VIDEO: Mauna Kea 31 Appear In Hilo Court
SEE ORIGINAL POST HERE APRIL 28, 2015: Video from Hilo court by Daryl Lee HILO – The battle over Mauna Kea moved to Hilo on Tuesday. 22 of the so called “Mauna Kea 31″ – the name for those arrested on the mountain for the blockade of the Thirty Meter Telescope construction project on April 2 – packed the District Court in Hilo to enter their plea. However, there was confusion over where they were supposed to be. One by one, the Mauna Kea 31 made their appearance before Judge
Celebrities use social media to voice objection to TMT
West Hawaii Today - READ ORIGINAL POST HERE By COLIN M. STEWART
Hawaii Tribune-Herald After years of flying under the radar, at least on an international scale, the debate over the Thirty Meter Telescope has gone viral, thanks in large part to celebrity endorsements on social media. Since the project’s earliest beginnings, a small, dedicated group of Hawaii residents has struggled to stop the construction of the TMT near the summit of Mauna Kea. However, over seven years of
Does the Thirty Meter Telescope Pose Environmental Risks?
Civil Beat - READ ORIGINAL STORY HERE As protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope continue, many critics say they’re worried that the $1.4 billion project will damage Mauna Kea’s environment. Thirteen observatories have already been built on the top of the state’s tallest mountain, but the TMT will be by far the largest. Once completed, the observatory and its support building will span 1.4 acres. The project would take up another 5 acres extending the road leading up to t
Most oppose telescope during public comment session
Hawaii Tribune-Herald - See Original Post HERE By TOM CALLIS
Hawaii Tribune-Herald The University of Hawaii Board of Regents listened to more than four hours of testimony Sunday from speakers opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope, with many Native Hawaiians expressing their spiritual and cultural connection to Mauna Kea where the $1.4 billion observatory is planned to be built. The meeting at UH-Hilo was a continuation of a public comment session April 16 that ended after 61 p
Mauna Kea and the awakening of the lahui
Hawaii Independent - SEE ORIGINAL POST HERE Multiple generations of campaigners are rallying around Mauna Kea as a symbol for the larger issues of self-determination and Aloha ʻĀina in what is becoming one of, if not the, largest mobilizations of Hawaiian activism in decades. “We have vowed to protect the remnants of our culture, no matter what cost; and the culture cannot exist without the land.” — George Jarrett Helm “We are in a time of enlightenment for our people! We hav
Cyberattack Hits TMT and State Government Websites
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Hawaii state government’s official website went down Sunday, along with the main site for the organization building the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea. Update: TMT spokeswoman Caroline Witherspoon confirmed that the organization’s website had received a denial of service attack but said that it was back up as of 3 p.m. She didn’t know how long the attack lasted. The state’s website was still down as of 4 p.m. Operation Green Right
Hawai‘i Law Professor Provides Clarity of Dispute on Mauna Kea to UH Board of Regents
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Testimony of Williamson B.C. Chang, Professor of Law, April 16, 2015 at a meeting of the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Honorable Board of Regents: I have had the honor and pleasure to serve as a Professor of Law at the University of Hawai’i for the last 39 years. I have served the University and the community well. I am also grateful for the opportunity to serve and work in the University. Let me start by sayin
Defenders of the Mountain
Pasadena Weekly: ‘Protectors’ stand their ground on Mauna Kea and in Pasadena to stop construction of Caltech and company’s Thirty Meter Telescope READ ORIGINAL STORY HERE In news accounts of April 2’s largely peaceful siege on Mauna Kea Mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii, many of the dozens of people who stood opposed to construction of Thirty Meter Telescope — a $1.4 billion international project spearheaded by Caltech — spoke of themselves as more than mere “protesters.”
Hawaiian protesters target US company behind controversial telescope
Radio Australia: SEE ORIGINAL POST HERE The protest over the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii has moved to the mainland United States, where demonstrators have targetted the company behind the $1.4 billion dollar project. Hawaiian protesters target US company behind controversial telescope (Credit: ABC) There's been a blockade of the site on Hawaii's Big Island for three weeks, but now a group of protestors have gathered on the Pasadena freeway in Los Angeles outside TMT's he
University of Hawaii regents to hear more Thirty Meter Telescope testimony in Hilo
Pacific Business News - SEE ORIGINAL STORY HERE The University of Hawaii Board of Regents has scheduled a second special meeting in Hilo this weekend to hear concerns and support from the community on the planned Thirty Meter Telescope project, as opposition to the internationally-backed $1.4 billion planned observatory for Mauna Kea holds construction at a standstill. UH spokesman Dan Meisenzahl said it is unclear what the regents’ legal capacity is to halt the project, sinc
