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No, the state should not allow TMT on Mauna Kea

No, the state should not allow TMT on Mauna Kea

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Sep 09, 2016 11:55 PM |
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While Hawaii’s leaders see this gathering as an opportunity to showcase Hawaii’s conservation efforts, our accomplishments cannot hide the elephant in the room: the state-supported proposal for a massive Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) proposed for a designated conservation district near the summit of Mauna Kea.

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On the perils of compromise

On the perils of compromise

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at May 15, 2015 08:16 PM |
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Some have viewed the awesome response to calls to protect Mauna Kea and asked the apparently reasonable question of whether a compromise cannot be reached. Compromise, however, is how we got to this point in the first place.

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Mauna Kea Hui statement on the Mauna Kea arrests

Mauna Kea Hui statement on the Mauna Kea arrests

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Apr 10, 2015 12:25 AM |
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31 were arrested on April 2, 2015 after peacefully protesting against the Thirty-Meter Telescope. Kealoha Pisciotta on behalf of the Mauna Kea hui responds to the arrests.

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Scientific American's troubling article on Mauna Kea

Scientific American's troubling article on Mauna Kea

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Feb 28, 2015 11:10 PM |
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National coverage is good, but the article was not particularly critical of patronizing attitudes towards Native Hawaiians.

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A response to your “Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism”

A response to your “Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism”

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Nov 04, 2014 04:05 AM |
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A response to the October 21, 2014 New York Times article "Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism"

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Not the whole story about TMT

Not the whole story about TMT

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at May 10, 2013 09:20 PM |
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Petitioner Kealoha Pisciotta of Mauna Kea Anaina Hou responds to Chad Babayan's letter stating that putting the Thirty-Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea is part of a "sacred mission."

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Sierra Club comments to the NSF Portfolio Review Committee

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Mar 15, 2012 09:25 PM |
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A letter from the Moku Loa Group of the Sierra Club sent to the National Science Foundation to dissuade them from funding the Thirty Meter Telescope.

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