Wednesday, March 19, 2014

USA, Hawaii:

Attorney General: Geothermal Revenue Must Go to Hawaiians (Honolulu Civil Beat)

Hawaii Attorney General
David Louie
Hawaii Attorney General David Louie says that royalties from geothermal resource development on Hawaiian home lands must be paid to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to benefit of Native Hawaiians.

Louie said in a press release yesterday that “following a comprehensive legal analysis by the capable deputy attorneys general in my office, I have concluded that the DHHL has the right to receive all proceeds and income from the available lands, including 100% of the royalties derived from geothermal resource development.”

The opinion also concludes that DHHL is the state entity authorized to manage geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands.