On August 15, Environmental Court hearings resume in a case brought in May by Maui resident Tina Lia and the group she founded, Hawaiʻi Unites, to halt a project aimed at saving critically endangered honeycreepers from extinction. With the warming … Continued
Awards: Environment Hawaiʻi editor Patricia Tummons’ pieces on affordable housing, published in 2022, won two awards in the All Media category of the Society of Professional Journalists, Hawaiʻi Chapter, annual contest. The winners were announced at an awards dinner on … Continued
(Above photo: Final lab configuration of the experiments done by Brittany Zimmerman in support of her master’s thesis at the University of North Dakota: “Closing the Loop in Life Support Systems for Spaceflight and Habitation: Reutilization of Human Excrement through … Continued
At the June 23 meeting of the Hawaiʻi County Environmental Management Commission, the contrast could not have been more sharply drawn between the Yummet approach to waste management, involving a high degree of sophisticated technology to succeed, and the more … Continued
Water Permittees To Contribute Funds For East Maui Watershed Management State forestry and wildlife managers will finally receive funds from the two companies that for years have been diverting tens of millions of gallons of water a day from East … Continued
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In a complaint filed May 26 in U.S. District Court, the owner of nearly 100 acres of coastal, agricultural land on Oʻahu’s North Shore alleged that the City & County of Honolulu violated his companies’ due process rights by stymieing … Continued
(This article has been corrected. The original version included the wrong date for the preliminary injunction hearing. It was not to be on July 19, but on July 21.) On July 21, Environmental Court Judge John Tonaki will hear a … Continued
UIPA Request: In addition to seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, fees, and compensation (see cover story), the complaint filed in May by Marconi Point-related companies owned by Jeremiah Henderson III have also asked the U.S. District … Continued
More ʻAina Leʻa Delays: A year ago, the 38-acre parcel on which ʻAina Leʻa had begun to build the first of nearly 400 units of “affordable housing” was sold at a foreclosure auction to Romspen Investment Corporation, one of the … Continued