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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: nuclear irradiator review rejected and Kauai vacation rental bill deferred.

• The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday of a proposed fruit and vegetable irradiator near Honolulu Airport, Earthjustice announced.

• The proposed Kauai vacation rentals on agricultural lands — and loosen restrictions on rentals in residential neighborhoods — was deferred again this week, The Garden Island reports.

• New state could include fines and certification.

• The Big Island papaya farmer who lost 17 acres of crop to vandals is , the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports. He’s posting solicitations for information on bulletin boards, and the police are “following up on some leads.”

• The two-year drought on every Hawaiian Island, Hawaii News Now reports after getting a look at the latest from the National Weather Service.

• The state is to introduce a Brazilian insect to control non-native strawberry guava, saying the measure is necessary despite many public concerns.

• from the Federal Housing Finance Agency could kill Property Assessed Clean Energy proposals like the one that stalled in Hawaii this year. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had already .

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