• Energy Policy Links

    From Henry Curtis, Life of the Land: The Life of the Land web site has recently posted the following    Transcript of PUC Commissioner Michael Champley speaking at the…

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  • Monk seal conflict

    Trisha Kehaulani Watson writing in The Garden Isle Monk seals on Kaua‘i are a hard issue. There are very hard debates to be had about balancing conversation…

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  • County post Maui Island Plan

    The Maui General Plan has 3 Components: Maui Island Plan Overview (From the County’s Website)   The Maui Island Plan provides direction for…

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  • Old Topo Maps of Maui

    Digital depository for old topographic maps of Maui Island. Many of the downloaded files are OVER 200MB and with great details. For 1924 versions of ALL the maps, go to…

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  • Maui Memorial Refusing Data for Cane Smoke Study

    Maui Memorial, which received a $50,000 grant from HC&S parent company, Alexander & Baldwin, is apparently not cooperating in State Health Department’s Lorrin Pang’s study on whether there is…

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  • Waiehu Well Shows Increasing Salinity

    Waiehu deep monitor well Last updated February 15, 2013See USGS site for original article Waiehu deep monitor well chloride data collected by U. S. Geological Survey…

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  • Hawaii State Report on Environment

    HAWAII STATE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT “Towards a Green Economy: Introducing the GPI to Hawaii” adopts supplemental measurement to GDP HONOLULU – The…

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  • Lahaina Collector Road

    The two-lane roadway is proposed to run on an old cane haul road and would extend Kuhua Street about 2 miles from Keawe Street to the intersection of Front…

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  • MECO Adding Kihei Substation and Power Line

    At a public meeting with South Maui residents, MECO agreed to move the substation mauka of Kamali’i Elementary School and to consider undergrounding the wires mauka of Pi’ilani Hwy.  

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  • Honey Bees

    From Danielle DowneyApiculture Specialist Hawaii Department of Agriculture/ The Hawaii Apiary Program is hosting expert collaborators to improve honey bee health in Hawaii. Please join us to hear…

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