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Water flows through a diversion in East Maui. In a ruling on Tuesday, a First Circuit Court judge upheld the state’s approval of controversial revocable water permits that allowed Alexander & Baldwin to divert from East Maui streams. The Sierra Club had sought to invalidate the permits, saying they violated environmental law. Photos courtesy of DLNR
A court has sided with the state and other defendants in a case in which the Sierra Club sought to invalidate two state-approved revocable water permits that allowed Alexander & Baldwin to divert from East Maui streams for Mahi Pono farming needs.