• Geothermal in Hawai’i

    Posted by Albert Perez on March 25, 2006

    The 2005 State of Hawai'i Geothermal Assessment Report

  • 2005 Housing News

    Posted by Albert Perez on December 3, 2005

    Harbor Lights Condos This New House – Maui Tomorrow’s plans to revolutionize affordable housing "We decided at Maui Tomorrow that we would come up with a model that would work for Maui," said Richard Michaels, the group’s Affordably Housing Committee chairman. Michaels said he and his wife became convinced of

  • In Law We Trust

    Posted by Albert Perez on December 9, 2004

    Can environmental legislation still protect the Commons? December 19, 2004 by Mark Dowie With privatization of natural resources sweeping the country like a new dance, it’s time to polish up a venerable legal weapon: the Public Trust Doctrine. Excerpt: In the early 1900s, a company known as Waiahole Water constructed

  • Streams in Hawaii show slow decline

    Posted by Albert Perez on December 5, 2004

    By Mary Adamski, Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sunday, December 5, 2004 Streams make news when they overflow during a deluge, but a new federal study reveals that the flow in island streams has declined over the past 90 years. The trend may be bad news about a dwindling drinking water supply, according

  • Irrigation Ditches Wasting Water?

    Posted by Albert Perez on October 22, 2004

    Surplus water regularly ends up being "dumped" October 22, 2004 Ed Lindsey and Lucienne de Naie for Maui Tomorrow Pictured is unneeded (wasted) water from Waihe’e ditch as viewed today (October 22, 2004) from Honoapiilani Hiway at Pohakea bridge in Waikapu, Maui. This flow is not the result of rainy

  • New threats loom at Ahihi-Kinau reserve

    Posted by Albert Perez on September 7, 2004

    By Valerie Monson, Staff Writer The Maui News September 7, 2004 With commercial activities banned and more watchful eyes on the scene, have things changed for the better at the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve and adjoining Keoneoio? Yes – and no. That was the report given to the Ahihi-Kinau/Keoneoio Advisory

  • 2003 Housing News

    Posted by Albert Perez on December 3, 2003

    Upcountry Reservoir Mayor promises water for affordable housing project Mayor Alan Arakawa said Tuesday that he has assured developer Jesse Spencer that there will be water available for Spencer’s planned 100-acre affordable housing project in Waikapu. After already expending several thousand dollars on preliminary studies for the project, Spencer said

  • Waikapu Affordable Housing Project

    Posted by Albert Perez on August 7, 2003

    The Maui News August 07, 2003 By Edwin Tanji, City Editor, Mayor Alan Arakawa said Tuesday that he has assured developer Jesse Spencer that there will be water available for Spencer’s planned 100-acre affordable housing project in Waikapu. Arakawa said he met with Spencer on Tuesday over a question raised

  • The East Maui Watershed Partnership

    Posted by Albert Perez on June 4, 2003

    By Jan Welda Fleetham The Haleakala Times June 4, 2003 In January 2002, Alex Michailidis moved to Maui from California and began working as Watershed Managing Coordinator for EMWP, the East Maui Watershed Partnership, which is “a voluntary effort among federal, state and private land owners to preserve and protect