Environment

...method used across the U.S. mainland....

... an EIS which they are not required to submit ....

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....

...researchers have determined that an average of 15.5 bats are killed at each individual wind turbine site every year....

...Must read: AG responds to 9 questions from Ing.  Short version of responses: “No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, and No.”....

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....

...for a new term that will begin July 1, 2017 and run for four (4) years....

...Growing Trees will Provide Opportunity for Purchase of Credits....

The report identifies environmental priorities for the State and makes important recommendations on measuring sustainability.....

...over federal Clean Water Act violations relating to a September 2013 molasses spill into Honolulu Harbor....

In the last five years, America’s wind turbines killed more than three times as many birds as the BP oil spill did....

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....

...the state and two federal departments formalized an agreement adding OHA as a co-trustee of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument....

...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....

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.....

...But-but-but What about the separation of church and state?....

...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....

...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....

EPA is seeking civil penalties of over $4.8 million....

Conversion therapy....

Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....

Here are needed repairs at some national parks in Hawaii....

...the cost for an agency to run the licensing program would likely eat up much of the revenue it was supposed to generate....

It is the most intensively managed of all fisheries in the State....

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....

...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....

...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....

...President's use of the Antiquities Act to declare new marine monuments in the United States' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is "an illegal and illegitimate use of presidential authority."....

Really Obvious Question: How much did DLNR pay for this 635 acre parcel?  --- DLNR isn't telling ....

...Community members will be trained to act as citizen scientists to 'Snap the Shore, See the Future'....

...for failure to submit payments and reports required of beverage distributors by the State’s Deposit Beverage Container law....

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....

...it turns out that Hillary Clinton confirmed this fact in a private speech to tinePublic on June 18, 2014....

“The bees are dying,” read one Washington Post lede....

By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....

10 insects and 39 plants ....

...the City failing to follow through on the audit recommendations and court orders....

The state has estimated that it would cost around $800 million to realign and widen Honoapiilani Highway from Maalaea to the Lahaina bypass....

...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....

Mosquitoes, which carry avian malaria, are a principal reason that just forty-two of more than a hundred species of native Hawaiian birds remain....

...retailers could gain an estimated $442 million in annual revenue from the sale of paper bags and reusable bags....

... Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument will be as big as France, Spain and Germany combined ....

...there are more than 8 million visitors annually....

...But Humpbacks are still protected against the murderous onslaught of anti-Superferry whale watching boats....

Zika is a highly-effective population control device ....

“…The Papahānaumokuākea marine park created by Barack Obama could end up as just a ‘paper park’, argue US and UK marine experts….”

... the "compensation culture" ....

...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....

...five Kauai-based conservation officers flew there in mid-August....