From: Andrea Last night at the public hearing on the Draft Science Plan for Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, held at the monument office in Hawaii Kai, a troubling consequence of the lack of environmental review was elucidated. One of the Science Plan authors stated that research activities that have already been permitted are assumed to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hearing’
Draft Science Plan Public Hearing: Grandfathering-in Permitted Activities
Posted in Hawaiian Monk Seal, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, conservation, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, other, tagged activism, beaches, conservation, coral, cultural rights, endangered species, environmental justice, hawaii, hearing, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, malama, management, marine protected area, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline, superferry, sustainability, whales on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TMT on Mauna Kea Public Hearing- You Can’t Sell Us TMT with Turkey Rolls
Posted in environmental justice, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, telescopes, tagged hearing on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From Melissa: Walking into the Farrington High School cafeteria for the Mauna Kea Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) hearing for the draft EIS, was like walking into a world of glossy posters and seductive color schemes. TMT staff were present in great numbers, anxiously awaiting questions from the community. More of a sales pitch at the [...]
Where’s the public in this “public process”?
Posted in ocean protection, tagged coral, hearing, management plan, marine protected area, marine reserve, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, process, public on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Evan, law school student and Legal Fellow from the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law working on staff with KAHEA this summer: Was thrown into the deep waters of the 1,200 page Papahanaumokuakea Draft Monument Management Plan for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands this summer. It’s given me a unique opportunity to observe the [...]
See the Historic Movement to Save Haloa
Posted in activism, environmental justice, gmo, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged culture, gmo, haloa, hearing, kalo, SB 958, taro on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A hearing was held March 19, 2008 to protect Hawai’i’s ancestor and native crop – taro – from genetic modification and patenting. 6,000 people submitted written testimony in support. 8 hours of verbal testimony were given. Now, the legislators need to pass this bill. Help them make the right decision. Click here to get involved. [...]
6,000 & growing…
Posted in activism, environmental justice, gmo, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged activism, genetic, gmo, hearing, kalo, SB958, taro on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
from Marti: The morning began with a procession of Kanaka carrying taro plants and chanting Oli in honor of Haloanakalaukapalili accompanied by a 1 1/2 foot tall stack of testimony from people all across Hawaii in support of protecting taro from genetic modification and patenting. This is the testimony of 6,000 farmers, scientists, keiki, kupuna, [...]
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