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By Isaac Moriwake / Mid-Pacific Office
The decision bolsters Hawaiʻi’s public trust framework, a legal doctrine establishing that natural resources must be protected for public use
By Elizabeth Kieszkowski & Isaac Moriwake / Mid-Pacific Office
Isaac Moriwake, longtime environmental attorney at Earthjustice, reflects on recent cases that now have potential to improve on the status quo.
In November 2022, Hawai‘i took a major step forward on advancing its rooftop solar and clean energy grid.
The language the court deleted would have plagued the law of environmental and Native Hawaiian rights for years.
For the first time in more than 100 years, the Waimea River will flow from mountain to sea—thanks to successful mediation, not years of litigation.
By Isaac Moriwake & Kapua Sproat / Mid-Pacific Office
It was like a horrible dream: Native Hawaiians fined for growing food and practicing their culture.
The Public Utilities Commission rejected the NextEra-Hawaiian Electric takeover deal, but the real work to build a clean energy system by and for the people of Hawaii has just begun.
By Isaac Moriwake & Kylie Wager Cruz / Mid-Pacific Office
Hawai‘i’s Public Utilities Commission recently rejected the $4.3 billion sale of the state’s main utility company to out-of-state profiteers.
Hawaiʻi’s last sugarcane plantation is closing, but plantation politics are still playing a huge role in allocating Hawaiʻi’s water resources.
Hawai‘i, along with 26 other states, already has clean energy goals that outpace the Clean Power Plan’s projected targets.
