Conservation Issues
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Energy Democracy
by Kate Cell
August 01, 2006This summer is hot meteorologically and politically, and we're all feeling the heat. I hear people talking about energy everywhere: on the subway, after church, around the dinner table. Every major general interest magazine in the country, from Time to People, has run an energy-related cover in the past three months.
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Driving Toward Energy Independence
by David MorrisImagine driving a car without consuming petroleum, or generating pollution, or making noise. Imagine getting the equivalent of 100 to 150 miles per gallon. Imagine that every time you drove, you pumped money into the local economy, rather than sending it to distant shores.
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Sierra Club joins in lawsuit against Kawela Bay/Turtle Bay development
The Sierra Club, Hawai'i Chapter officially joined the efforts of local community group, "Keep the North Shore Country" in a lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu, Director of the Department of Planning and Permitting Henry Eng (the "County"), and Kuilima Resort Company ("KRC") to require a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for KRC's Resort Expansion Project at Kawela Bay and Turtle Bay Resort, O'ahu, Hawai'i (the "Kawela Bay Project" or "Project").
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George Ariyoshi's comments on the proposed Turtle Bay development
Hawaii Business, June 2006
Keeping the Country, Country -- by George R. Ariyoshi, Governor of Hawaii 1973-1986The public announcement of the plan to build five hotels around Turtle Bay was accompanied by a commitment "to keeping the country, country." One of the most important projects of my first term as governor was the Windward Regional Plan. It involved people on many levels, including a massive survey of public opinion. It strongly reflected a desire to keep the country truly in a country ambiance.
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Koa Ridge lawsuit
Supreme Court unanimously upholds circuit court ruling requiring Castle & Cooke to complete environmental review for Oahu project.The Oahu Group has many concerns about this development in Central Oahu.