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: high-tech solar panels to debut on Maui, the impact of the BP oil spill on Hawaii and a chance to rent James Bond’s Kauai home.

• Concentrated photovoltaic panels — a new solar technology — will debut in Maui, the Honolulu Advertiser reports.

• The Big Island Weekly has an in-depth story about the impact of the BP oil spill on Hawaii. Go check it out. We looked at something similar a couple of weeks ago — Is Hawaii Ready For ‘Worst Case Scenario’ Oil Spill?.

• The Kauai Planning Commission this week granted Pierce Brosnan (aka James Bond) a vacation rental permit, allowing him to open his Hanalei home to tourists. One resident calls it “overwhelming greed.”

• The Honolulu Weekly in its cover story adds another perspective on the legal and cultural questions that face the Honolulu Rail project and the potential impact on Native Hawaiian burials. Read Civil Beat’s coverage if you haven’t already.

• Meanwhile, the Army is seeking Native Hawaiian input on human remains uncovered earlier this month.

• The state Office of Environmental Quality Control has put its online library on Google Maps. Cool! (hat-tip to Jesse at the Hawaii Land Use Law and Policy blog)

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