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UPDATE**What about sunscreen containing oxybenzone ? Would you use it when in the ocean? Is it harmful to coral? Are there reasonable alternatives? Should there be legislative action?

Posted by Mike Moran | May 23, 2017 | Environment, Government, Recreation | 2 |

For years some segments in the Maui community have stated sunscreen is harming our coral reef system. Have they been right all along? UPDATE 5/23/17 See Maui Now recent article for more information http://mauinow.com/2017/05/19/reefs-at-risk-the-effects-of-sunscreen-on-hawai%ca%bbis-reefs/ #kihei 4/18/17 Our conclusion concerning this issue: the prudent action...

Second 2018 Membership Meeting Brings out the Community to a New Location (temporary)

Posted by Mike Moran | Mar 21, 2018 | General Membership Meeting Recap, Government, Volunteers | 0 |

3/21/18 #kihei We are often asked how many we expect will attend a public meeting, and the answer is we don’t know, as numerous factors can determine turnout. Certainly the guests and topic are some part of that. So announcing we would hear from our two wahine legislative reps for the County and State, Member Kelly King and Senator Roz Baker, we set out in our usual manner. Boom! We were...

County Council decides to not decide today on some of the major community concerns

Posted by Mike Moran | Dec 4, 2017 | Environment, Government, Volunteers | 0 |

Oxybenzone in sunscreen; employment control of Councilor’s staff; firing Director Taylor and sand mining moratorium all for another day 12/4/17 #kihei We ask understanding that our volunteer time is limited, but we do our best to keep the community informed, so this is what we understand transpired today. Public testimony took ALL day until 7:00 PM Friday, and today at 9:00 AM the elected...

Council’s Agenda 12/2/2017 Creates Perfect Storm for Community Concern

Posted by Mike Moran | Dec 3, 2017 | Education, Government, Volunteers | 0 |

NUMEROUS “HOT BUTTON” ITEMS INDUCED NEARLY 100 TO TESTIFY 12/2/17 #kihei Occasionally we note a large turn out at a government meeting because of an issue of much community concern. But when an agenda of over 50 items has perhaps a half dozen such items for a single meeting, you might incur a massive response, as we saw at County Council yesterday. The meeting commenced at 9:00 AM and concluded...

County Council begins process to ban reef killing chemicals in care products

Posted by Mike Moran | Oct 16, 2017 | Education, Environment, Government | 0 |

KCA has been all over this issue going back to last year, and hopes County legislators succeed where State failed 10/16/17 #kihei Elle Cochran leads the environmental way with her IED committee once again this afternoon with a proposed bill that would ban any product (mostly sunscreen) that contained Oxybenzone and Octinoxate. Countless testifiers, including KCA, submitted testimony in favor,...

Kaniela Ing offers 2017 Ledge compilation

Posted by Mike Moran | May 6, 2017 | Development, Education, Government, Volunteers | 0 |

5/6/17 #kihei About 25 concerned Kihei folks attended Saturday morning at Kihei Charter Middle School to hear our state representative offer his annual end of session report via the in-person Town-hall meeting. Once again KCA showed a strong presence with two directors as well as several members, as Ing wrapped up the 2017 state legislature. His overall summary was that numerous excellent bills...

South Maui Coalition of Community Associations last quarterly meeting for 2016 concluded on Wednesday.

Posted by Mike Moran | Oct 22, 2016 | Alternative Transportation, Environment, Volunteers | 0 |

10/21/16 — Yesterday morning the group meeting commenced with 4/5 of the organizations, absent Maalaea. Topics included transportation, with much focus of the new Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO); Ahihi-Kinau Reserve changes, including paved fee’d parking lot, eliminating tobacco & alcohol, campaign to eliminate sunscreen use of oxybenzone contaminated product...

Ahihi-Kina’u Advisory Group Quarterly Meeting Thursday Morning

Posted by Mike Moran | Oct 7, 2016 | Beautification, Education, Environment, Government, Volunteers | 2 |

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What is killing our coral reef system around South Maui? How is our marine water quality?Are you a part of the problem? Why is this disaster allowed to continue?

Posted by Mike Moran | Aug 11, 2016 | Education, Environment, Government, Volunteers | 3 |

Are You willing to direct a volunteer team to test marine water quality in So Maui once a month?* 8/11/16 We are not marine biologists nor environmental scientists, but we have listened to them over the years as we have sadly observed this devastation to the system, & in some places, poor water quality occurrence. Our conclusion is there are a number of causes, big and small. A big one is...

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UPDATE**What about sunscreen containing oxybenzone ? Would you use it when in the ocean? Is it harmful to coral? Are there reasonable alternatives? Should there be legislative action?

Second 2018 Membership Meeting Brings out the Community to a New Location (temporary)

County Council decides to not decide today on some of the major community concerns

Council’s Agenda 12/2/2017 Creates Perfect Storm for Community Concern

County Council begins process to ban reef killing chemicals in care products

Kaniela Ing offers 2017 Ledge compilation

South Maui Coalition of Community Associations last quarterly meeting for 2016 concluded on Wednesday.

Ahihi-Kina’u Advisory Group Quarterly Meeting Thursday Morning

What is killing our coral reef system around South Maui? How is our marine water quality?Are you a part of the problem? Why is this disaster allowed to continue?

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