EPA Muddies the Water on Permitting Discharges to Groundwater
In a June 2020 QuickStudy, I wrote about the implications of the Supreme Court’s April 2020 decision in County of Maui, Hawaii v Hawaii for...
Investing in People, Companies and the ʻĀina
The pandemic accelerates new ways of lending, financing and investment in the Islands. A two-part report.
HECO motions to appeal PBR framework
A groundbreaking end-of-year decision and order made by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission was met with stated optimism but also a motion to "clarify and/or...
Duke Energy installed major rooftop solar system at Keck Observatory in Hawaii
The rooftop solar project is at the W. M. Keck Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii, located near the summit of Mauna Kea, a...
Progress On Climate Change Is Pathway For Economic Recovery
The twin crises of COVID-19 and climate change are good examples of the kinds of increasing and compounding 21st-century shocks and stresses facing our island...
Officials Let Hawaii’s Waterfront Homeowners Damage Public Beaches Again and Again
Everybody knows that seawalls cause beach loss, and Hawaii law forbids building them. But Honolulu County officials have granted exemptions to 46 homeowners over the...
Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies That Have Quickened Beach Destruction
As the news organizations reported this year, property owners across the islands have used a variety of loopholes to circumvent Hawaii’s environmental laws, winning permits for shoreline...
Saving Hawaii’s Koa Industry — And The Environment
Now, the state and private sector are teaming up to find a path forward for the tree that once covered most of the land in...