Gary L. Hooser
President
Andrea Brower
Ikaika Hussey
Co Vice President
Kim Coco Iwamoto
Treasurer
Bart Dame
Secretary
Paul Achitoff
Nancy Aleck
Laura Harrelson
Kaleikoa Kaʻeo
Katie McMillan
Michael Miranda
Walter Ritte Jr.
Pua Rossi-Fukino
Karen Shishido
Leslie Malulani Shizue Miki
Decision low-balls water returned to stream, ignores its cultural significance
If perhaps the tides are beginning to turn for communities suffering public health impacts from dangerous pesticides, Hawaiʻi is the fringe on the wave of change.
Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Hawai'i made history today when Governor David Ige, watched by representatives of the community from across the islands, signed into law Senate Bill 3095, banning all uses of chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin that has been banned for home use for over 10 years because of its known impacts on the developing brains of children.
Reflection's from HAPA Board President Gary Hooser on the November 9th ruling in Ke Kauhulu o Mana versus the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) and Syngenta.
A Kaua`i-based community group, Ke Kauhulu o Manu, filed a lawsuit against the State and Syngenta Corp. to enforce a Hawai`i law requiring environmental review for any significant action or development proposed on publicly-owned, coastal and conservation-zoned lands. In this instance . . . READ MORE.
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To protect our communities from pesticide drift, we must improve pesticide incident response and deter future misuse by increasing penalties for pesticide use violations. You can help by submitting testimony in support of HB 929.