This broke too late for us to include it in our cover story this week. On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Karen Chun delivered a petition containing 8,730 signatures to Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar asking them to please stop burning sugar cane during harvest. Chun then met with HC&S GM Rick Volner and had what she described as a "cordial" meeting. "I believe Mr. Volner when he … [Read more...] about Stop Cane Burning Sends 8,730 Petition Signatures To HC&S
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Complaints About Sugar Cane Burns Are Flooding The County Of Maui And EPA. But Will Anything Change?
From March to November each year, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) burns about 400 acres of its sugarcane every week. That comes to about 70 acres a day–roughly the size of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. The burning takes place, according to the company’s website, because it is “the only economical means HC&S has found to-date” of removing … [Read more...] about Complaints About Sugar Cane Burns Are Flooding The County Of Maui And EPA. But Will Anything Change?
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
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar GM Rick Volner Thanks You For Supporting Cane Burning
Everyone had a good Easter weekend, right? Didn’t eat too much chocolate, or get too much sun? Good and good. Me, didn’t do much besides hang out, visit some friends and relax. It was very chill, and part of the general happiness I felt was probably due to a very nice letter I received from Rick W. Volner, Jr., the General Manager of the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company … [Read more...] about Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar GM Rick Volner Thanks You For Supporting Cane Burning