Environment

“If you haven’t already, please take a moment to review this important plan and share your feedback,” said Representative Darius K. Kila, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation.

... Mainland Lawyers, Local Leaders, and the People Left Behind ....

... $100 million annually, directed toward environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation, infrastructure resilience and enhancing the visitor experience ....

... attorneys representing people who said they were sickened by the November 2021 Red Hill jet fuel spill had added more than 6,000 additional plaintiffs ....

...The Government of the United States of America has begun discussions with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the research necessary to inform seabed exploration and responsible development within the Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone....

... if weather conditions intensify in the next 24 to 48 hours Hawaiian Electric may proactively shut off power in communities with high exposure to wildfire risk ....

“...This isn’t just a policy document. These proposals will have real and lasting impacts on families, kūpuna, workers, and businesses across Hawai‘i...”

... Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial ....

... Par Pacific, Mitsubishi, and ENEOS to Establish Joint Venture for Renewable Fuels in Hawaii ....

... the DOT is supposed to decarbonize every transportation sector in Hawaii, but there aren’t a lot of options when it comes to maritime emissions ....

... The biggest and costliest piece of the plan is establishing clean fuel requirements for all types of transportation vehicles, including cars, passenger jets and cargo ships ....

... BWS past, ongoing, and future restoration, remediation and mitigation efforts are currently estimated to total approximately $1.2 billion ....

... Persistent drought conditions, Wind gusts 45 mph and higher, and Relative humidity below 45% ....

... the fund has swollen to over $50 million ....

... this is a negotiating position for the master lease renewals ....

... Klein Quit as OHA’s Maunakea Lawyer Six Months Ago ....

... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....

... A federal judge is deciding whether the U.S. Navy should be held liable for 543 Clean Water Act violations at its Red Hill fuel facility ....

... If we can't make this stuff up, how can legislators and councilmembers use it as an excuse for their pre-conceived agendas? .... 

"We found that DOH still has made no progress on implementing the prior recommendations, including those codified by the Legislature in Section 342G-121.5, HRS."

... This project is part of an Air Force program called Rocket Cargo Vanguard intended to experiment with the use of commercial rockets for military logistics and materiel transport ....

... The cost of the Sand Island upgrade aligns with the Council’s dispute with the Blangiardi administration over the amount of sewer fee increases to be forced upon Oahu ratepayers ....

... tax "may have invited a legal storm" ....

... Senate Bill 1396 increases the TAT rate by 0.75% beginning in 2026 and levies, for the first time, the TAT on cruise ships that port in the state ....

... no maintenance for 28 years ....

... Hawaii is at the vanguard of a coordinated legal campaign that aims to enact Green New Deal-type policies by lawsuit. And by all appearances, the state’s judiciary is an eager participant ....

... The groups are challenging President Trump’s April 17 proclamation that would allow U.S.-flagged vessels to fish commercially ....

... This marks the first such action by Interior in over 30 years ....

... The bipartisan legislation provides congressional direction to fully implement the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which has been diplomatically negotiated among the U.S. and 16 Pacific Islands nations ....

... The Army’s current lease for 23,000 acres of state-owned land at PTA is set to expire in 2029 ....

"...While Democrats posture about taking on 'Big Oil,' they’re shielding Par Hawaii—a top fossil fuel donor to their own party—from climate lawsuits...."

... In the long-awaited preliminary decision, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi awarded 17 plaintiffs damages ....

"Federal courts (including the Supreme Court) have consistently ruled for over a century that fees or taxes imposed on vessels by non-federal entities are prohibited."

"... The federal lawsuit filed by the Justice Department attempts to block Hawaiʻi from holding the fossil fuel industry responsible ....”

... Hawaii's anticipated lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry interferes with U.S. policy on greenhouse gas regulation and is an “extraordinary extraterritorial reach” ....

"...We kicked your butt and took your subrogation money.  Now you work for us and serve our agenda by wasting your time on yet another bogus climate change lawsuit filed by Sher-Edling, of course...."

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....

Ira Einhorn, Master of Ceremonies, Earth Day Rally on Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park, Phila, PA, Apr. 22, 1970.

“...provide a new, specific cause of action...."

... The proclamation lifts the prohibition on commercial fishing in areas of the PRIMNM that are between 50 to 200 nautical miles from land and within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) ....

... The Nature Conservancy (TNC) renewed Hawai‘i’s coral reef insurance policy for 2025 with Munich Re Group. TNC initially purchased the policy in 2022, the first in the U.S., to fund rapid coral reef repair and restoration ....

... mosquito “birth control” in Maui forests ....

... Updated every 10 years, the SWAP identifies “Species of Greatest Conservation Need” and outlines voluntary, proactive strategies for protection and restoration ....

... The settlement resolves a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in 2023 by Earthjustice ....

... While wildfire threatens Hawaii's communities, DLNR pays for helicopter-borne extermination operations ....

... The state must now open the historic Haleakala Trail for public access, putting an end to a decade-long fight for it to be declared a public right of way ....

... promising policies, such as those mentioned in a new CEI report, may signal Hawaii is headed in a new direction in regulating its permitting system ....

... These floods are 100 year old news.  Flooding was recently made worse by a Caldwell Admin decision to install a duckbill valve on the outlet pipe .... 

... While employed with the Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, Bjur allegedly issued herself $81,000 ....

... first release of sterile male mosquitoes into a state forest reserve on the vast Alakaʻi Plateau ....