Water for Maui’s Future

Water for Maui’s Future “Getting involved in the Water Use and Development Plan Process”   Tuesday Nov 13 6-7:30 pm  UHMC Pilana Bldg Multipurpose Room (rear of Pilana Building behind Student Center)   Guest Presenter:  …

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PLDC Meeting

The Public Lands Development Corporation meeting will be televised live on Akaku November 13th at10:30am. (Meeting is on Oahu) Public Hearing Notice For the Proposed Adoption of Hawaii…

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Summary of Public Lands Development Corporation Law

Information on Act 55 By Donna Wong, Hawaii Thousand friends   In the 2011 legislative session Senator Donovan Dela Cruz introduced SB 1555, which created Act 55 the…

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Megamall Differences Between proposal and project “profound”

Jesse Souki, director of the state Office of Planning, rebutted the County’s argument that the Pi’ilani Promenade Megamall is in compliance with County rules.  Souki said: “It is about whether…

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SIERRA CLUB LAUNCHES PLDC REPEAL CAMPAIGN

HONOLULU, HAWAII – Today the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club, the state’s largest environmental grassroots organization with over 12,000 members and supporters, unveiled a campaign to repeal the Public…

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Water for Maui’s Future

Getting Involved in the Maui Water Use and Development Plan Process Everyone depends upon an adequate water supply for Maui’s future. An update on the process of completing the Maui…

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Mark Hyde to Don Couch Re MegaMall

Don, I read your comments about the malls in today’s Maui News.   I agree that the council, the legislative body of county…

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Environmental Council Updating EIS Rules

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Environmental Council, with the assistance of the Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC), has issued a draft of revised rules for the state’s environmental…

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2 Square Miles of Solar could supply ALL of Maui’s Electricity?

From Dick Mayer: FROM THE ARTICLE, SOME RULES OF THUMB: Roughly 5 acres per Megawwatt Roughly 800 solar panels per acre Roughly $3 million per Megawatt or $3,000 per Kilowatt To put it in…

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Baisa, White, Victorino, and Pontanilla Ignore KCA, Approve 390 acres more for urbanization

Councilmembers Baisa, White, Victorino, and Pontanilla sided with the developer and ignored Kihei Community Association’s request not to add an additional 390 acres to the Wailea area urban growth.

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