Maui In Water We Trust

Maui: In water we trust Jun 16, 2011 – 11:17 AM By Koa Kaulukukui Reproduced from The Hawaii Independent with permission MAUI—The path to a sustainable food future for Hawai`i involves many…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,”…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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