Today the Sierra Club of Hawaii, the state’s largest environmental grassroots organization with over 12,000 members and supporters, praised the Hawaii State Legislature’s decision to repeal the Public Lands Development Corporation (PLDC). The House of Representatives voted to accept HB 1133 today, thus sending a bill repealing the PLDC to the Governor. The Governor previously indicated he would not oppose such a bill.
Sen Schatz Solicits Input on Carbon Tax
BRIAN SCHATZ
United States Senator
Waxman, Whitehouse, Blumenauer, and Schatz Release Carbon Price Discussion Draft
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representative Henry A. Waxman, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Representative Earl Blumenauer, and Senator Brian Schatz released draft carbon-pricing legislation and solicited feedback on it from stakeholders and the public. The legislation would establish the polluter pays principle for dangerous carbon pollution, requiring large emitters to pay for the pollution they emit.
Isaac Moriwake Talks Water
http://youtu.be/OY1Be1r4pB4
Maui Sierra Club Honors Local Environmental Heroes
The Maui Group of the Sierra Club held their annual meeting on Febrary 2nd 2013 at Kaunoa Senier Center in Spreckelsville. The public was invited to come and hear what the Sierra Club has been doing to preserve Maui’s clean water, ocean access, and quality of life. The Sierra Club is the public’s watchdog and the theme of this year’s meeting is, “Sierra Club – Working for You”.
PLDC Looks Like Repeal
We did it!
Today, both the House and Senate took decisive steps that likely mean the end of the Public Lands Development Corporation. The House voted to move HB 1133 out of its final committee assignments. The Senate Water Land Committee gutted and replaced SB 707 with verbal amendments that appear to result in a clean repeal of the PLDC.
PLDC – New Name, Same Purpose (Makena Development)
– PLDC –
A new name, same purpose
HB 942 Harbors and Parks Development Authority (HPDA)
Testimony on the PLDC Bill
From Henry Curtis: