Environment

Hawaii’s new Environmental Court will have broad jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases affecting the environment....

Public hearings will be held in American Samoa, CNMI and Guam on July 6, 13 and 15, respectively....

...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....

... two draft replies--one labeled "the truth" and the other labeled "option 2" ....

This aquifer is also the same one that BWS uses to provide water to residents from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai....

The applicant is requesting an ITP to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species....

...Newsflash: The Land is Moving too....

Many fossil fuel producers will benefit, while the poor—and the economy—will suffer....

...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....

Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....

Measure to protect Honolulu drinking water open to public comment....

Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sierra Club v. Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc....

...there has been a 7.3% increase in net island area over the past century....

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....

On December 9, 2013, the Obama Administration finalized a regulation allowing wind energy companies to obtain 30-year permits to kill eagles....

Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....

...Total federal income tax breaks from 2008 through 2012: $4.2 billion....

“The proposed bill will give the state the beach front property around Kawela Bay in fee simple for $35 million...."

...when people can resort to this kind of behavior, it really shows that they are not capable of considering the consequences of their actions....

NOAA is often influenced by the large environmental lobbies that have no personal stake in the region....

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....

...projects will take place in West Hawai‘i, West Maui, and He’eia (O’ahu)....

...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....

The aquarium fishermen even at loss of income have willingly agreed to the new laws and plan to have continuing dialogue with DAR....

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....

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....

...the DBC Program paid $2.6 million in deposit refunds for approximately 3.5 million pounds of recycled materials that cannot be accounted for....

Smoke produced by burning incense and candles can be worse than the pollution found next to a busy road....

With Suzanne Case being the Chairperson of DLNR there will be no animals to harvest because of fences and eradication....

The Nature Conservancy uses aerial shooting of ungulates, fencing and eradication, and supports eliminating non-native animal populations....

Suzanne Case is a 28-year veteran of The Nature Conservancy and has served as its executive director since 2001....

...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.”...

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....

...in blue states like Vermont, Oregon, Maine, Hawaii, and Washington....

...expanding from a sanctuary that manages only humpback whales to one that manages all natural and cultural resources within its boundaries....

...Aumua Amata, who serves as the Vice-Chairman of the subcommittee, addressed Esther P. Kia’aina....

...the SHAKA Movement is now going after the sugar cane industry....

Read their testimony below....

Wednesday March 11th at 10 AM in room 229....

...‘In the business and trading world, people go to jail for such manipulations of data’….

...This is what happens when anti-Superferry activists are allowed to operate seagoing catamarans....

Overall Yellow Tang abundance has increased 58% (over 1.3 million fish) from 1999/2000 to 2012-2013 to a current population of 3.6 million fish....

...he eventually became the Sea Shepherd regional director in Hawaii....

Maximum penalties in this case already exceed $100 million, and the meter is ticking at a rate of over $100,000 per day....

Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 4:30PM William S Richardson School of Law ....

...placing a lien for unpaid civil fines on agricultural property where sludge from the Hawaii Kai Marina was illegally dumped....

The case thus represents a target-rich environment for the petitioners and the court....