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Na Wai Eha Streams Restored

From MauiNow By Wendy Osher More water will be returned to streams of N? Wai ?Eh?, particularly water in ??ao, under an agreement reached in the N? Wai ?Eh? contested case hearing, state officials announced today. The latest developments come after a decade-long battle over water rights and the health of the streams, with partial restoration of water ordered and implemented in 2010. The settlement establishes a new interim instream flow standard, or the minimum … Read more

PATH Press Release on Haleakala Trail Decision

On Wednesday, after a long fourteen day jury trial before Judge Cardoza in the Maui Circuit Court, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the State of Hawai‘i (State) and plaintiffs Public Access Trails Hawai‘i (PATH), David Brown, Ken Schmitt, and Joe Bertram III, who are the lead plaintiffs in a class action on behalf of all pedestrians in Hawai‘i. The jury found that the State owns—and has always owned—the historic Haleakala Trail. The … Read more

Superferry: Romney’s Advisor Made Millions

From Wired Magazine A bigger maritime force has the possibility of personally enriching one of the candidate’s top advisers. In fact, it already has. Lehman is the founder and chairman of J.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity firm. He also sits on several corporate boards. Lehman invested in a government-backed “Superferry” in Hawaii — a business that ultimately failed, but not before boosting the standing of Austal USA, an Alabama shipbuilder that constructed the … Read more

BNL Landfill Trash Proposal

2 Executive Summary 2.1 Proposed IWCEP Solution BNL Clean Energy proposes, as a core element to the solution to the County of Maui’s IWCEP RFP, our new-generation power system technology as part of an integrated waste management system. 2.2 Overview of BNL Technology The technology we propose is the result of many years of product research and development, and has resulted in a series of applications for, and receipt of, patents covering the key innovations … Read more

Comments on Kahului Wastewater Treatment Plant Shoreline Hardening

Sierra Club Maui Group PO Box 791180, Paia, HI 96779 To: Hawaii State Board of Land and Natural Resources Kalanimoku Building, 1151 Punchbowl Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Re: Agenda Item K. CONSERVATION AND COASTAL LANDS: (CDUA) MA-3688 Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) MA-3688 for the Wailuku-Kahului Wastewater Reclamation Facility’s Shoreline Protection Extension by the County of Maui -Department of Environmental Management Located at 281 Amala Place, Kahului, Maui, Portion of Tax Map Key: (2) 3-8-001:188 … Read more

County Budget Meeting Paia Com. Center

April 9, 6pm Pa’ia Community Center Testify at the County Council’s Budget Hearing Tell them: “Choose the A&B land for the Service Center so we get the donation of 36 acres of Baldwin Beach land!  Amend THIS year’s budget.” And get a free bumper sticker from any Sierra Club Board member there. Download the flyer and spread it around And don’t forget this date also: April 22 6pm Kaunoa Senior Center, Sprecks Get the scoop … Read more

County’s New Demands Cause Pacific Biodiesel Headaches

Pacific Biodiesel will continue collecting cooking oil and grease and continue supplying Biodiesel to Maui Biodiesel refining operations to move to Big Island. Here’s the press release issued by Pacific Biodiesel America’s oldest biodiesel production plant has vacated the Central Maui  Landfill.  While continuing operations in the collection of used cooking oil and trap grease  waste, Pacific Biodiesel has closed its prototype facility.  Built in 1996, Pacific Biodiesel’s  Maui plant has been widely recognized as … Read more