Legislation
Former EPA officials back greens in Clean Water Act case
Maui County, Hawaii, wastewater treatment facilities at issue in Supreme Court litigation. Warren Gretz/NREL Ellen M. Gilmer, E&E News reporter Greenwire: Monday, July 22, 2019 States, tribes, scientists and former EPA leaders lent their support last week to environmentalists engaged in a high-stakes Supreme Court battle over federal water protections. In a series of amicus briefs submitted Friday, the supporters argued that the Clean Water Act’s permitting program applies to pollution that takes an indirect … Read more
Op-Ed: Maui’s most controversial permit was approved in only 29 minutes
http://www.mauinews.com/opinion/columns/2018/02/mauis-most-controversial-permit-was-approved-in-only-29-minutes/ Published as a Viewpoint Op-Ed in the Maui News on February 1, 2018 By Adriane Raff Corwin It’s a matter of basic human decency to show respect toward each other’s ancestral remains. The Central Maui sand dunes are the resting place for thousands of iwi kupuna (ancestral bones), but landowner Maui Lani Partners has been allowed to illegally mine hundred of thousands of tons of Central Maui sand and destroy countless burials in its … Read more
2017 Hawai’i State Legislature Round Up
Well, it’s May 5th, which means the Hawai’i State Legislature is in recess until January 2018 (they can and may be called into special session later this year, most likely to pass a funding bill for Honolulu Rail). Unfortunately the list of good environmental bills that made it into law is short – from pesticides to clean energy, some of our state legislators took a pass on making our environmental future brighter. Our friends … Read more
HB 500 HD1 cuts DLNR funding – testify now to restore it
Dirty Dozen 2015 Imagine what would happen to Hawaii’s finite natural and cultural resources if DLNR’s funding is cut…. Well – that has happened. While all eyes were on the Senate, The House passed the budget HB 500 HD1 WITHOUT funding for DLNR 2016 programs. The Senate Ways and Means Committee (WAM) will hold a hearing on HB 500 HD1 on Wed. April 1. Hearing notice: <http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/hearingnotices/HEARING_WAM_04-01-15_.HTM Ask Senators to restore and increase funding to DLNR programs … Read more