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Hawaii’s Weak Biosecurity Is Threatening Maui’s Recovery Efforts David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaii’s Weak Biosecurity Is Threatening Maui’s Recovery Efforts

The work requires a ton of compost and mulch. But without a local composting facility, that will have to be shipped in — a gateway for invasive species.

EPA Completes Fire-Related Cleanup On Maui DLNR

EPA Completes Fire-Related Cleanup On Maui

Hazardous materials have been removed from Lahaina and Upcountry sites nearly three months after the fires.

East Maui Takes Brunt Of Storm With Flooding, Road Closures County of Maui/2023

East Maui Takes Brunt Of Storm With Flooding, Road Closures

County officials say pollution filtering systems in Lahaina appear to have kept toxic runoff from entering storm drains during light rains there.

First Major Rains Of Wet Season May Test Runoff Measures In Lahaina Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

First Major Rains Of Wet Season May Test Runoff Measures In Lahaina

County, state and federal agencies say steps have been taken to mitigate the threat of toxic runoff entering the ocean.

No Fuel Leaked Into Kaneohe Bay From Navy Plane Crash, Military Says David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

No Fuel Leaked Into Kaneohe Bay From Navy Plane Crash, Military Says

The aircraft is resting on coral in waters just off the Marine Corps base as officials develop a salvage plan.

State Ag Agency On Track For Stricter Control Of Invasive Pests David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

State Ag Agency On Track For Stricter Control Of Invasive Pests

The department has been going back and forth on new rules since at least February.

House Group: Monitor For Contamination, But Also Restore Lahaina Wetlands DLNR

House Group: Monitor For Contamination, But Also Restore Lahaina Wetlands

Testifiers lauded the idea, but the working group’s draft recommendations will require additional funding.

Defunct Big Island Tree-Burning Plant Seeks $1 Billion In Damages From Hawaiian Electric Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Defunct Big Island Tree-Burning Plant Seeks $1 Billion In Damages From Hawaiian Electric

Lawyers for Hu Honua say in federal court papers that the utility has engaged in illegal anticompetitive behavior.

National Climate Report Lands As Hawaii Grapples With Wildfire Threat Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

National Climate Report Lands As Hawaii Grapples With Wildfire Threat

It features a new focus on Indigenous knowledge to combat the islands’ climate challenges.

Opponents Of Shark’s Cove Development Plan Are Pitching An Emergency Services Center Instead Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Opponents Of Shark’s Cove Development Plan Are Pitching An Emergency Services Center Instead

Some residents hope that the city’s plans for a new emergency services center on OahuÊ»s North Shore can align with their goal to stop a commercial development there.