Environment

...Big Island Dairy has reported untreated wastewater from the dairy’s wastewater treatment system spilled from a damaged sewage pipe in the evening on May 6....

... the Environmental Council is conducting nine public hearings from May 21-31 throughout the state on changes to the state Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) rules ....

...a strong connection between sea surface temperature patterns associated with the Global Warming Hiatus phenomenon and changes in cyclone activity over the northwest Pacific....

...In an effort to clean its environment, China has restricted recyclable commodities and set strict contamination limits. The E-Cycling program cites this shift in the worldwide recycling commodities market for local restrictions....

...From 2010 through 2015, the Sierra Club Foundation received more than $18 million and Natural Resources Defense Council received more than $15 million....

...this can only mean one thing--more rate hikes coming....

...Over the past 15 years, the people of Hawaii have paid 260% more for electricity than the US average, while gasoline prices consistently hover close to $1-per-gallon higher.  (But we can go even higher)....

... Hawaii, and oil rich Wyoming and N Dakota are among the cleanest--8 of the 10 most ozone polluted cities are in 'green' California ....

...Honolulu tops the City Sanitation ranking, followed by Helsinki and Ottawa in joint second, whereas Dhaka (230) and Port au Prince (231) fill the bottom places....

...maybe now attention can be focused on more important issues such as the recent spate of deaths caused by snorkel rentals....

...the change could affect up to 20 species in Hawaii....

...the Project Partners have recruited rat-detection dogs to join the team....

...The judge’s order asks for a plan to be submitted to the court by Dec. 28, 2018 which requires a written stewardship plan, regular monitoring and inspections, inspection reports with recommendations, procedures for addressing violations and debris removal plans....

...If the goal is to guide human action, environmental markets work better than indecipherable regulations....

...Nene proposed for downlisting from endangered to threatened thanks to strong local partnerships....

...They argue the sea is not “land owned or controlled by the Federal government and thus not within the president’s proclaiming authority.”....

...Six-Month Monitoring Levels Meet State & Federal Water Quality Standards....

...The purpose of the RFI is to gauge whether there is interest among prospective developers in obtaining a long-term lease of the Site (but check out the terms)....

...This report found that through the course of the past ten years, the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan was disregarded....

...calls on the Planning Department to propose rule changes to the Maui, Molokai and Lanai Planning Commissions to include sea level rise in their shoreline setback calculations....

...the oft-cited, debate-driving statistic that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day is the product of a 9-year-old's guesstimations....

“...By signaling the importance of financial flows we have highlighted a potential leverage point for implementing sustainable policies….”

...Tuvalu has been held-up globally as case study of a place where sea level rise due to man-made global warming will destroy the ability of people to inhabit it....

...no surprise here....

...More than 100 Trails in Na Ala Hele Trail & Access Program Featured....

“...The state has a responsibility to ensure its natural resources are managed in a scientifically credible way for the benefit of all its citizens. We look forward to being partners in this important work....”

...Senate Bill 2003, which is being heard by the Senate Land & Water Committee on Friday, bans the issue of all new aquarium fishing licenses....

...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement actions this year in Hawaii resulted in closures of 19 large capacity cesspools (LCC) and over $500,000 in fines....

...Russian money flowing to Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, 350.org, the Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, the Rainforest Action Network....

...This closure is due to a delay in payments from the Department of Health. Once the back payments have been received, operations will resume as normal....

...You may have been hearing new terms like China’s Green Fence and The National Sword and wondered what they are and how they impact our community....

..."A search of the world wide web reveals that no media source covered the event."....

...We need legislation to save the fishery and all DLNR ocean issued-permit businesses....

...applying a Hawai‘i Supreme Court ruling from last year to an existing DLNR rule....

...We knew from the beginning there was the possibility that a few rats could linger....

...This ‘consensus’ of disbelief is proven by the massive investment in sea-level construction of Kakaako condos and Honolulu Rail.... 

...Does the Supreme Court now have three votes to kill the telescope?....

...the inclusion of ASG allows approximately one third of the funds to stay in American Samoa....

...It's turtles this time....

...People monitoring the ecosystem recovery on tiny Lehua Island report that - four months after the conclusion of a rat eradication project - there are still no signs of the invasive Pacific Rats....

...DOH has filed a report with the Legislature identifying 14 priority areas of the state where 43,000 cesspool upgrades are critically needed to protect public health and the environment....

...Tests by USDA Lab Show No Evidence of Diphacinone in Whale Livers....

...Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin issued a formal advisory opinion today stating that when the shoreline migrates landward (or mauka) due to erosion or sea level rise, the dividing line between public and private ownership also migrates mauka....

...Chaos is Coming: You can sue too—Here are some ideas....

...Weasel Words Allow Continued use of Fossil Fuels....

...Aging fuel storage tanks at Red Hill could soon get an upgrade....

...global warming is just an excuse for tax hikes and rate hikes....

...Interior will make sure local voices are not drowned out by “large, well-funded NGOs and special interests”....

...where are all the protesters?....

...The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received an application from the Lalamilo Wind Company LLC for an incidental take permit of the endangered Hawaiian hoary bat and the endangered Hawaiian petrel....