court....
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