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Tuesday, August 4, 2015 |
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Anti-Cane Burning Suit to be First Case Heard by Hawaii Environmental Court
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 8216 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture, Judiciary
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Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be heard by the Honorable Joseph E. Cardoza, Judge of the Environmental Court of the Second Circuit on September 16, 2015 at 9:30 a.m....
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Monday, August 3, 2015 |
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Obama Announces Carbon Emission Standards for Power Plants
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 5225 Views :: Energy, Environment
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All low-carbon electricity generation technologies, including renewables, energy efficiency, natural gas, nuclear and carbon capture and storage, can play a role in state plans....
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Sunday, August 2, 2015 |
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VIDEO: What’s the Future of Maunalua Bay?
By Video @ 4:54 PM :: 4128 Views :: Environment
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Complete video of Moanalua Bay Town Hall meeting ....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Molasses Spill Produces $15M Windfall for State
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 5406 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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"This is one of the largest settlements for an environmental violation in Hawaii’s history,” said Chin....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Ward: NOAA should not be given cart blanche over Hawaii Waters
By Rep Gene Ward @ 4:30 PM :: 4874 Views :: Environment
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...I believe the SSMA is written in a rather one-sided manner....
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Monday, July 27, 2015 |
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Bottle Tax to be Cut by Half Cent
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 5444 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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...the state’s redemption rate decreased from 72.6 percent in fiscal year 2014 to 68.4 percent in the last fiscal year, which ended in June 2015....
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Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
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DoE Fined $1.1M for Illegal Dumping
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 6086 Views :: Education K-12, Environment
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...the transported soil was contaminated with heavy metals such as arsenic, barium, cadmium, lead, and mercury....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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No More Bee-Pocalypse
By NCPA @ 3:50 PM :: 6471 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...the cover of Time magazine foretold of a "world without bees"....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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NOAA Vote on Federal Takeover of Hawaii Waters Monday
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 4032 Views :: Environment
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Monday, July 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Pagoda Hotel’s International Ballroom....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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East Oahu: 400 Testify Against Federal Takeover of Maunalua Bay
By News Release @ 11:53 AM :: 7707 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...NEXT MEETING: Monday, July 20, 2015--NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council is being held from 9am-5pm at the Pagoda Hotel and is open to the public....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
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Feds Promote Classes in Honolulu City Parks
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 5194 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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As part of the Interior Department’s leadership of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Outside initiative to engage the next generation of outdoor stewards....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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"Zero Emission Vehicles" Are Not Emission Free
By NCPA @ 2:25 PM :: 5906 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...electric vehicles generate a negative environmental benefit of about -0.5 cents per mile relative to comparable gasoline vehicles....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Hawaii State Judiciary Launches New Environmental Court
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 5914 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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Hawaii’s new Environmental Court will have broad jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases affecting the environment....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Fishery Management Council Questions use of Turtles to Strangle Tuna Industry
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 5158 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Public hearings will be held in American Samoa, CNMI and Guam on July 6, 13 and 15, respectively....
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Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
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$418M 'Clean Energy' Tax Hike: Fewer flights and fewer visitors to Hawaii would be expected
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 11325 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...it is OK that their plan would gut the tourism industry because it would also drive Hawaii's cost of living up to the point where residents could no longer afford to leave....
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Friday, June 19, 2015 |
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APHIS on Invasive Species: "The truth is we just don't care that much"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 7238 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... two draft replies--one labeled "the truth" and the other labeled "option 2" ....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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BWS: Leaking Red Hill Tanks Just 100' Above Key Aquifer
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 6930 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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This aquifer is also the same one that BWS uses to provide water to residents from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Kahuku Windfarm Draft EIS: 21 Years of Death for Shearwater, Nene, Hoary Bat and more
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 7579 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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The applicant is requesting an ITP to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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The Carbon Tax Charade
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 AM :: 5650 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Many fossil fuel producers will benefit, while the poor—and the economy—will suffer....
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 |
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How Corn Ethanol Is Worse For Climate Change Than The Keystone Pipeline
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 AM :: 5923 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...last year’s production and use of 14 billion gallons of corn ethanol resulted in 27 million tons more carbon emissions than if Americans had used straight gasoline in their vehicles....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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Deja vu: Offshore wind plan vs. whales and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 8239 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism
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Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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EPA, State, Navy Agree on Red Hill Fuel Tank Upgrades
By News Release @ 9:08 PM :: 5457 Views :: Environment, Military
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Measure to protect Honolulu drinking water open to public comment....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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Koa Ridge Arguments Before Supreme Court - State Prohibited From Rezoning "Potential" IALs?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:01 PM :: 6261 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sierra Club v. Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Tuvalu is Rising, Not Sinking
By Jack Dini @ 3:38 PM :: 4994 Views :: Environment
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...there has been a 7.3% increase in net island area over the past century....
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Saturday, May 23, 2015 |
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Dust is a Worldwide Pollutant
By Jack Dini @ 9:00 PM :: 4631 Views :: Environment
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What connects Earth's largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest?
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Friday, May 15, 2015 |
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Enviros Challenge Deep-Sea Mining Licenses
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 AM :: 5635 Views :: Environment, National News
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The Center for Biological Diversity brought the May 13 lawsuit in Washington, D.C., over five-year extensions that regulators granted Lockheed Martin for two exploration licenses it holds for a metal-rich zone of the Pacific Ocean....
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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Wind and Solar Facilities Face No Consequences for Killing Millions of Birds
By NCPA @ 2:36 PM :: 5481 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On December 9, 2013, the Obama Administration finalized a regulation allowing wind energy companies to obtain 30-year permits to kill eagles....
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Thursday, May 7, 2015 |
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Kilauea Largest Source of SO2 Pollution in USA
By UHERO @ 2:19 AM :: 7303 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....
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Sunday, May 3, 2015 |
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NextEra: Legalized Tax Fraud
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 7136 Views :: Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Total federal income tax breaks from 2008 through 2012: $4.2 billion....
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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Turtle Bay Deal Announced
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 8812 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Tourism
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“The proposed bill will give the state the beach front property around Kawela Bay in fee simple for $35 million...."
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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End the Bleeding of Aloha By Hobby Activism
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:36 PM :: 9711 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...when people can resort to this kind of behavior, it really shows that they are not capable of considering the consequences of their actions....
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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Tuna Monument: Rep Aumua Amata to Oversee Investigations of 'Insular Areas'
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 5799 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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NOAA is often influenced by the large environmental lobbies that have no personal stake in the region....
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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Hazardous Waste: DHHL Sues Evicted Racetrack Operator
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 5903 Views :: DHHL, Environment
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DHHL is pursuing claims for damages against SORT, which includes but is not limited to the cost to clean-up and remediate the property, in an action currently pending in the First Circuit Court....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
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NOAA Uses Hawaii Reefs to 'Showcase Climate Resilience'
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 3969 Views :: Environment
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...projects will take place in West Hawai‘i, West Maui, and He’eia (O’ahu)....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
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Governor Ige to Sign Bill Designating the Hawaiian Hoary Bat As State Land Mammal
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 5:26 AM :: 6251 Views :: Environment, Hawaii History
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...the ōpe‘ape‘a, or Hawaiian hoary bat, flew through the Senate, glided through the House of Representatives, and will land on Governor Ige's desk in the attic of the Capitol Building....
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Monday, April 20, 2015 |
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New Laws Regulate Aquarium Fishermen
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 PM :: 5646 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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The aquarium fishermen even at loss of income have willingly agreed to the new laws and plan to have continuing dialogue with DAR....
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Monday, April 20, 2015 |
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NOAA: Hawaii Humpbacks 'Not at Risk'
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 5520 Views :: Environment
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The humpback whale is currently listed as endangered throughout its range. The proposed rule finds that ten of those 14 populations do not warrant ESA listing....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Lawsuit Challenges HC&S East Maui Water Diversions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 23951 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, OHA
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A&B has been diverting water from East Maui streams for more than 100 years via "complex system of ditches, tunnels and flumes" to irrigate the HC&S sugar plantation in Central Maui....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Auditor: Fraud-riddled HI5 Program Ripped off by Whole Foods Market for 6 Years
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:27 PM :: 6062 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...the DBC Program paid $2.6 million in deposit refunds for approximately 3.5 million pounds of recycled materials that cannot be accounted for....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Incense and Candles Can Pollute
By Jack Dini @ 1:06 AM :: 5329 Views :: Environment
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Smoke produced by burning incense and candles can be worse than the pollution found next to a busy road....
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Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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Fences and Eradication: Petition Calls for Rejection of Suzanne Case
By News Release @ 2:02 PM :: 5955 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
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With Suzanne Case being the Chairperson of DLNR there will be no animals to harvest because of fences and eradication....
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Saturday, April 11, 2015 |
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Suzanne Case Pays for Aerial Shooting and Eradication: Can Hunters Trust Her?
By Dr Maxwell Cooper @ 1:54 PM :: 6460 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
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The Nature Conservancy uses aerial shooting of ungulates, fencing and eradication, and supports eliminating non-native animal populations....
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Ige Nominates Suzanne Case to DLNR, Names Three to School Board
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6755 Views :: Education K-12, Environment, Hawaii State Government
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Suzanne Case is a 28-year veteran of The Nature Conservancy and has served as its executive director since 2001....
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Sunday, April 5, 2015 |
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The Turtle Bay Bill, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 8317 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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...They were under the impression that the bond sale process needed to begin by June 30 of this year. “No,” said the Department of Attorney General, “the law says that the bond sale needs to be DONE by June 30.”...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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SCR181: Interisland Ferry System Study
By Michael Hansen @ 10:16 PM :: 6712 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Jones Act
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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....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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MIT: Scientific illiteracy in left-wing politics
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 AM :: 8417 Views :: Energy, Environment, GMOs
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...in blue states like Vermont, Oregon, Maine, Hawaii, and Washington....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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Feds Grab for Control of 1,601 square miles of Hawaii Waters
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 4742 Views :: Environment
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...expanding from a sanctuary that manages only humpback whales to one that manages all natural and cultural resources within its boundaries....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Am Samoa: Amata Blasts Administration’s “Environmental Colonialism”
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 5514 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation
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...Aumua Amata, who serves as the Vice-Chairman of the subcommittee, addressed Esther P. Kia’aina....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii is Not the Hawaii I Knew
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:01 PM :: 7603 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Cost of Living
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...the SHAKA Movement is now going after the sugar cane industry....
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