From Alana: As a result of many letters being sent to state representatives, Rep. Mazie Hirono has decided to co-sponsor the “Offshore Aquaculture is not Fishing Act of 2009″. The bill asserts that under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and regional fishery [...]
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“Offshore Aquaculture is not Fishing Act of 2009″
Posted in Aquaculture, activism, conservation, fisheries, legislature, ocean protection, tagged activism, conservation, cultural rights, fisheries, legislature, ocean protection on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hawaii’s Renewable Portfolio Standards: Aggressive But in Need of Qualification
Posted in 1, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, climate change, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, ocean protection, other, tagged hawaii, activism, ocean, land and cultural rights, oceans, environmental justice, management, legislature, sustainability, island sustainability, northwestern hawaiian islands, conservation, energy independence, energy, fossil fuels, climate change, climate justice, cap and trade, renewable energy, global warming, energy law, renewable portfolio standards, biofuels on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From: Andrea Just last month, Act 155 was passed in the Hawaii Legislature, amending Hawaii’s renewable energy law. One of the highlights of this amendment was the strengthening of Hawaii’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (often abbreviated as RPS). These standards are binding for electric utility companies, which must satisfy the specified percentage of their net electricity [...]
Natural Rights: Not Ours, But Nature’s
Posted in Northwest Hawaiian Islands, activism, climate change, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, ocean protection, other, tagged activism, conservation, corporations as persons, cultural rights, endangered species, environmental justice, ethics, extinction, hawaii, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legal rights, legislature, monk seals, natural rights, nature, ocean protection, sustainability on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From: Andrea Most people are familiar with our inalienable natural rights, as John Locke summed up as life, liberty, and property. But what about nature’s right to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve? These are the inalienable legal rights that the town of Shapleigh, Maine, voted to grant to nature last February. Now, in the town [...]
More Like Department of Health-Right-to-Know Act
Posted in 1, activism, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, tagged activism, environmental justice, land and cultural rights, legislature on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea Sparked by curiosity about the legal procedure for chemical spills and releases, I have been researching the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act. After days picking apart the details of this Act and related regulations, I am left to wonder where I may find the “Community-Right-to-Know” aspect. It seems like it should be [...]
HB 1522: Kahana Residents Still Fighting to Retain Their Homes
Posted in activism, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, other, tagged activism, conservation, environmental justice, hawaii, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, sustainability on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea Kahana residents have not ceased their tireless fight to stay in their homes. Since their homeland was condemned as a state park in the ’60s, the people of Kahana have had to battle the State of Hawaii to stay in their homes. And, now, after the State found illegal the law passed in [...]
How many telescopes?
Posted in activism, conservation, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, telescopes, tagged activism, land and cultural rights, legislature, mauna kea, sacred summit on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Alana: Following last night’s passionate hearing regarding the proposed Mauna Kea Thirty-meter telescope, a letter to the editor to was sent to The Star Bulletin strongly opposing the telescope. The letter details the long history of cheating and cutting corners, in terms of environmental and cultural laws, that Mauna Kea developers have had. Testifiers at [...]
Legislative Update
Posted in 1, activism, conservation, gmo, land and cultural rights, legislature, mauna kea, tagged activism, beach access, bills, gmo, legislation, legislature, mauna kea, shoreline, taro, update on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Marti: This is just a quick run down on the status of some of the local legislation we are watching this session. Tomorrow is second lateral – the day when surviving bills have to be delivered to their final committee. The next major deadline is April 9th. GOOD BILLS SB 1088 – Seeks to [...]
How to Keep up at the Leg
Posted in activism, tagged bills, legislature on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rob Parsons of the Maui Times “Rob Report” has an excellent piece with a few easy tips on how to keep up with what’s going down at the Hawaii State Legislature, and a nice rundown of some bills you ought to be following. http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2009-03-12-69021.113117_Call_to_Action.html Mahalo to Bonnie for the tip!
Red-Rover, Red-Rover, Cross on Over
Posted in activism, environmental justice, gmo, island sustainability, mauna kea, tagged bills, legislation, legislature on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is Cross-Over Day at the State Capitol, the half-way point in the legislative process… and the day the overwhelming majority of bills are declared officially dead (until they can be resurrected next session). Here is a run-down of the bills KAHEA is following that are still alive this session. Click on the bill numbers [...]
Kalo Farmers’ Call to Action – Hearing for SB958
Posted in activism, gmo, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged activism, agriculture, bill, culture, gmo, kalo, legislature, taro on March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
From our friends at Na Kahu O Haloa: Aloha to all who love Taro and honor Haloa! He keiki aloha na mea kanu. Beloved children are the plants. Mahalo to everyone who has come out to support Hawai‘i’s traditional farmers! Your strong support & efforts scored a Hearing for SB958 – 10 Year Moratorium on [...]
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