Environment

There are several State regulatory issues that need to be resolved prior to attempting to establish a Hawaii interisland ferry and are at least as important as the technical modeling, facilities and feasibility considerations....

...in blue states like Vermont, Oregon, Maine, Hawaii, and Washington....

...expanding from a sanctuary that manages only humpback whales to one that manages all natural and cultural resources within its boundaries....

...Aumua Amata, who serves as the Vice-Chairman of the subcommittee, addressed Esther P. Kia’aina....

...the SHAKA Movement is now going after the sugar cane industry....

Read their testimony below....

Wednesday March 11th at 10 AM in room 229....

...‘In the business and trading world, people go to jail for such manipulations of data’….

...This is what happens when anti-Superferry activists are allowed to operate seagoing catamarans....

Overall Yellow Tang abundance has increased 58% (over 1.3 million fish) from 1999/2000 to 2012-2013 to a current population of 3.6 million fish....

...he eventually became the Sea Shepherd regional director in Hawaii....

Maximum penalties in this case already exceed $100 million, and the meter is ticking at a rate of over $100,000 per day....

Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 4:30PM William S Richardson School of Law ....

...placing a lien for unpaid civil fines on agricultural property where sludge from the Hawaii Kai Marina was illegally dumped....

The case thus represents a target-rich environment for the petitioners and the court....

...the interaction between the advance disposal fee (ADF) and the deposit beverage container (DBC) programs creates inefficiencies in the recycling or down-cycling of glass....

...the production tax credit (PTC) gives wind companies 2.3 cents for every kilowatt-hour of electricity they produce....

Where the 'Recycled' Glass Goes? -- Busted: Hee Family Tied to Massive Waste Dumping Scheme....

Benjamin has served on the Hawaiʻi Board since 2007 and has worked closely with Conservancy staff....

...The study examines environmental costs for cars' entire life cycle, including where power comes from and the environmental effects of building batteries....

“It takes a lot of energy to extract and process solar-grade silicon,” says co-author Seth Darling. “And in China, that energy tends to come from dirtier and less efficient energy sources...."

...The original proposal of 2,000 cows on site was modified in July 2014 to 650-699 cows....

DLNR sued the County of Hawaii for its ban on aerial hunting....

489,000 Square Nautical Miles of Ocean....

...far-reaching energy, trade and security implications....

...to estimate the impacts of Hawaii importing LNG for use in the electric sector....

Near Unanimous Support from Haena Community Results In Historic Decision....

City could have worked harder to prevent Sand Island sewage spill....

...Matson Terminals Inc has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor violations of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899....

BLNR will consider approval of new state hunting rules for game mammals and game birds on Oct. 24....

San Francisco saw an increase in litter after its bag ban was implemented....

These bills are a first step toward empowering our communities to fight back against illegal dumping....

“Our US Pacific Island fishermen already comply with the strictest regulations in the world.”

...video surveillance cameras watch bats flying at night near wind turbines....

...Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Executive Director Kitty Simonds who was able to broker this meeting....

...The changes will affect more than 77,000 homeowners on the neighbor islands and 11,000 on Oahu....

...Steyer, the former CEO of the Farallon investment firm, made much of his fortune from the coal, oil, and gas industries....

The government was forced to raise the tax after they noticed that bag use was increasing as consumers began absorbing the cost of the bags....

...the first important discussion at the White House was held this week and, while Governor Lolo was represented by a member of his cabinet, Faleomavaega was nowhere to be found....

...The Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment today 'documenting' the hazard that plastic pollution poses to wildlife on Tern Island....

Even over the last 40 years, the Hilo, Kahului, and Lihue regions all show non-significant trends with negative – cooling – correlations....

...[T]he pause [in global warming] has now lasted for 16, 19 or 26 years—depending on whether you choose the surface temperature record or one of two satellite records....

Scuba divers and aquarium fisherman have noted throughout the islands have noticed that there has been major increases in new juvenile fish populations over the past months....

...“this is certainly the most important congressional group to visit the Northern Marianas at one time.”....

...paper and reusable bags use more energy and release more greenhouse gas emissions than plastic bags....

...The radar loops show the destruction of the hurricane mass as it tries and fails to ride up the south slope of Mauna Loa....

MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT WITH GUSTS TO 85 KT....

The first phase starts with 650-699 cows....