Best Environmental Issue GMOs We’re going to assume, given your answer to the State blunder category, that you’re naming genetically modified organisms the county’s best environmental issue because you feel that they’re not a good thing. And while GMOs are a big issue everywhere–Americans have been eating genetically modified products for a couple decades now, they’re … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: GMOs
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Cane Burning
Best Environmental Issue Cane Burning Forgive the pun, but the controversy over Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s insistence that the only way they can process sugar is by first burning the cane in the fields is really blowing up. Defenders point to the company’s 800 employees and the fact that HC&S has “always” harvested sugar in this manner–as though that makes the … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Cane Burning
MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Sugar Cane Burning
Are there other environmental issues these days? Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S), which operates the last mill on Maui, grows sugar on 37,000 acres. For much of the year, company workers burn the fields when the cane has grown about two years. This burning releases a great deal of smoke and ash which contain particulates that can exacerbate respiratory disease, … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Sugar Cane Burning
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Water
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE Water You know that slogan they’re always singing on the radio: “By water, all things find life”? It may be annoyingly catchy, but it’s also undeniably true. Without water, none of us would exist. It’s important to remember that, because it’s easy to take this precious life-giving elixir for granted. From pumping huge quantities of water to South Maui … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Water
MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Superferry
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE Superferry Civics Lesson #2: The state, not the county, gave us the Superferry. State officials decided an Environmental Impact Statement wasn’t necessary; that worries about Superferry cars tracking invasive species all over the islands were unfounded; and that concerns about increased traffic snarls caused by the boats were overblown. But once … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Superferry