Author: Sydney Ross Singer
Sydney Ross Singer is a resident of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. He is head of the Good Shepherd Foundation and a Medical Anthropologist.
Articles by Sydney Ross Singer:
Department of Land and Natural Resources Proposes Wildllife Destruction: Hearings Start for Rule Changes
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - Imagine what it would be like if the Hawaii police force only protected native Hawaiians, and everyone else was subject to attack for being an alien. That's effectively what our wildlife police force, the Department of Land and Natural Resoures (DLNR), is proposing as the way to treat wildlife. The [...]
Read Full Article >>Hawaii Needs Biodamage Comp Fund
Monday, March 11th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
Open letter to Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture: BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - Many residents and property owners are very concerned about potential property damage to privately owned strawberry guava trees and potential negative health impacts caused by the biocontrol insect, T. ovatus, released in Volcano and Waiakea last year. The [...]
Read Full Article >>Invasive Species Agenda Promotes Racism
Thursday, March 7th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
BY SYD SINGER - State Rep. Faye Hanohano, a native Hawaiian, made the news recently by making disparaging statements against non-native Hawaiian residents. Now, the State is declaring Invasive Species Awareness Week, and is making disparaging statements against non-native species. The argument is the same in both cases. The Hawaiian “brand” is being tainted by [...]
Read Full Article >>Bad Vibrations: Health Hazards of Geothermal and Wind Turbine Noise
Monday, November 26th, 2012 in Guest Commentary
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - The sounds of geothermal drilling and operations and wind turbines create more than nuisance noise for those unfortunate enough to live near these facilities. Low frequency noise, or LFN, is also produced, and much of this is below the human threshold for hearing, although some people can feel the vibration. This [...]
Read Full Article >>Endangered Compassion
Monday, June 25th, 2012 in Guest Commentary
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - Hawaii is a land of compassion and concern for animals, so long as they are “native” and endangered. A nene mother goose was struck and killed recently on Chain of Craters Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. According to the news story in the Hawaii Tribune Herald, her mate of [...]
Read Full Article >>SAVING HAWAII FOR THE PEOPLE: Pele Defense Fund Plans Lawsuit to Protect Hunting and Gathering Rights
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 in Guest Commentary
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - Do people belong in the environment? A class action lawsuit being prepared by the Pele Defense Fund may help decide that question. At issue is conservation versus public use of wild spaces. When we think of conservation, we are supposed to have a warm fuzzy feeling that we are protecting [...]
Read Full Article >>Sick Environmentalism: A Prescription for Change
Friday, April 27th, 2012 in Guest Commentary
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - According to a growing body of experts, environmentalism is failing, especially the war on invasive species. The current approach to conservation with its emphasis on weeding the world is damaging the environment and harming people. And there is no end in sight. Dr. Peter Kareiva, chief scientist for The Nature [...]
Read Full Article >>DLNR Proposes Geothermal Exploration Without an Environmental Review or Public Comment
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - In an attempt to encourage geothermal energy production, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources is proposing a change to its Environmental Assessment (EA) exemption list to allow geothermal exploration wells to be drilled anywhere without any public comment or Environmental Assessment. Once a good site for geothermal energy [...]
Read Full Article >>DO “LOCALS” BELONG IN HAWAII: How Invasive Species Control is Threatening Local Culture
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 in Guest Commentary
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - For the thousands of Big Island residents who hunt and gather for subsistence, the Big Island is about to get a lot smaller. The other islands are shrinking, too. But it's not a geological phenomenon. It's all political. The Hawaii DLNR’s plan to fence off another 17 square miles of prime [...]
Read Full Article >>DO MONK SEALS “BELONG” IN HAWAII: How the Invasive Species Agenda is Killing Endangered Species
Monday, January 9th, 2012 in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - Hawaii's environmental agenda of attacking species that “don't belong in Hawaii” is killing our endangered Monk seals. According to an recent AP article, printed on January 8, 2012 in the Hawaii Tribune Herald, http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/new-threat-monk-seals.html, some residents consider the seals to be a non-native species that competes with fishermen. The article [...]
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