Aloha

Aloha kākou Ohana. This is an urgent siren call from KahuPuna Aloha Activism. My heart is so heavy as I sit here on my porch at Pohoiki and look across the ocean towards the continent, more specifically though, towards Arizona. Arizona is where a catastrophic ecological collapse has just unfolded this past month (June 2026). Authorities officially declared a 100% fish die-off at San Carlos Lake, forcing an indefinite closure of the 19,500-acre reservoir due to toxic safety ha

By Jasmine Steiner, KahuPuna Aloha Activism – Aloha Ola O Ka Pono Puna, Hawaiʻi April 2nd 2026 For decades, those of us born and raised in Puna have lived right next to Israeli Ormat's Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV). We've smelled the rotten-egg odor from hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) releases, dealt with brine aerosols and other emissions listed in PGV's own emergency plans, and watched our families and neighbors struggle with health issues. Many in our community have long suspected

This is a powerful, point-by-point rebuttal filed by Sara Steiner of Pahoa, Hawaii , on behalf of the Puna community and environment. It directly counters the State's/appellee's arguments in the Hilo Environmental Court case challenging the Health Department's geothermal rulemaking for Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV). Sara filed a rulemaking petition for monitoring and regulating future geothermal in order to protect 'aina, as no geothermal entity has ever been monitored or reg