PAIA – The state Commission on Water Resource Management will hold two days of hearings starting Wednesday on competing applications for withdrawal of water from Na Wai Eha, the surface water collection system that serves Central and South Maui. During earlier proceedings, the commission received applications from existing users to continue withdrawing water pending...
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Sweet Future Expected for Sugar ETN — Seeking Alpha
Sugar for March delivery closed at 28.45 cents per pound on Monday — a little off its above-30-cent peak struck last month, but still double its May 2010 low. And it looks like sugar may have higher to climb. Global supplies of sugar are projected to lag worldwide demand this year for the third...
Continue readingHawaii County considers wind farm for South Kohala
The Hawaii County Department of Water Supply is considering building a wind farm to power its South Kohala wells. The department would lease about 80 acres of state land next to its Lalamilo wells and have a developer build the wind mills. The project would create 50 construction jobs and three permanent jobs. Department...
Continue readingArakawa names key water, finance directors
WAILUKU – Maui County Mayor-elect Alan Arakawa named six new members to his Cabinet on Monday, including two key people to help him achieve his campaign goals, Danny Agsalog as director of the Department of Finance and Dave Taylor as director of the Department of Water Supply. With the stumbling economy still heavy on...
Continue readingAlexander & Baldwin buys California shopping center
Alexander & Baldwin Inc. has added a California neighborhood shopping center to its commercial real estate portfolio, paying $48 million for a 165,500-square-foot complex in Temecula, Calif. The Honolulu-based company said it bought Rancho Temecula Town Center through subsidiary A&B Properties Inc., in part, using proceeds from a warehouse complex in Ontario, Calif., it...
Continue readingMolokai Nature Conservancy office to tap into solar power
KALAMAULA, Molokai – Sunlight will be providing the power needed to run lights, electronics and air conditioning at the Nature Conservancy’s office on Molokai beginning Wednesday, the environmental organization announced. Rising Sun Solar of Maui installed the office’s 8.88-kilowatt photovoltaic array on the roof of the building in the Molokai Industrial Park on the...
Continue readingIs there cancer risk from 2,4-D?
Different organizations have taken different stances on 2,4-D’s cancer risk. On August 8, 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling that stated that existing data does not support a conclusion that links human cancer to 2,4-D exposure. However, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified 2,4-D among the...
Continue readingSpraying Pa’ia with 2,4-D – Is it safe?
Early on Saturday, October 23 a blue helicopter with large spray wings attached sprayed the edges of the canefields in Pa‘ia. There were strong and variable winds and the spray blew directly into many nearby residences. Pa‘ia houses emptied as families stepped outside to gawk in awe as the flying sprayer made pass after...
Continue readingHC&S explains the Pa‘ia spraying incident
By A&B spokesperson Meredith Ching This is my understanding of the situation you have inquired about. On October 23, HC&S conducted an aerial application of an herbicide, Clean Amine, on its Field 212, located along Hana Highway, just west of Paia town. We were attempting to eliminate a noxious weed, castor bean, from the...
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