Conservation Council for Hawaii and American Bird Conservancy v. Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., et al.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAI‘I CONSERVATION COUNCIL FOR HAWAII, Civil No. 24-00494 MWJS-WRP and AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ Plaintiffs, MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING DEFENDANT COUNTY vs. OF MAUI’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and American Bird Conservancy allege that Defendant County of Maui’s streetlights unlawfully harm—or in the language of the Endangered Species Act, “take”—protected Hawaiian seabirds. Both…