Every day, I’m scouring the Internet for land use and environmental news from around the state and around the world that means something for us here in Hawaii. Noteworthy today: cultural concerns delay the Kauai path, opponents speak out against Koa Ridge, and the Kilauea eruption reaches its 10,000th day.

• Three days after “equipment problems” stalled a check for bones on the proposed site for Kauai’s multi-use path, no digging has yet commenced. County officials are now saying the work is delayed pending further discussion, The Garden Island reports.

• I told you about the space limitations of the conference room, but that didn’t stop the Advertiser’s Andrew Gomes from putting together a blow-by-blow account of yesterday’s Land Use Commission hearing on the Koa Ridge project.

• Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island has been erupting for 10,000 days straight, and scientists have used that opportunity to collect a mountain of data.

• Maui’s new planning director is facing staff shortages, and discusses her goals and challenges in an interview with the Maui News.

• More details surface from the criminal indictment of Kauai’s electric utility. The government has the tally of downed seabirds at 54, the Honolulu Advertiser notes today after getting a look at the document.

• Google joined with others to announce the creation of a new green nonprofit that will eliminate harmful chemicals from consumer products.

• Well, it finally happened. The BP oil spill has reached the “delicate wetlands” of Louisiana, with local reports describing “heavy sheets” of oil clogging marshes that provide a haven for birds.

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