Thirty Meter Telescope funding review delayed
The National Science Foundation could take until the end of 2026 to complete an environmental review for a potential investment in the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope on Hawaii island. Read more
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State’s seizure of Mauna Kea Access Road is ruled illegal
The state Department of Transportation closed the highway during the massive demonstrations of summer 2019, and 38 elders were arrested while occupying the road. Read more
National Science Foundation to discuss possible funding for TMT
National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan said the agency has had discussions with “many interested parties,” including the White House, about its telescope investments. Read more
TMT reliant on funding, Hawaiian community, manager says
Fengchuan Liu says its clear that no future for the observatory exists without first building up bonds of trust and respect toward the local community. Read more
Mauna Kea is sacred to spiritual practitioners and treasured by astronomers
Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu, who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest point in Hawaii. Read more
Observatory telescope removed from Mauna Kea
The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been removed and packed for shipment to Chile. Read more
Board hears arguments over TMT permit
Defining the word “construction” took up a large part of a more than three-hour Tuesday hearing that could determine whether a permit to develop the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea is valid. Read more
Board hearing over TMT construction is postponed
A hearing over whether the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope has officially launched construction has been postponed and will not be heard Friday at the state Board of Land and Natural Resources. Read more
Off The News: TMT’s work permit under scrutiny
Project permits have a shelf life, usually, even for projects as momentous as the Thirty Meter Telescope. Figuring out whether the permit issued in 2017 by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources has timed out is the point of a hearing tentatively set for July 29. Read more
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Another Thirty Meter Telescope dispute gets a hearing
Is the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope really under construction? Read more
Nonviolent protesters are offered assistance with expunging records
The Lahui Foundation is scheduled to host a Kia‘i Expungement Clinic today at the Kahuku Community Center in an effort to help expunge the arrest records of nonviolent protesters. Read more
Letter: TMT could make great scientific discoveries
Nelson Ho described himself as someone who has raised public awareness of the shortcomings of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources for more than 40 years (“Is DLNR nominee first stumble for Green?,” Island Voices, Star-Advertiser, Jan. 4). Read more
TMT environmental review delayed by voluminous comments
The National Science Foundation is already behind in its effort to evaluate whether the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope project should be reinvigorated with $850,000 or more in public funds. Read more
Hawaii’s high court hears arguments tied to Mauna Kea
A legal challenge to the University of Hawaii’s administrative rules governing uses and activities on Mauna Kea took a detour to the Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday. Read more
Consider TMT changes to lessen impact on Native Hawaiians, EPA urges
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is urging the National Science Foundation to consider alternative construction sites for the Thirty Meter Telescope — and possibly a smaller version of the proposed observatory — in its upcoming environmental review of the controversial project. Read more
Comments are due on Thirty Meter Telescope environmental review
Monday is the last day to submit comments on the proposed scope of the National Science Foundation’s environmental review of the $2.65 million Thirty Meter Telescope project. Read more
State seeks end to strife over astronomy
For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to many Native Hawaiians that is also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. Read more
TMT pilloried at National Science Foundation meetings on the Big Island
Many of the same folks who blocked construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea in 2015 and 2019 dominated the four meetings about the cutting- edge proposal held this week on Hawaii island. Read more
Public meetings for TMT environmental review to begin
The first public meetings in a campaign that seeks to breathe new life into the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope begin this week on Hawaii island. Read more
Editorial: Time to speak up on future of TMT
For years now, the debate over the Thirty Meter Telescope has generated more heat than light. Read more
National Science Foundation launches environmental review of TMT
The National Science Foundation said Tuesday that it is launching a full environmental review of the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope project, a two-year process that could land hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the TMT. Read more
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