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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: drought reaches disaster level and the city is sued for its park plan.

• U.S. Agricultural Secretary Thomas Vilsack has designated all four Hawaii counties as after economic losses because of the statewide drought, the Star-Advertiser reports.

• A Nanakuli landowner is over plans for park, saying it’s an attempt to shut down the industrial landfill.

• Soon-to-be-former Mayor Mufi Hannemann issued a saying that Nanakuli wants a regional park, not another landfill. It was part of a flurry of activity as he prepares to resign.

• Nissan dealers say about 1,000 people in Hawaii have expressed an interest in , with about a quarter of those put down a $99 refundable deposit.

• In a Star-Advertiser op-ed today, three wrote that “Hawaii’s oil addiction .”

• A diverse partnership of Sunset Ranch land and open space on North Shore.

• In Florida’s Everglades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture formally unveiled its to buy easements and development rights from a well-connected ranch.

• Greenpeace finds evidence of unapproved in China’s emergency grain stores.

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