Posted on 7:26 am, Friday, July 20, 2012. Tags: committee on indian affairs, daniel akaka, environment, tribal homelands
MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, held an oversight hearing Thursday on Impacts of Environmental Changes on Treaty Rights, Traditional Lifestyles, and Tribal Homelands. “The relationship between Native nations and their environment is sacred. It is the foundation of their cultures and world view,†Akaka […]
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Posted on 4:20 am, Sunday, November 21, 2010. Tags: environment, hi5, recycling
The Hawai‘i State Department of Health’s Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch is announcing updated rates for Hawai‘i Deposit Beverage Container redemptions by weight under Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 342G, Part VIII. Weight rates for segregated containers Certified redemption centers may weigh loads of empty deposit beverage containers and pay out deposits based on weight rates […]
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