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Solomon: Too Many Whales for Feds to React This Way NOAA

Solomon: Too Many Whales for Feds to React This Way

State Sen. Malama Solomon made her case for why humpback whales should be taken off the endangered species list.

Biotech Trade Group Brings Muscle to Hawaii County GMO Fight Sophie Cocke/Civil Beat

Biotech Trade Group Brings Muscle to Hawaii County GMO Fight

The national nonprofit is backing Big Island farmers in a lawsuit against Bill 113, which bans most genetically modified crops.

Navy Finds Tiny Holes in Red Hill Tank PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Navy Finds Tiny Holes in Red Hill Tank

Despite their size, the defects could be responsible for a 27,000-gallon fuel spill.

Hawaii Governor Signs Law to Study Rising Seas Office of the Governor

Hawaii Governor Signs Law to Study Rising Seas

Abercrombie signs legislation aimed at helping Hawaii draw up a response to sea level rise in the islands.

Hawaii Farmers, Biotech Industry Challenge Big Island’s GMO Ban Sophie Cocke/Civil Beat

Hawaii Farmers, Biotech Industry Challenge Big Island’s GMO Ban

The lawsuit comes after Maui County residents collected enough signatures for an initiative that would impose a temporary moratorium on genetically engineered agriculture.

Maui Initiative to Ban GMO Crops Gets Enough Signatures for Ballot

Maui Initiative to Ban GMO Crops Gets Enough Signatures for Ballot

More than 20 percent of residents who voted in the last election support putting a temporary moratorium on genetically modified farming on the ballot this year.

It Takes a Community to Send Canoes Around the World Courtesy of Polynesian Voyaging Society

It Takes a Community to Send Canoes Around the World

This group is bound by the values that come from these vessels, not the geographical space they occupy.

Appeals Court Rules Against Hanabusa in Waimanalo Landfill Case

Appeals Court Rules Against Hanabusa in Waimanalo Landfill Case

The congresswoman, a former Ko Olina resident, has fought for years to shut down the Honolulu landfill.

Big Island Senator: Whales and Honu Have Too Many Protections NOAA/Doug Perrine

Big Island Senator: Whales and Honu Have Too Many Protections

Sen. Malama Solomon says people should be prioritized over whales and green sea turtles. She wants NOAA to delist them as endangered.

Officials: Navy Slow to Address Red Hill’s Threat to Drinking Water PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

Officials: Navy Slow to Address Red Hill’s Threat to Drinking Water

Five months after a reported 27,000-gallon fuel leak, the Navy still hasn’t drilled wells to test for water contamination, although it just awarded contracts for two of them.