Jon Woodhouse, Author at The Maui Independent

Tulsi Gabbard Emerges as Nation’s Leading Combat Vet for Peace in Inspirational Maui Speech Tells Overflowing Town Hall Audience She Opposes Wars “Based on False Intelligence and Lies.”

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - April 22, 2017

A foremost voice for peace in our nation, fueled by the aloha spirit, Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard spoke on Maui last night condemning America’s fixation with regime change. The inspirational…

Monsanto Violates Maui County Agreement by Failing to Disclose Local Usage of Restricted Pesticides New April 18 Finding by International Tribunal in Hague Finds Evidence of Corporate “Ecocide” by World’s Most Nefarious Agrochemical Giant

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - April 20, 2017

The agro-chemical giant Monsanto has painted itself as a kindly company bringing needed jobs to Maui and Molokai. They neglect to mention in their PR that they are drenching Maui’s…

Trump Administration Gives Thumbs Up to Monsanto Spraying Toxic Pesticide on Maui Protecting Children’s Health Less Important Than Increasing Corporate Profits

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - March 31, 2017

Against the advice of the Environmental Protection Agency’s own scientists, President Trump’s newly appointed EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, has refused to ban the dangerous pesticide chlorpyrifos. “We are returning to…

State Legislature Kills Vital Pesticide Transparency Bill Secret Backroom Deal Leaves No Fingerprints or Public Record of Vote

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - March 24, 2017

Hopes ran high for a proposed bill that would have helped inform and empower Hawaii’s residents about the impact of toxic restricted-use pesticides. But House Bill 790 sank after pushback from the…

Hawai’i Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Urges Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - March 24, 2017

Hawaii’s Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has co-sponsored a bipartisan act to remove marijuana from the federal controlled substances list. She joined a fellow Army veteran and former Virginia prosecutor, Republican Rep.…

Maui’s Mayor Upsets Hawaiian Cultural Practitioners

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - February 19, 2017

Maui’s Mayor Alan Arakawa is in hot water after announcing that “there’s no such thing as sacred rocks.” He was referencing concerns about the destruction of rocks considered sacred in…

No Aloha? Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Sues Hawaiians Then Backs Out

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - January 30, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg dropped his lawsuit to force the sale of small tracts of land within his Kauai estate, the Facebook CEO announced in Kauai’s newspaper, The Garden Island. The Facebook…

GMO News – Pink Pineapples

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - February 12, 2017

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new strain of pineapple that has been genetically engineered to have pink flesh instead of yellow fruit. The pineapples are set…

Hawaii State Government Wakes Up To It’s Pesticide Problem

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - December 17, 2016

The state is finally taking some first steps to address concerns about pesticide drift from large agri-chemical company operations in Hawaii. In a joint press statement, the Hawaii Departments of…

US Court of Appeals Says Hawaii’s Counties Can’t Regulate GMO Crop Production

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - November 20, 2016

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has invalidated county ordinances in Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii counties that sought to enforce public health protections (such as buffer zones,…