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: Honolulu talks climate change and Kauai debates beach access.

• Honolulu is the site of one of about five Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force public meetings scheduled with senior members of President Obama’s administration across the country.
• The Kauai County Council is reluctant to accept an easement path down to Larsen’s beach, citing liability concerns. The landowner may withdraw the offer.
• The Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve on Maui will remain closed to people for another two years after a land board vote.
• Yet another new subdivision is being proposed adjacent to the long-planned, unlikely-to-be-built Alii Highway near Kona, West Hawaii Today reports.
• A plan to convert Big Island gorse, macadamia nut shells and other waste into biofuel took a step backward this week, with Gov. Linda Lingle’s veto of a $40 million special purpose revenue bond.
• Big Island residents are upset over plans to turn Glenwood Park into a parking lot, the Hawaii Independent reports.
• Mayor Mufi Hannemann accepted a deed for 34 acres of Kapolei real estate in exchange for completing the construction of Kapolei Parkway.
• A team of University of Hawaii researchers has produced a long-range computer simulation showing where the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could spread.

• An experimental solar-powered plane is attempting to fly around the clock.

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