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News, updates, finds, and stories from staff and community members at KAHEA.

News, updates, finds, stories, and tidbits from staff and community members at KAHEA. Got something to share? Email us at: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com.

Bulldozers Stopped! For Now.

Bulldozers Stopped! For Now.

Posted by Shelley at Apr 14, 2011 11:15 PM |

On February 25, 2011, the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) voted to “conditionally approve” the construction permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. This means no bulldozers, until the appeal (also known as a “contested case”) filed by the Mauna Kea hui is completed.

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We are going there to listen.

We are going there to listen.

Posted by miwa@kahea.org at Apr 06, 2011 03:45 PM |

Journalist Tiffany Hervey reflects on her journey to the summit of Mauna Kea for winter solstice ceremonies.

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It’s “Kill Bill” Time

It’s “Kill Bill” Time

Posted by marti@kahea.org at Apr 05, 2011 11:00 PM |

The 2011 Hawai`i Legislative Session is one short month from sine die (closing) and bills are racing to make their deadlines. A select few bad bills, if passed, would be particularly harmful to the effort of protecting Hawai`i’s natural and cultural public trust resources. Together, we can help kill these bad proposals.

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What is a Contested Case Hearing?

What is a Contested Case Hearing?

Posted by Shelley at Apr 05, 2011 07:37 AM |

Due to our recent request for a contested case hearing in the decision to allow the Thirty-Meter Telescope to be developed on Mauna Kea, we’ve been having people ask us, “What the heck is a contested case anyway?” Here, Marti answers just that!

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A worrisome list?

Posted by miwa@kahea.org at Mar 31, 2011 07:55 PM |

In the wake of tragic and fatal helicopter crash and fuel spill in Kaneohe Bay on Tuesday night, the Star-Advertiser put out a list of other island military crashes in today's paper.

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How is fishing like aquaculture?  Trick question.  It’s not.

How is fishing like aquaculture? Trick question. It’s not.

Posted by marti@kahea.org at Mar 26, 2011 03:00 AM |
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Does an industrial fish farm count as fishing? Apparently, NOAA says “yes.” To permit an experimental open ocean fish farm operation, NOAA is looking to grant a corporation (Kona Blue Water Farms on Hawai`i Island) a fishing permit and call its fish farm cages “a new, unlisted gear type.”

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Legalize Pa'i 'Ai

Legalize Pa'i 'Ai

Posted by miwa@kahea.org at Mar 22, 2011 06:30 PM |

Today, a new generation of cultural practitioners, farmers and entrepreneurs are working to change laws forbidding the sale of pai ‘ai--laws which say this sacred food is "unsafe for public consumption." Read an update on these efforts from Aunty Penny Levin.

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