Hawaii Only State Not Regulating Pesticides in Water

From Sophie Crocker in Civil Beat Hawaii is the only state that isn’t complying with new federal regulations that increase oversight of pesticides that are sprayed in…

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Life of the Land Issues Report on Hawaii’s Energy Future

Read Life of the Land’s Energy Report From Sophie Crocker writing for Civil Beat …The main takeaway: the state can and should be generating 90 percent…

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Meeting on the future of Kahului Harbor

KAHULUI – The state Department of Transportation (DOT) welcomes the general public and all interested parties to a public informational meeting regarding the Kahului Harbor Development Plan. This plan…

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Upcountry Growth Boundaries Testimony June 12

JUNE 12 & 14 ~ UPCOUNTRY Growth Boundaries Discussed & Decided Upon by General Plan Committee. Join the Conversation and Share Your Voice on the Future of Upcountry…

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Council Bows to Mainland Developers and Urbanizes Makena

Today all the developers showed up to the council with their many representatives. The developers got what THEY wanted. The people of Maui lost. The…

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BP Wind Energy Joins Sempra For Maui Project

Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy recently announced plans to jointly develop the Auwahi Wind farm on Maui. This is the fifth project developed under a strategic…

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Sign-wavers Protest Bulldozers at Kihei Mega-Mall Site

See Matt Thayer’s photo (which we don’t have permission to reproduce)

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Testimony Effective in Stopping Added S. Maui Urbanization

Maui County Council Committee agreed with testifiers that the following proposals should be turned down and not included in the South Maui growth boundaries: Several hundred…

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2nd Congressional District Debate Tuesday

Maui Group of the Sierra Club and Akaku are sponsoring a live two hour debate on Tuesday, June 5 from 7-9 pm at the Akaku studio, 333 Dairy Road,…

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Maui Tomorrow & South Maui Citizens Group: File Over Mega-mall

Maui Tomorrow, South Maui citizens file suit over planned mega-malls in Kihei   Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Inc., South Maui Citizens for Responsible Growth, and Kihei resident Daniel Kanahele have filed…

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