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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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Releasing Mosquitoes to Help Kauai Forest Birds
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 196 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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... first release of sterile male mosquitoes into a state forest reserve on the vast Alakaʻi Plateau ....
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Saturday, February 1, 2025 |
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Proposed "green fee" a reason for red flag
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:57 PM :: 604 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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... Few ideas are as tenacious as the myth that we can make tourists pay for major programs without affecting locals ....
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Sunday, January 26, 2025 |
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Those Nickels Add Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 693 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... ripe for raiding ....
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Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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Navy can’t dodge Clean Water Act claims over Honolulu fuel storage facility
By Court House News @ 2:02 PM :: 482 Views :: Environment, Military
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... Senior U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi in Honolulu on Wednesday denied the Navy's request to dismiss the claims brought by Wai Ola Alliance, an environmental advocacy organization ....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Trump Orders Temporary Withdrawal of Offshore Areas from Wind Leasing
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 593 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... temporary withdrawal of all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from wind energy leasing ....
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Monday, January 13, 2025 |
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HECO Unveils Expanded Wildfire Safety Strategy
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 771 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... 3-year plan focuses initial work on high-risk areas ....
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
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Oil industry seeks end to climate change lawsuits
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 585 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... the defendants may have a valid argument in favor of federal law since Honolulu is suing over conduct taking place outside of Hawaii’s borders ....
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025 |
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Red Hill Registry opens pre-enrollment for impacted community members
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 650 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Higher Education, Military
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... Those exposed to jet-fuel-contaminated drinking water from the Navy water line on Oʻahu are encouraged to fill out a short, five-minute questionnaire ....
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025 |
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
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Biden Admin Begs SCOTUS to Ignore Honolulu Climate Suit
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 956 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Judiciary
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... the Solicitor General Urged the Supreme Court to Deny Requests Aimed at Stopping State and Local Lawsuits against Big Oil Companies from Advancing Toward Trial in State Courts ....
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Monday, November 25, 2024 |
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Do Marine Protected Areas Really Help Fisheries?
By News Release @ 12:14 PM :: 1168 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... Papahānaumokuākea: Despite being one of the world’s largest MPAs, the PMNM showed no significant fishery benefits for tuna ....
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Thursday, November 21, 2024 |
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Fishing and Seafood Leaders Urge President Biden to Avoid Marine National Monument Designations in Final Days
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 1166 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... The letter references a March 2021 statement from Chief Justice John Roberts, which raised concerns about the Antiquities Act ....
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Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
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DoD IG Rips Navy Red Hill Management
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 1154 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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“...It is imperative that the Navy address ongoing challenges with the management of fuel and water systems at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam....”
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric Signs Bird Agreement
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1072 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... commitments to address potential threats to seabirds from power lines on Maui and Lāna‘i, while pursuing permits under the federal Endangered Species Act and state law ....
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Friday, November 8, 2024 |
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Watch Duty Launches in Hawai'i to Provide Real-Time Wildfire Map and Alert System
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 1008 Views :: Environment
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... popular non-profit app expands its coverage to Hawai'i to deliver more timely critical information about wildfires as they develop ....
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Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
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In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 AM :: 884 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... entomologist explains the implication for global pest control ....
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Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
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How Oily Profiteer Manipulated Maui Sunscreen Legislation for Personal Gain
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 1958 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics
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... Maui Council candidate Kelly King's secret sunscreen empire ....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
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Green Appoints Water Commissioner, Salary Commissioners
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 976 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Development, OHA
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... appointment of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues to the Commission on Water Resource Management -- enviros call for Senate to reject nomination ....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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Honolulu Airport 'Achieves Carbon Accreditation'
By News Release @ 11:24 AM :: 724 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism
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"...implemented sustainability strategies that have significantly reduced our carbon footprint and saved millions of dollars...."
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Sunday, October 13, 2024 |
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LNG fuel for shipping is necessary for regulatory compliance
By Michael Hansen @ 12:47 AM :: 935 Views :: Energy, Environment, Jones Act
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... LNG is an important fuel source to virtually eliminate most polluting emissions and significantly reduce carbon emissions ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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Eco-Lawyers Pledge to Hunt Aquarium Collectors to Extinction
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 880 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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... The aquarium pet industry has finished the environmental review process to seek up to seven commercial aquarium permits for collection in West Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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EPA Fines Daiso for Illegal Pesticides
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 1015 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Company to pay one of largest federal pesticides penalties: $314,747 ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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State Sues Homeowner as House Collapses into Ocean
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1123 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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... It also requests an order from the Court that provides the state owns the land clear of interest or claim by the defendant ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Coqui Frogs Invade Oahu Mountaintop
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 1042 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... coqui roughly 200 meters below the summit of Kuliʻouʻou Ridge Trail on the leeward side of the mountains ....
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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UH developed, living coastal-protection system prepares for deployment
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 1889 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Land Use
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... The project is on track for its first deployment of a 50-meter array of structures near the Ulupaʻu crater, off the Kailua Bay side of Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi in late 2024, early 2025 ....
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
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Hawaii National Parks Attract 4,764,320 Tourists
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 1355 Views :: Environment, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Haleakala Park saw a 27% decrease in visitors in 2023 compared to 2022 ....
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Saturday, August 31, 2024 |
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DLNR Wages Bacteriological War Against Mosquitoes
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 1867 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment
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... it is harmless to other creatures, including people ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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Hawaii wants to force an oil ban on the rest of the country
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 2776 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Red Flag Warning For Leeward Areas Of All Islands Saturday From 10 AM To 6 PM
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 2075 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly ....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 |
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Dye Pack: Six Hours from Cesspool to Ocean
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 AM :: 2178 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... the dye emerged at a shoreline spring, telling us that the wastewater from at least one home, and possibly more, is flowing out into Kahaluʻu Bay ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Ranks 49th for Invasive Plant Presence
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 AM :: 1729 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....
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Friday, August 9, 2024 |
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Grand Wailea Bird Settlement Gives Enviros Monthly Cashflow
By Court House News @ 11:05 PM :: 1859 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Tourism
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... The Grand Wailea Resort in Maui will make monthly contributions to fund projects ....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
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$20M Payoff -- Climate Slush Fund for Native Hawaiian Organizations
By News Release @ 12:51 AM :: 1031 Views :: Environment, OHA
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... Funding will be implemented through the Department's Office of Native Hawaiian Relations’ (ONHR) ....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 |
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Ten Years of Fighting Rapid Ohia Death
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 941 Views :: Environment
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... the UH Agriculture Diagnostic lab isolated a well-known worldwide pathogen called Ceratocystis. “That rang alarm bells" ....
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Saturday, July 20, 2024 |
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EPA Orders Shutdown of Seven Cesspools at Maui County Facilities
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 886 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... the County of Maui has agreed to close the seven Cesspools by June 30, 2025, and pay a $193K penalty ....
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Friday, July 19, 2024 |
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EPA: 'Emergency response missions on Maui are complete'
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 1101 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development
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... EPA Completes Drinking Water and Wastewater Mission in Lahaina ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Green Names Climate Advisory Team
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 1348 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Hawaii State Government
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... Team to Produce Policy Guidance for Climate Resilience and Disaster Recovery ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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Outsider Foolishly Buys N. Shore Oceanfront Lot--BLNR Steals It
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 1333 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... the proposed fines totaled more than $3.2 million after some genius threw a rock at an albatross ....
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
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Supreme Court overrules landmark 'Chevron' precedent on government authority
By Court House News @ 3:39 AM :: 1533 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Labor, Land Use, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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... For 40 years, the Chevron precedent has been the backbone of administrative law, limiting judicial decision-making in favor of agency 'expertise' ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
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Scheme to Remake Lahaina as Touristy Water Park Advances in Congress
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 3333 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Hawaii History, Land Use, Tourism
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... The remade Lahaina will be a tourist-oriented animation of the pre-plantation era when the economy was based on slaughtering lots of whales ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
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Can Hawaii afford climate change lawsuit settlement?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 1393 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes, Cost of Living
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"...There's going to be some pain...."
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Friday, June 28, 2024 |
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Did Hawaii just pave the way for court enforcement of California's climate promises?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 PM :: 1053 Views :: Environment, Cost of Living
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... The settlement provides benchmarks for a greenhouse gas reduction plan that will be overseen and enforced by a court through 2045 ....
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Friday, June 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii Water Wars: If you don't claim a 'taking' you lose
By Robert Thomas @ 12:01 AM :: 1130 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... those standards only apply where there's a takings claim present. And there's no takings claims here ....
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
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Government says Red Hill plaintiffs are asking for too much in damages
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 1148 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Seventeen plaintiffs are asking for $7 million ....
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
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Fate of Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ hike hangs in balance at appellate court
By Court House News @ 2:55 PM :: 1149 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... Advocates to keep the stairs told the court that demolishing them will threaten the state's official mammal, the Hawaiian hoary bat. ....
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Friday, June 21, 2024 |
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More Taxes and Fewer Lanes: Green, DoT, Eco-Lawyers 'Sue and Settle' Scheme
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1626 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes
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... The young plaintiffs are more likely to move to Las Vegas because of this settlement ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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Court stays six Red Hill lawsuits until verdict is reached in recent trial
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 1210 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The six lawsuits involved in the court-ordered stay requested by the government involve 2,375 people ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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Six Feet Under: UH Doubles Sea Level Rise Projection (again)
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 1371 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... UH has been peddling '3.2-foot' sea level rise claims since 2018. That projection was itself a doubling of earlier projections. Now they have suddenly doubled it again to six feet. Did you notice? ....
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 |
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Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 1626 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Pierre Omidyar
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... to assist in applying for and securing federal funds relating to renewable energy, local food, clean transportation, and fresh water ....
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