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: anger and harmony at the Kakaako waterfront meeting and more retail giants on their way to Hawaii.

• At the start of yesterday’s meeting, citizens were outraged about plans to develop on the Kakaako shoreline area, according to Hawaii News Now. But by the end, all were working together.

• Retail giants Safeway and Walgreens plan a combined 17 projects for a “starving” market, the Star-Advertiser reports today.

• Kauaians on a meditation retreat were disturbed by noisy Green Harvest choppers looking for marijuana, The Garden Island reports.

• New owner, new landlord, but same hurdles remain for proposed eucalyptus-burning power plant on the Big Island, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported earlier this week.

• After releasing 300 stingless wasps in Kipapa Gulch last week, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture on Wednesday put 200 more into Big Island plant nurseries in Kurtistown and Umauma.

• To spend the July 4 camping at their favored parks, people line up for days in advance, turning satellite city halls into campgrounds.

• Reps. Mazie Hirono and Charles Djou sound off on the Gulf oil spill as their House colleagues pound BP. KITV has video.

• And to put the Gulf spill into perspective, the Niger Delta has suffered the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez spill every year for last 50 years, the New York Times reports.

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