A recent Kawaihae fire torched thousands of acres, and a week later the area was ravaged by flooding, prompting a nonprofit organization to produce an educational video.
A lawsuit filed last month seeks a preliminary injunction to stop cane burning operations on the basis that the activity is illegal and is putting the public’s health at risk.
Ever since the 1970s, demand has outpaced supply in the islands. That may change with a proposal for a solar-powered farm in central Oahu that would start with 300,000 hens and could expand to 1 million.