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EPA To Disband Red Hill Oversight Group Amid Navy Complaints Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hi

EPA To Disband Red Hill Oversight Group Amid Navy Complaints

The Navy wanted to control the agenda. Community members said no. Now the group is being cancelled.

Moanalua Valley Park Closed For Duration Of Haiku Stairs Dismantling David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Moanalua Valley Park Closed For Duration Of Haiku Stairs Dismantling

Continued trespassing to the summit, an active construction zone, led to the city’s and state’s joint decision to close another access point leading to Haiku Stairs.

Environmental Groups Seek Injunction In Maui Seabird Case Andre Raine/Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project

Environmental Groups Seek Injunction In Maui Seabird Case

Conservation Council for Hawaii and the Center for Biological Diversity say the Grand Wailea Resort must be barred at certain times of the year from using bright lights at night.

North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion Illegally David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion Illegally

As the shoreline shrinks, some residents do everything they can to protect their homes — even breaking the law.

Maui Hits Pause Button On Managed Retreat Fund Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Maui Hits Pause Button On Managed Retreat Fund

A majority of County Council members want Texas real estate developer Paul Cheng to get the money, saying housing needs are more pressing than protecting the shoreline or moving buildings and infrastructure inland.

Maui Council Hears Opposition To Proposed Space Force Telescopes On Haleakala US Airforce

Maui Council Hears Opposition To Proposed Space Force Telescopes On Haleakala

The council will vote on a resolution on Wednesday to officially oppose construction of up to seven telescopes on the dormant volcano.

Cattle Are A Major Source Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Hawaii Seaweed Could Change That Courtesy: Symbrosia

Cattle Are A Major Source Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Hawaii Seaweed Could Change That

Local businesses are getting big funding boosts to help make farmed algae part of the solution in addressing the amount of methane cattle produce.

No Water, No Problem? Council Is Steering $33 Million Toward West Maui Housing Project Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

No Water, No Problem? Council Is Steering $33 Million Toward West Maui Housing Project

Paul Cheng, a Texas developer with a criminal past, says he’ll use the money to construct phase one of Pulelehua, the island’s largest affordable housing project in decades.

Kailua Residents Say The City Is Focusing On The Wrong Location For A Project To Clean Ocean-Bound Stormwater David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Kailua Residents Say The City Is Focusing On The Wrong Location For A Project To Clean Ocean-Bound Stormwater

City officials say they see the residents’ point, but vacancies and other constraints would make their preferred location too hard to maintain.

Hawaii Moves To Improve Water Testing At Popular Beaches Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaii Moves To Improve Water Testing At Popular Beaches

Advocates have been pushing the state for years to increase how often it tests popular swimming and surfing beaches for harmful bacteria.