Maui In Water We Trust

The people of Maui face many complex water issues that will profoundly affect the community’s ability to sustain itself into the future.

Gov Abercrombie OKs 65 year Fish Farm Leases

In a move which confused his supporters, Governor Abercrombie, signed into law an extension of the controversial open ocean aquaculture leases to 65 years.  This despite originally putting them on his veto list. According to MauiTime Weekly: Large scale aquaculture—the use of giant underwater cages to farm massive quantities of

Maui Hi-Tech Park: Shopping Mall?

Maui R&T Partners Inc., a joint venture of Pacific Rim Land and Woodbridge Capital who are closely associated with Goodfellow Brothers, whose retired chief, Steve Goodfellow, helped create the R&T park, have switched their emphasis to smaller lots, including residential development and some retail on the Research and Technology Park

ForTheFishes.org Campaigns to Ban Aquarium Collecting

Rene Umberger on Maui,  is working with a coalition to ban the sale of Hawaiian reef wildlife by the aquarium trade. Rene says: If you believe Hawaii’s reef wildlife belongs on Hawaii’s reefs and not for sale in the global aquarium hobby, then please go to forthefishes.org   and we’ll send

MECO asks for 6.7% Rate Increase

KAHULUI, Hawaii, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Maui Electric (MECO), subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) (NYSE: HE), today filed a request for a rate increase with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for Maui County customers in 2012.  The increase would cover the cost of improvements to integrate

Big Wind Faces Mounting Uncertainty

Civil Beat reporter Sophie Cocke reports that the Big Wind EIS will have to consider alternatives to the Big Wind project and that developers are eying Maui as a possible location for renewable project to feed Oahu’s voracious energy appetite. Read her article at Honolulu Civil Beat

90% of Italian Voters Say No to Water Privatization

“Water—whether we treat it as a public good or as a commodity that can be bought and sold—will in large part determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous,” wrote the scholar Maude Barlow. In Italy last month, an over whelming number of people (96 per cent of the 57

Injection Wells: Maui to Settle with EPA

According to the Maui News, the Maui County Council unanimously approved a settlement with the EPA over the Lahaina wastewater injection wells.  This could  end of a longstanding dispute between the county and the Environmental Protection Agency. For years, the EPA has maintained that the county poured poorly treated water

Haleakala Super (Ret): Telescope Will Have Negative Impacts

As the contested case for the Haleakala Telescope wraps up, Don Reeser, the retired superintendent of Haleakala National Park, testified that the proposed solar telescope would negatively impact the nearby park with noise and a big telescope building, and it would degrade the preservation of Native Hawaiian traditional and cultural

Lt Gov. Schatz Supports Big Wind on Moloka’i

Extracted from:Wednesday, July 20, 2011 By The Molokai Dispatch Staff  TMD: As you know, one thing on people’s minds is the Big Wind project. How do you feel about the Big Wind project and the proposals right now. SCHATZ: Let’s start with what we agree about. What we agree about