Thirty Meter Telescope

Law enforcement arrested 38 mostly Native Hawaiian elders during a 2019 demonstration against the Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Maunakea. Of these, 30 had their cases dismissed.

The Conversation talked to Kealoha Pisciotta, spokesperson for the Mauna Kea Hui, about seeing Maunakea through the environmental justice lens. Pisciotta says she was happy to hear the EPA's stance on Maunakea.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is urging the National Science Foundation to consider alternative construction sites for the Thirty Meter Telescope in its upcoming review of the project.

The physical deconstruction of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Maunakea is set to begin by the end of the summer. Complete removal of the telescope and restoration of the land is expected within a year.

The National Science Foundation says it will conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world’s largest optical telescopes on sites selected in Hawaiʻi and Spain's Canary Islands.

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously approved a Conservation District Use Permit for the telescope’s decommissioning.

Plans to remove the first of five telescopes on Maunakea have been well received, according to those overseeing the decommissioning process. The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory is set to be torn down and the site restored as soon as next summer.

An independent review of the state of astronomy and astrophysics in the U.S. recommends federal funding of a giant telescope in Hawaiʻi. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey warns it could be “disastrous” for U.S. astronomy if the National Science Foundation does not invest in projects like the Thirty Meter Telescope.

Mental health clinicians in California and Hawaiʻi have voted to authorize a strike if negotiations on a contract fall through; mortality rates related to Alzheimer's disease are up 300% since 2000; lucky ticket holders to the premiere of the new documentary "Waterman" about Duke Kahanamoku will have access to a special exhibition

Mental health clinicians in California and Hawaiʻi have voted to authorize a strike if negotiations on a contract fall through; mortality rates related to Alzheimer's disease are up 300% since 2000; lucky ticket holders to the premiere of the new documentary "Waterman" about Duke Kahanamoku will have access to a special exhibition