Author: Joe Niezgodzki

Aloha, Banks continue to finance oil and gas while electric cars are becoming mainstream in the auto industry https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/automakers-start-to-figure-out-the-climate-future?utm_source=onsite-share& Learn about the auto industry seeming to seamlessly shift to electric vehicles, while the banks continue to finance oil and gas at an enormous pace. Also see the second article,...

Aloha, Great News For The People Of Kauai Please click to see HG Kauai Joint Venture LLC's Withdrawal of their Amended Petition, ending days of testimony before the Land Use Commision (LUC)! In a current hearing before the LUC, HG Kauai Joint Venture LLC was requesting a District...

Aloha, Who can rely on the quality of water we're drinking when the County water department would blatantly lie to the public and our courts? What follows is very upsetting and should be known by all. We are on appeal and we intend to seek the...

Aloha, The last two days of hearings before the Land Use Commission (LUC) were not only illuminating, but the second day of testimony ended with potential exciting news for Kapaa and the island. When developer, HG Kauai Joint Venture LLC, rested/ended its presentation Thursday afternoon, a...

Aloha, The hearing before the LUC on Hokua Place is still under way. The next four dates for the developer's witnesses testimony will be single dates and the LUC was only able to calendar the HP proceedings to follow other matters that were already on the...

The proposed 775 dwelling development behind the middle school in Kapaa, Hokua Place, is back and developers proposed-zoning the acreage from Agriculture to Urban.  (see below). Upon reading that intention, I spoke to Riley Hakoda of the Land Use Commission (LUC)  about my concern of...

Aloha, As you may recall, we recently appealed the Circuit Court's denial of our case that objected to KDOW's illegal purchase and sale of diverted stream water without proper permits from the State, per HRS §171-58 or environmental review of the source waters, HRS §§171-58 and...