It's pervasive, persistent, produced from petrochemicals. It takes many forms and can be found as lightweight Styrofoam packaging, rigid polyvinyl chloride pipes, polyethylene water bottles, high-density polyethylene laundry and milk bottles, nylon ropes and nets and thousands of variations and applications. Look around you and count all the things made of drastic … [Read more...] about Drastic Plastic: What we learned about plastic pollution and Hawaii at the sixth International Marine Debris Conference
Maui County Environmental Coordinator responds to recent MauiTime story on Olowalu seawall demonstrations
Editor's note: Maui County Environmental Coordinator Rob Parsons, a longtime contributor to MauiTime, felt that our recent cover story on anti-seawall activists in Olowalu left out others who helped stop the road project. Here are his thoughts: I was glad to see MauiTime featured the story on how activists helped the DOT rethink a project for a 900-foot rock revetment just … [Read more...] about Maui County Environmental Coordinator responds to recent MauiTime story on Olowalu seawall demonstrations
Now that the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii has taken place, what happens next?
"If all we do is host people from around the world and have a really great conference, then we have missed the opportunity.” So said Charles “Chipper” Wichman, addressing attendees of the Hawaii Conservation Conference at UH-Hilo in August of 2015. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), founded in 1948, has a mission to, “Influence, encourage and assist … [Read more...] about Now that the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii has taken place, what happens next?
Talking story about sustainable energy with Maui consultant Doug McLeod
Doug McLeod spent four years as Maui County Energy Commissioner. He was a strong advocate on several key energy topics, and has brought critical analysis to many complex issues, including the proposed Oahu-Maui undersea cable. He also procured contracts for renewable energy installations at 23 County of Maui facilities, with cost-savings estimated at $10 million over the … [Read more...] about Talking story about sustainable energy with Maui consultant Doug McLeod
Maalaea Injection Wells Damaging Coral Reef
In 2008, faced with studies linking nutrients from wastewater injection wells and septic systems from Maalaea condominiums to a drastic decline in coral reef health, then-Councilmember Michelle Anderson worked with U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono to acquire federal funding to, “Define an immediate solution for alternative disposal of wastewater and domestic sewage.” But after being … [Read more...] about Maalaea Injection Wells Damaging Coral Reef