From Marti: News coverage of the court hearing on the University’s plans for Mauna Kea characterized our opposition to the plan as anti-development. It said: “(opponents) want to block new development on the mountain by stopping approval of the management plan.” As one of our kupuna pointed out, actually the motivation is all the University’s [...]
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Point Missed
Posted in conservation, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, telescopes, tagged CMP, conservation, hawaii island, mauna kea, maunakea, telescopes, TMT, University of Hawaii on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mauna Kea Court Case Update
Posted in conservation, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, telescopes, tagged CMP, conservation, court, mauna kea, maunakea, telescopes, TMT on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Marti: Yesterday morning, the Third Circuit Court heard oral arguments on the University of Hawaii’s motion to dismiss our appeal for a contested case hearing on the University’s new management plan for Mauna Kea. Though we are still waiting for the judge’s ruling, the hearing made one thing clear: supporters of this “CMP” also [...]
Insanity Reigns at Hawaii’s State Capitol
Posted in conservation, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, mauna kea, tagged conservation, deficit, editorial, funding, hui ku maoli ola, kahua ranch, ma'o, mauna kea, native ecosystem, Natural Area Reserve, telescopes on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Marti: The Hawaii Legislature is seriously considering a raid on our most important conservation funds in order to balance the state budget. This is insane given all that these few millions do to protect the quality of our drinking water, the health of our native ecosystems, and truly local jobs. But, the insanity goes [...]
Defend the Sacred Summit of Mauna Kea
Posted in activism, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, tagged cultural practice, management, mauna kea, sacred summit, telescopes, University of Hawaii on February 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Your help is needed right now. Lobbyists for the University of Hawaii, backed by powerful foreign telescope-developers, are pushing hard to take control of Mauna Kea’s public trust resources and override the conservation laws currently barring further development on our sacred summits. If successful, they will use this authority to write their own rules, approve [...]
education or desecration, your pick?
Posted in land and cultural rights, tagged impacts, mauna kea, telescopes on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“They’re forcing them to make a decision between education and desecration, and that’s not proper.” -Kealoha Pisciotta, Mauna Kea Anaina Hou Giant Telescope Eyes Site on Mauna Kea, front page of the Sunday Advertiser, as Senator Inouye proposes undefined “scholarships for Native Hawaiians” as mitigation for a proposed new two-acre observatory facility on the last [...]
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