Rob Weltman

North Shore Beach Cleanup Sunday Oct 16

North Shore Town Clean-Up! Surfrider Foundation in partnership with Maui Sierra Club, Maui Tomorrow, Positive H2o & Community Work Day present the Annual Town Clean-Up at Baldwin Beach Park Sunday, October 16 • 9 am -1 pm Check in by Paia Bay Park 8 am Come malama ka aina at Baldwin Beach, Paia Bay and other north shore locations. Last year’s clean up event brought together over 1,200 volunteers that collected 30,000 pounds of litter … Read more

EPA Agreement Finalized For Full Disinfection of Lahaina Wastewater Facility

After much foot-dragging, nay-saying and denial, Maui County finally agreed to clean up Lahaina wastewater going into injection wells after being threatened by a Maui Group Sierra Club lawsuit. Read about it at Maui Now

Initiative To Benefit Nearshore Fisheries

Please write to Governor Abercrombie and ask him to pick Maui for the Pilot project for restoring the near shore fisheries. Honolulu, Hawaii — Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced a joint initiative between the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Conservation International (CI), and the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation (HKL Castle) to increase enforcement that will help sustain Hawaii’s nearshore fisheries. The initiative will create new Fisheries Enforcement Units, a priority program of DLNR’s … Read more

Haleakala Telescope

See Kilakila o Haleakala website Map of Proposed Telescope Sites The Issue One view is that, Maui (and Hawai’i as a whole) needs high tech jobs Another view is that Haleakala is a sacred place with deep meaning in the Hawaiian culture. The existing telescope buildings are an obvious eyesore and adding more will only intensify the problem.  

Stephanie Fried Biodiesel Testimony

Testimony of Stephanie Fried, PhD Testimony of Stephanie Fried, Ph.D. Environmental Defense OPPOSING HB 1718 HD1 relating to special purpose revenue bonds for BlueEarth Maui Biodiesel, LLC, for construction of a biodiesel refinery on Maui. FRIDAY, March 30, 2007 3:00 P.M. Conference Room 308 Aloha Representatives Oshiro, Lee, and Finance Committee Members I am enclosing some information on the palm oil which will likely be used in the proposed “biodiesel” plant. HECO announced its intention … Read more