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Mauna Kea: a Mountain in Disord
Posted by Hawaiian Public Radio: Molly Solomon on April 13th, 2015
Hawaiian Public Radio: While construction on the Thirty Meter Telescope remains stalled for now, protesters of the project continue to hold vigil on Mauna Kea. What happens next remains unclear.
On an overcast morning, caravans of dancers make their way 9,200 feet above sea level, to the site of the protester’s camp, across the street from Mauna Kea’s Visitor Information Center. Many of them are fresh off the stage from Merrie Monarch, the three-day hula competition in Hilo.
Vicky Holt Takamine, kumu hula for Pua...
Thousands on Oahu rally against Thirty Meter Telescope
Posted by Hawaii News Now: None Given on April 13th, 2015
Hawaii News Now: Thousands of people flooded Iolani Palace on Sunday to show their opposition of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea.
Hawaiian activist Walter Ritte says about 3,500 people showed up for the seven-hour long event.
"This is the time for Oahu to come and show their support, to become part of the voice that is going to protect Mauna Kea and that's going to build our nation again," Ritte said.
Dozens of local entertainers volunteered their time and talents to put on a free concert for...
Musician releases song ‘Rise Up’ in protest TMT
Posted by Hawaiian News Now: None Given on April 13th, 2015
Hawaiian News Now: The movement to prevent construction of a 30-meter telescope atop Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island has spanned the globe, even attracting the attention of celebrities who are speaking out against the project. Now, a new voice in the "We Are Mauna Kea" movement is going viral, this time, in song.
Local musician Ryan Hiraoka was inspired by the thousands of voices who have come together to stop TMT construction. He wrote and sings "Rise Up" with fellow local musician Keala Kawaauhau.
The lyrics are...
Anti-Telescope Activist recoup another showdown w/ police
Posted by Tribune: None Given on April 13th, 2015
Tribune: Hawaiian native protesters continue their vigilance on Mauna Kea, on the look out for construction crews coming in to construct the Thirty Meter Telescope.
On Friday, after dawn break, a woman performed a mele dance atop Mauna Kea more than 9,000 feet above sea level. Dozens of people witness in silence, and some were even moved to tears, while the mountain’s peak grew clearer as fog retreated.
The construction of a $1.4 billion, thirty meters high telescope is one of the world’s most innovative...
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Comments Off on Anti-Telescope Activist recoup another showdown w/ policeCanada: Feds request provincial input to devise national climate plan
Posted by Globe and Mail: Shawn McCARTHY and Adrian Morrow on April 12th, 2015
Globe and Mail: This week could mark a turning point in Canada's struggle to shed its international image as a climate-change laggard, but could also lay bare the fault lines running through the country's attempts to deal with what many would argue is the defining environmental struggle of the century.
While Ontario will join Quebec in implementing cap and trade, British Columbia has instead opted for a simpler carbon tax. Saskatchewan, meanwhile, is looking to new green technologies. Alberta, for its part, is...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Canada: Feds request provincial input to devise national climate planGeoengineering projects around the world – map
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 12th, 2015
Guardian: ETC Group has produced a world map of geoengineering that represents the first attempt to document the expanding scope of research and experimentation in the large-scale manipulation of Earth or climate systems.
Volunteers helping study climate change in Joshua Tree
Posted by Desert Sun: Ian James on April 12th, 2015
Desert Sun: Carrying notebooks and GPS devices, researchers walked through the desert of Joshua Tree National Park conducting a scientific survey, methodically scanning the ground for lizards.
Leading the group were ecologists from UC Riverside. But the rest of the researchers were "citizen scientists" – volunteers from Maine, Minnesota and Canada who signed up through the Earthwatch Institute to support a week of scientific research in the desert.
The volunteers have been providing critical support for...
Canada: Beneath the tar sands is even dirtier oil, industry is salivating
Posted by Grist: None Given on April 12th, 2015
Grist: The price of crude oil has slumped to its lowest point in six years, and that has sent some major oil companies scrambling to get out of expensive tar-sands projects in Alberta, Canada. Shell has pulled out of one of its largest lease applications, and Petrochina is attempting to get rid of its tar-sands assets. Environmentalists have watched the slowdown with great hope.
Yet at the same time, some of those very same companies are positioning themselves to tap into an even more dirty and expensive...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Canada: Beneath the tar sands is even dirtier oil, industry is salivatingWhen Climate Science Clashes With Real-World Policy
Posted by Climate Central: John Upton on April 12th, 2015
Climate Central: When a San Francisco panel began mulling rules about building public projects near changing shorelines, its self-described science translator, David Behar, figured he would just turn to the U.N.'s most recent climate assessment for guidance on future sea levels.
He couldn't.
Nor could Behar, leader of the city utility department's climate program, get what he needed from a 2012 National Research Council report dealing with West Coast sea level rise projections. A National Climate Assessment...
An oasis as drought turns lush California to desert
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 12th, 2015
Guardian: In Rancho Mirage, southern California, lush private gardens flourish in absurd contrast to the parched surrounding landscape. But green lawns like these are under threat, as the drought that has plagued the state since 2012 refuses to let up. In January last year, when rainfall figures for the preceding 12 months slumped to the lowest levels since records began in 1885, governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency. He is now enforcing residential water restrictions after another snowless winter....