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Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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Will Courts Stop Presidents From Calling Oceans ‘National Monuments’?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 AM :: 2147 Views :: Environment
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...The case involves the Antiquities Act of 1906, which allows the president to proclaim landmarks and structures with historic and scientific interest as national monuments....
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Friday, December 18, 2020 |
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Big Brother Is Watching: Satellites Used to Survey Fishing in High Seas
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 2778 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... Rounding out the top ten of most active companies were a series of Chinese corporations and one U.S. corporation based out of Hawaii. Two other key figures in the top ten list were Sajo Group and Dongwon, two Korean companies that own the United States subsidiary Starkist ....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
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Oceanfront Property Tied to Obama Granted Exemption From Hawaii’s Environmental Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 9:22 PM :: 6488 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Obama
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...Environmental laws are for the little people, not the environmentalists....
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Thursday, November 5, 2020 |
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DLNR Steps Up Efforts to Manage Homelessness Across Public Lands
By Selected News Articles @ 9:20 PM :: 3566 Views :: Environment, Homelessness, Land Use
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...“I don’t see any end in sight, really, because it just seems to have gotten worse"....
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Saturday, October 17, 2020 |
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How to diversify Hawaii's economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:35 PM :: 3484 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Tourism
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“...If all of us had to go back and work in the agricultural sector, we’re not as productive in that, and we would lose income....”
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Monday, October 12, 2020 |
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Lemming News: Maui County Jumps on 'Sue Big Oil' Bandwagon
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 3314 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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...every court to reach the substance of the allegations has dismissed them—including the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Friday, October 9, 2020 |
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Caldwell: Global Warming causing Rain Bombs
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 2647 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...City initiates “Climate Ready O‘ahu” adaptation strategy; welcomes resident participation and engagement via on-line tools launched today....
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020 |
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Navy Issues Red Hill Remediation Contracts
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 3257 Views :: Environment, Military
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...to adapt an existing commercial membrane technology for upgrading fuel storage tanks at Red Hill....
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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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Atrazine to Be Banned in Hawaii, Territories
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 3196 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...in the wake of a legal agreement between the EPA and the Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America....
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 |
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Planned Pentagon Buildup on Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 2574 Views :: Environment, Military
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... A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday affirmed a federal judge’s finding that the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense properly assessed the environmental impact ....
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Friday, September 11, 2020 |
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The New Champion Of Private Property Rights Is … Barack Obama?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 AM :: 5605 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Land Use, Obama
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...Obama and his longtime colleague Marty Nesbitt want a 100-year-old sea wall rebuilt and fortified to protect a planned Hawaii retreat....
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Saturday, September 5, 2020 |
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Moving the Smokestack: How Clean is Your Electric Vehicle?
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 4763 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...in Honolulu, the 2016 Porsche Cayenne S e-Hybrid is only 2mpg better than the vehicular embodiment of excess--the 2010 Hummer H3....
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Saturday, September 5, 2020 |
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Army Announces Intent to Prepare EIS for Pohakuloa
By News Release @ 7:01 AM :: 3412 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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...environmental impact statement to analyze its proposal to retain up to approximately 23,000 acres of state-owned land at Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) to support continued military training....
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Saturday, August 29, 2020 |
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Enviros: Haunama Bay Better Off When We Kick the Little People Out
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 3826 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, COVID-19
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...Since the March 18 closure in response to the pandemic, only researchers and staff have left foot prints on the shoreline of the nature preserve....
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Saturday, August 15, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Burials Dug up to Make Way for Obama’s Oceanfront Septic Tank
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 6149 Views :: Environment, Politicians
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...Eco-Hypocrisy: How Obama Got a Legal Seawall for Another 55 Years....
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Friday, July 17, 2020 |
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EPA: Waters Around Two Hawaii Beaches Impaired by Plastic Pollution
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 3170 Views :: Environment, Greenmail
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...Next Step: Federally-mandated state-funded beachcombing as an act of pennance in the eco-religion....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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City Announces Progress on Sewage System Consent Decree
By News Release @ 7:09 PM :: 3682 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...In 2010, the city estimated that it would spend $3.4 billion in capital costs through fiscal year 2020....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020 |
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Saving coral reef fisheries with management areas
By News Release @ 4:42 AM :: 2573 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...setting aside some areas where fishing is prohibited....
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020 |
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EPA orders the closure of 16 cesspools on Kauai
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 2762 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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...EPA has taken enforcement actions in Kauai to close 16 pollution-causing large capacity cesspools and collect $55,182 in penalties....
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Saturday, May 30, 2020 |
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Case, Gabbard Pursue First National Forest for Hawai’i
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 3606 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation
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...Their legislation follows their recent initiative to create Hawaii’s first National Heritage Area at Ka’ena Point....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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BLNR Rejects Aquarium Fishing EIS
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 3581 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Small Business
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...The over 2000-page EIS had been produced by a group of ten West Hawaiʻi aquarium fishers and the National Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, on their proposal to ask the DLNR to issue permits to the ten aquarium fishers....
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020 |
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List of State Parks Reopening
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 2895 Views :: Environment, COVID-19
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"...as long as people are moving past each other, even if they’re within 6 ft of each other and not wearing a mask, we wouldn’t categorize those persons as anything but low risk at most and likely no risk...." -- State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park
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Monday, April 27, 2020 |
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Lahaina Injection Wells: Ad hoc rules and non-exhaustive lists of "factors"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:57 AM :: 3250 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...the usual result is going to be that you run a big risk if you don't get a permit....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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Planet of the Humans: Michael Moore Debunks Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative
By Video @ 1:51 PM :: 4647 Views :: Energy, Environment, First Amendment
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"...No amount of batteries are going to save us, warns director Jeff Gibbs...."
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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Maui Injection Wells: Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit, Creates New Test
By Court House News @ 1:30 PM :: 3270 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...a 6-3 majority found that the Ninth Circuit’s ruling went too far. At the same time, however, the court declined to adopt the reading of the law advanced by the county....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii Air Quality Cleanest in the Nation
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 2812 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu City and County set record levels for low amounts of annual particle pollution....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Global Warmers Feeling Forgotten: Civil Beat Agrees to Help
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 2711 Views :: Environment, COVID-19
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...Do you remember to panic? Media will try to remind you....
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Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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Judge Orders Habitat Protection for 14 Hawaii Species
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 3623 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Environment
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...The rare species, which are now required to receive protection no later than Feb. 29, 2024, include 12 plants, one anchialine pool shrimp and a picture-wing fly....
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Friday, April 3, 2020 |
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Enviros Use Sharks as Excuse in Latest Attack on Hawaii Fishing Industry
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 2676 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...Groups Sue to Protect Imperiled Pacific Oceanic Whitetip Sharks....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Kauai Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan -- Public Comments Open
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 3734 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Environment
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...written comments must be received from interested parties no later than April 13, 2020....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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Honolulu Sues 'Big Oil' -- Fatal Flaws in Evidence
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 3256 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...Why is this latest effort by Hawaiian officials political suicide? Because ……. Sher Edling....
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Sunday, March 15, 2020 |
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Green Fees – But Not the Golfing Kind
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4035 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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...per visitor, per stay charges the money from which goes to protect and preserve the environment....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020 |
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6 Years Later: Navy Brings Red Hill Tank 5 Back into Service
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 3553 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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...In early 2014, a release was identified from Red Hill Tank 5. This release occurred during the refilling process after the tank was cleaned, inspected, and repaired....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020 |
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The Futility of Trying to Reduce Driving
By Selected News Articles @ 2:16 PM :: 3817 Views :: Energy, Environment, Rail
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...Cars have been more energy efficient than transit buses since 1991....
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Monday, March 9, 2020 |
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EPA requiring closures of 12 Big Isle cesspools
By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 4048 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Small Business
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...EPA inspectors identified multi-unit residential buildings illegally discharging wastewater into eleven cesspools in Kealakekua, Hawaii....
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Monday, March 9, 2020 |
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Forest Service, DLNR Sign 'Shared Stewardship' Agreement
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 2178 Views :: Environment
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...Hawai‘i is the thirteenth U.S. state to sign a Shared Stewardship Agreement with the USDA Forest Service (USFS)....
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Friday, March 6, 2020 |
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The green case for Jones Act reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:31 PM :: 17551 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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...the pros and cons of ships, trucks and trains....
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Thursday, March 5, 2020 |
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Feds Agree to Consider Protections for Hawaii’s Cauliflower Coral
By Court House News @ 10:00 AM :: 2439 Views :: Environment
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...The National Marine Fisheries Service has until June 30 to make its decision....
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Saturday, February 29, 2020 |
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The Perverse Panic over Plastic
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 AM :: 2809 Views :: Environment
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...The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public....
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Saturday, February 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii Wind and Solar -- Dirty Secret Boosts Warming
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 3851 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...It's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years....
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Thursday, February 27, 2020 |
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Maui County Council Vote For Climate Litigation Is Misguided
By News Release @ 7:06 PM :: 3227 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... the climate litigation campaign has proven unsuccessful and is counterproductive ....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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Illegal Aquarium Fishers Busted Near Billionaires Row
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 4787 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...illegally stealing fish which exist for the viewing pleasure of billionaires....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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More 'Sacred' Trash at Mauna Campsite
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 7026 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...Kia’i protestors Wong and Perez were quoted as saying in the Tribune-Herald that, “dirty tactics” were being used. Well now that’s rich coming from the protestors....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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Hawaii Carbon Tax Would Be a Big Burden for Families and Businesses
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 4409 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...the tax on gasoline would begin at $8.22 per barrel in 2021 and top out at $23.16 per barrel in 2030....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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Meatless Mondays in Hawaii Schools? -- Politicized Veganism Threatens Human Health
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 AM :: 3845 Views :: Education K-12, Environment, Health Care
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...In 2019, Hawaii’s legislature nearly enacted a resolution establishing Meatless Mondays in Hawaii’s public schools....
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