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W hatever your personal feelings about the TMT may be, the fallout from the way the project is bulldozing ahead should alarm you. The decisions attempting to greenlight the controversial telescope’s construction show very little foresight. The ripples that come in their wake will negatively impact the way we interact with the land and sea far into the future. Back in October the media shared a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruling that allows the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to grant the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) project a permit to build its 5-acre, 18-story project in the conservation district of Mauna Kea. But what the media glossed over was a key argument used to justify the approval, an argument that dissenting Justice Michael Wilson called into question, warning that it would have huge ramifications for protecting important environmental and cultural sites. Under heavy political pressure, the Supreme Court justices adopted the BLNR’s illogical and self-serving argument th

Say ‘A‘ole kealaiwikuamoo 2020-02-28T04:54:11-10:00 Say “no” to TMT, even if you support it W hatever your personal feelings about the TMT may be, the fallout from the way the project is bulldozing ahead should alarm you. The decisions attempting to greenlight the controversial telescope’s construction show very little foresight. The ripples that come in their wake will negatively impact the way we interact with the land and sea far into the future. Back in October the media shared a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruling that allows the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to grant th

Say ‘A‘ole - Kanaeokana

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