Dear Councilmember Carroll, The Sierra Club, Maui Group has several concerns about the Kahoma Village Subdivision. The developer is essentially asking to be relieved of his park requirement because he’s making a what amounts to a private park. Because there will be no public parking and no public rest rooms, the park will be mostly inaccessible to residents outside the subdivision. The park will not be able to be used for soccer and Little League. … Read more
Reprinted from Maui Weekly: Anaergia Plan Morphs Again Most of the changes are significant and add, modify or remove major components. December 26, 2013 Jeff Stark – Chair, Maui Recycling Group Public Education Committee , Maui Weekly On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ran a full-page paid advertisement in The Maui News. In this ad, NRDC Senior Scientist Dr. Allen Hershkowitz presented the latest version of the NRDC/Maui County/Anaergia Services Inc. … Read more
Supreme Court rejects a disqualified Commissioner’s faulty vote HONOLULU, HAWAII – Yesterday, the Sierra Club won an important step at the Supreme Court in their campaign to stop urban sprawl on some of Hawaii’s best agricultural lands. The Supreme Court issued a decision rejecting contentions that Duane Kanuha was a so-called “holdover” member of the Land Use Commission. The Hawaii Senate, who must provide “advice and consent” on these types of appointments, chose to reject Kanuha’s … Read more
WikiLeaks released more secret documents and draft Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty. Sierra Club has concerns over this treaty including its secrecy, giving unfettered rights to corporations and increasing fracking, among other environmental problems. Sierra Club policy says: The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is an expansive new trade agreement being negotiated between countries in the Pacific Rim, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States. Because the TPP is … Read more
Solar Makes a Splash! In partnership with Pacific Resource Partnership, we recently announced the results of a state-wide poll that showed a stunning, nearly unanimous 96% support for solar energy. In addition, we also took the opportunity to literally roll out the petition that over 900 people signed in support of a modern, clean energy grid. If you’ve ever wondered what 900 people in a legislator’s office looks like, it looks something like this: The … Read more
Maui Sierra Club in concert with Sustainable Living Institute and Maui Recycling Group presented two symposia on trash disposal methods for Maui The first panel featured Jeff Stark, Timonie Hood, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Zero Waste & Green Building coordinator for Region 9 (Pacific Southwest), Sustainable Living Institute of Maui (SLIM) Executive Director Dr. Jennifer Chirico and Kyle Ginoza, director of Environmental Management for Maui County and addressed recycling. According to Dr. Chirico “On Maui, … Read more
GMO’s: Are We Gambling With Our Health by Dr. Lorrin Pang World Health Organization Consultant Speaking as a Private Citizen Wednesday, Nov 13th, 7pm FREE Paia Community Center This engaging Power Point presentation provides scientific and medical facts that everyone immediately needs to know about as to how genetically engineered foods and crops, Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT), and chemical cocktail GE Farming Practices affect our health and our environment.