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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 :: 6000 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 :: 6757 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 :: 6250 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 :: 8902 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 :: 5457 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 :: 6827 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 :: 7087 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 :: 4844 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 :: 3524 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 :: 5813 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 :: 7126 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 :: 7481 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 :: 6171 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 :: 5250 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 :: 4462 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 :: 5241 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 :: 6921 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 :: 6063 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 :: 12327 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 :: 5578 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 :: 7289 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 :: 7496 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 :: 5981 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 :: 5998 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 :: 7776 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 :: 4310 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 :: 5507 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 :: 6363 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 :: 7100 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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Monday, May 2, 2016 |
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Renegades, Risks and Rewards of the Napali Coast
By Video @ 12:30 PM :: 4649 Views :: Environment
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For decades, hippies seeking paradise have polluted the Napali Coast. Now DLNR goes in to clean up their mess ....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Zika: Pregnant Women Should Avoid Travel to American Samoa
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 6838 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care
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...When Zika makes it to Hawaii and destroys the tourism industry, remember the environmentalists and organic pseudo-farmers who refused to allow spraying....
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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Air Quality: Honolulu Makes ‘Cleanest Cities’ List
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 5597 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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"...only four cities—Burlington-South Burlington, Vt.; Elmira-Corning, N.Y.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Salinas, Calif.—qualified for the 'cleanest cities' list in the "State of the Air' report...."
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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HB2501: A&B To Restore Eight Streams in East Maui
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 5835 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... HB2501 Conference Committee meets today at 2pm, do the math ....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Scientists use ‘assisted evolution’ in attempt to save coral reefs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:54 PM :: 4202 Views :: Environment, GMOs
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…The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology occupies its own tiny island in Kaneohe Bay, known as Moku o Lo‘e....
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 |
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Auditor: Kahoolawe Trust Fund Gone After 20 years Without a Plan
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:29 PM :: 6039 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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...the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund will be depleted by FY2018....
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Bag Ban: Going Green Mindlessly
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:15 PM :: 5162 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...not only are thicker bags around, I’ve got a stock pile of paper bags now....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 |
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Full Text: State Supreme Court Decides to allow Koa Ridge to be Built
By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 6015 Views :: Environment, Development
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The Hawaii State Supreme Court, in a 4-1 ruling this morning, has decided to allow Castle and Cooke to go ahead with its planned Koa Ridge development in Mililani....
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Saturday, April 2, 2016 |
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Hawaii Urged to Prepare for Zika at CDC Summit
By Selected News Articles @ 5:50 PM :: 4536 Views :: Environment, Health Care
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"...if we wait until the public is panicking because they're seeing babies born with birth defects, we will have waited too long...."
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Thursday, March 31, 2016 |
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Feds Gain Control over 157,000 Acres in Maui County
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 5843 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected 157,000 acres of critical habitat for 125 species of plants and animals from the Hawaiian islands of Molokai, Maui and Kahoolawe....
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Monday, March 21, 2016 |
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The hidden hand of the state is reaching for your car keys
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:39 PM :: 5067 Views :: Environment, Rail
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...by 2028, every car sold in the state would have to be electric or hydrogen cell powered....
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
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HB2085: Ban Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:55 AM :: 6332 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the state's plan to eliminate all ground transportation that uses fossil fuels....
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Saturday, March 12, 2016 |
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Hawaii Cesspools: Tax Credit, Ban
By News Release @ 1:38 PM :: 4257 Views :: Environment
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Ige has signed new Wastewater System rules that would ban new cesspools statewide....
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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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American Samoa Fights Feds for Fishing Zone
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 4702 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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American Samoa says the U.S. government violated its sovereign rights by shrinking the zone around the territory....
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Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
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PEW: Public support for environmental regulations varies by state
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 12694 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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At one end of the spectrum, fully 71% of those who live in the District of Columbia, 70% of those in Vermont and 68% of those in Hawaii said stricter environmental regulations are worth the cost....
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Saturday, February 20, 2016 |
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Long Term Solutions for Coastal Highway Erosion
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 9:24 PM :: 4243 Views :: Environment
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...extreme weather events can wash out portion of coastal highways. This has happened several times on Oahu....
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Friday, February 12, 2016 |
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Pounded by Schatz and Gabbard, Ige Finally Declares Dengue Emergency
By News Release @ 10:23 PM :: 5463 Views :: Environment, Health Care
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The emergency proclamation will give the state access to the Major Disaster Fund, the option of waiving certain laws and regulations to expedite the outbreak response....
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016 |
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Kenoi Declares Dengue Emergency, Ige Refuses
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 6424 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Health Care
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...meanwhile Obama is seeking $1.8B in Zika funding....
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