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Hawaii's Kauai Island moves to curb gene-altered crops, pesticide testing

2013-10-16 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Lawmakers on the tropical island of Kauai, Hawaii, on Wednesday approved a hotly contested measure aimed at reining in widespread pesticide use by companies testing new genetically modified crops on the island. The Kauai County Council passed the bill by a vote of six to one after months of protests by islanders and mainland U.S. groups who wanted to see a range of broad controls on the global agrichemical companies that have found the island's tropical climate ideal for year-round testing of new...

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Scientists urge shoreline retreat from Hawaii's eroding beaches

2013-09-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: Sea-level rise is a significant factor in the major shoreline change underway in Hawaii, where 52 to 72 percent of beaches on the chain of islands have eroded over the past century, a recent study has found. The more than 7 million tourists who flock to Hawaii's beaches each year are part of an array of contributors to erosion. In addition to the influx of visitors, developments along the coasts continue to provoke shoreline changes. To capture the breadth of erosion's causes and to propose...

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Hawaii's not attractive market to Southwest and other budget airlines

2013-08-22 06:21:13| Airlines - Topix.net

Launching service to the Hawaii market is not an attractive prospect for Southwest Airlines and other Mainland budget carriers right now, an airline industry consultant says.

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Hawaii's ocean debris could fill 18-wheeler

2013-07-30 20:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: In an area of Hawaii, far removed from most human habitation, a recent cleanup effort yielded an 18-wheeler's worth of human debris during a 19-day anti-pollution campaign this year. The region, which includes Midway Atoll, some 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) from the Hawaiian mainland, acts as a "fine-tooth comb" in picking up debris from elsewhere, officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told LiveScience. Broken fishing gear, tattered nets and plastic fragments...

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