Telescope Equipment Coming Down from Hawaiian Mountain
NBC News - Construction equipment and vehicles that have sat idle since protesters blocked crews from building a giant telescope are being removed from a mountain that's considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians. Protesters who oppose the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope have been calling for the machinery to be removed after the state Supreme Court earlier this month invalidated the project's permit to build on conservation land on the Big Island's Mauna Kea. The equipme
State Supreme Court rules TMT permit invalid; construction to remain on indefinite hold
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday issued its ruling on a lawsuit filed by Mauna Kea Hui alleging that the state had violated due process and failed to properly issue permits for the Thirty-Meter Telescope. The court said the Board of Land and Natural Resources "put the cart before the horse when it issued the permit before a contested case hearing was resolved and the hearing was held. Accordingly the permit cannot stand." The court ordered that
