Environment

...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....

...“When marine mammals strand themselves it’s usually a signal that something in our environment is out of sync,” said Ing (wrongly)....

...Actually, life is better now than it ever has been.  And the last 25 years have been very prosperous for humanity.  But lets not let reality get in the way of eco-socialism....

...Thanks to the State Supreme Court's September 6, 2017 aquarium fishing decision, all ocean users now face the same fate as aquarium fishers--shut down awaiting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)....

...It is also not clear whether or not the fish were intentionally placed in a tide pool on the northern side of Lehua Island....

... a global warming “apocalypse” that will flood coastal cities, tear up roads and bridges with mega-storms and bring widespread famine and misery to much of the world ....

...Plan to kill 41 Nene and 48 bats....

...It is time to bring more jobs and economic freedom to the West....

...Kidney failure, blood clots, cardiac arrest, inflammation of the pancreas, leaking intestines....

...in the early 1900s Ahi, Aku, Marlin and other pelagic fish, were reported in the commercial reef fish data. Then they separated the pelagic and reef fish. This alone accounted most of the 90% decline....

...Upgrades provide easier navigation and more information....

...“Congress never intended to give one individual the power to unilaterally seize enormous swathes of our nation’s public lands…."

...The Supreme Court Ruling will have far reaching impacts on all ocean permits issued by DLNR....

...Recently, the Honolulu City Council approved on first reading Bill 80 (2017), which would award a real property tax exemption to “ocean-friendly restaurants.”...

... cost-benefit comparison of recycling selected materials versus incinerating them at H-POWER ....

...DLNR continues to believe that existing aquarium fishing practices are sustainable and environmentally sound....

...A much bigger body of ice was identified in a neighboring cinder cone crater, Pu'uhaukea....

...Flashback: Rumors and Rage: When Good Conservation Sounds Bad....

...Wednesday’s lawsuit says there were 14,645 commercial air tours conducted over the Hawaii Volcanoes alone....

...It is open to everyone and will be held on October 11, 2017 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki Beach Resort, Coral Ballrooms 1 & 2 from 8:30 AM to 12:45 PM....

...the Board adopted today the recommendation of retired judge Riki May Amano to approve the application for a Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) to build the Thirty-Meter Telescope....

...Honolulu has seen an average sea-level rise of only 5.6 inches since 1900....

...StarKist will pay a $6.3 million penalty and provide emergency response equipment to the American Samoa Department of Public Safety, Fire Services Bureau....