The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the Marukai Corporation in Honolulu $222,030 for selling and distributing unregistered products.

The US Environmental Protection Agency applauded Maui and Kauai counties for enacting restrictions banning plastic shopping bags, effectively reducing waste and protecting the environment.

A number of different non-profit agencies, and even for-profit businesses, have stepped forward to challenge a recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to allow E15 to be sold in retail gasoline pumps for cars and trucks produced after 2007.  Previously, the limit on ethanol was placed at a seemingly paltry level of 10% before [...]

By Wendy Osher Two Maui projects were included on a list of accomplishments made by the state Department of Health as officials accepted national honors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  The PISCES Award recognizes the department for its management, creative initiatives and exceeding national green project requirements. Projects on Maui included on the list [...]

Maui’s David “Buddy” Nobriga is one of four people in the pacific islands recognized as environmental heroes by the U.S. EPA.  The award was issued during the agency’s 11th annual Environmental Awards Ceremony in San Francisco earlier this month.  Nobriga was recognized for founding the West Maui Soil and Water Conservation District in 1956, the [...]

Residents in the Hilo-area are being advised not to eat honey gathered from feral hives during the next three weeks, due to the use of an insecticide that will be used to eradicate the varroa mites (Varroa destructor) on honey bees.  The mites weaken adult bees and cause emerging bees to be deformed. Hawai`i Department [...]