Land Links for Friday, July 2

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Every day, I’m scouring the Internet for land use and environmental news from around the state and around the world that means something for us here in Hawaii. Noteworthy today: analysis of the sewer deal and vandals massacre Big Island papayas.

  • After decades of delays, politics have finally , Richard Borreca writes. Lee Cataluna says it shows Mayor Mufi Hannemann is .
  • Big Island police say vandals at one farm, and estimate damage at $100,000. Was it rival growers, or ?
  • The community of Kekaha in West Kauai can’t decide what to do with more than $800,000 is has for hosting the island’s landfill.
  • Molokai Ranch is now for continued use of a state-run irrigation system, the Molokai Dispatch reports.
  • Environmental groups, BP and the U.S. Coast Guard Friday to save sea turtles from Gulf oil burns.

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