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05/17/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Fowl play: Hawaii fighting a losing battle against feral chickens
Residents of Honolulu found themselves on the losing side of a battle against feral chickens, with the ferocious fowls disrupting the community. Several county residents testified about the inconvenience caused by the wild chickens. Majid Joneidi described the “cacking and crowing” of the wild roosters as “an unfair burden and hardship” that prevented him from […]
12/21/2021
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By Cassie B.
Monsanto pleads guilty to multiple environmental violations in Hawaii as locals call for them to leave the islands
Agrochemical giant Monsanto has agreed to plead guilty to environmental crimes stemming from its pesticide use in Hawaii. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the company, which was acquired by Bayer in 2018, will pay $12 million in fines for violating the Federal Insecticide Fungicide And Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Monsanto has admitted to 30 […]
12/16/2021
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By Ethan Huff
Cost of doing business? Monsanto pleads guilty to 30 environmental crimes, agrees to pay measly $12 million fine
The Monsanto Company agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes related to the use of a pesticide on cornfields in Hawaii, court documents filed in the state earlier this month show. Monsanto admitted in a plea agreement that it committed 30 misdemeanor crimes related to the use of a glufosinate ammonium-based product sold under […]
05/22/2021
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By News Editors
Hawaii is replacing its last coal plant with a ‘giant battery’ — powered by oil
In 2015, Hawaii made history, becoming the first US state to mandate a full transition to renewable energy. The legislation, signed into law by Gov. David Ige, mandated that state utilities generate 100 percent of electricity sales from renewable fuels by 2045. (Article by Jon Miltimore republished from Fee.org) Green energy publications noted that the move positioned Hawaii as […]
01/17/2021
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By Cassie B.
Monsanto slapped with $10M fine after using banned pesticide on Maui AFTER it was banned
Monsanto must pay $10.2 million in fines as part of a guilty plea for spraying a banned pesticide on research crops growing in Hawaii as the lawsuits continue to pile up against the company over its dangerous practices. The pesticide in question, Penncap-M, was stored by Monsanto at sites in Maui and Molokai, according to […]
03/27/2020
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By Janine Acero
Invasive half-snails in Hawaii are spreading brain parasites among people
Parasites can be a massive headache in a microscopic size, and in the case of a certain parasitic worm, the headache it causes is literal – the rat lungworm parasite can wreak havoc on a person’s brain, and can even cause major neurological problems. Now, recent findings by the Hawaii State Department of Health indicate […]
12/13/2019
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By News Editors
Hawaiian volcanic activity could become the catalyst that unleashes an extinction level event in the Cascadian Subduction Zone
I have had a number of conservations with a geologist friend who has been threatened and warned to be quiet. In fact, most geologists, at the university level, have been threatened in one way or another about maintaining their silence on the Cascadian Subduction Zone (CSZ). As Steve Quayle has pointed out (ie Branson GEN […]
04/03/2019
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By Ethan Huff
PR, not penalty: EPA lets Syngenta off the hook for poisoning people
Instead of having to fork over the $4.8 million that was demanded as part of a massive lawsuit against the corrupt biotechnology giant, Syngenta Hawaii, a local unit of the Swiss company Syngenta AG, has instead been let off the hook by federal environmental regulators with a mere $150,000 slap on the wrist. As you […]
08/20/2018
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By RJ Jhonson
Hawaii is leading other states in generating renewable energy
The Aloha State could be the country’s leader in renewable energy as it moves toward getting 100 percent of its power needs from both solar and wind sources by 2045. As of this year, Hawaii gets around 33 percent of its power needs from rooftop solar, although there are days when the percentage goes up […]
05/07/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Hawaii bans sunscreen chemicals that destroy coral reefs
Just how toxic is your sunscreen? Many of the chemicals used to “protect” you from the sun are so hazardous that they actually threaten the well-being of some of the world’s most beautiful natural wonders, like coral reefs. In fact, the state of Hawaii just passed a bill banning the sale of sunscreens that contain […]
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