Councilmem ber Mike Molina is presenting a new bill that would allow us to install wind turbines… in our backyards. Now, how do we f eel about that? Are you already calling up the wind turbine superstore or worried that a towering giant with loud blades is going to be slicing up your view of the sunset? These small, new wind turbines are just that, new, and it’s going to take tweaking and experimenting to work out the best system to use them efficiently.
For now, Molina has drafted …

Over the last three years the county has be in & out of trouble with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health (DOH).
The alleged incidents involve the Central Maui Landfill failing to install a federally mandated gas control system to collect emissions, and the country allowing polluted storm water to run off the Molokai & Lanai dumps.  Allegations also pointed to an incidents at the Hana landfill which saw the dump mishandling auto waste.  The March 2007 DOH Press release stated:

DOH has cited the County for the failure …

A recent trip to the dump with the kids to teach recycling. We also compared how the Maui dump compares to the West Hawaii Dump where it is so tidy it looks like you could picnic off to the side of it. Not so for the Maui dump.