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Video: Dancing & Rallying for Mauna Kea
Posted by Indian Country: None Given on April 17th, 2015
Indian Country: Thousands are rallying atop Mauna Kea to make sure the Thousand Meter Telescope is not built, but that’s not all it’s about.
“It is a rally call that has unified our people, the Hawaiian community,” says protester Hina Wong in the video, posted by KITV on YouTube on April 13. Wong goes on to say that this isn’t just about a telescope, “This is really about our political status, our rights as a Native people of this land.”
“So much strength gathered today, so much mana gathered… the power of...
Demonstrators against the Thirty Meter Telescope flood Hawai‘i Island BOR meeting
Posted by Kaleo: None Given on April 17th, 2015
Kaleo: Demonstrators against the Thirty Meter Telescope flood Hawai‘i Island BOR meeting Mathew Ursua, Photos Editor kaleo.org
Sixty-one people testified Thursday at a Board of Regents meeting on the UH Hilo campus, most opposing construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.
Testifiers said the demonstrations, which are happening on Mauna Kea and across the state, signify Hawaiians standing up for what they consider sacred.
“It is a part of us as we are a part of it,” Cyrus Johansen...
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Comments Off on Demonstrators against the Thirty Meter Telescope flood Hawai‘i Island BOR meetingHundreds pack Board of Regents meeting to address Mauna Kea
Posted by KHON: None Given on April 17th, 2015
KHON: With a time-out announced by the governor, the University of Hawaii Board of Regents heard from both opponents and supporters of the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope project.
Hundreds turned out Thursday for a special meeting at UH Hilo that lasted most of the day.
Opponents protesting the construction of the telescope atop Mauna Kea say the site is sacred to Native Hawaiians.
The turnout was massive with standing room only. The meeting began at 11:15 a.m. and wrapped up at around 3:15...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Hundreds pack Board of Regents meeting to address Mauna KeaIt’s Not Just About a Telescope
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 17th, 2015
Huffington Post: The movement to protect and preserve the summit of Mauna Kea, one of the most sacred sites in the Hawaiian Islands, has grown from a small group of local activists to a much larger and diverse coalition around the globe, complete with celebrities and pop stars who have brought wide media attention.
Their immediate goal is to stop construction of the giant Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, the world's largest optical telescope, atop the mountain. But as captured in the above news report from KITV,...
All but one oppose telescope at UH Regents meeting
Posted by Hawaii News: None Given on April 17th, 2015
Hawaii News: Hundreds of people packed a special University of Hawaii Board of Regents meeting at UH Hilo Thursday to sound off on plans to build one of the world's largest telescopes at Mauna Kea.
All but one of the 62 people who testified opposed building the Thirty Meter Telescope on conservation land at the Big Island volcano.
Only about half of the roughly 120 people who signed up were able to testify because after three and a half hours, the regents left to fly back to their home islands and some...
UK acorn crop ‘being hit by climate change’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 17th, 2015
Guardian: Climate change could be affecting the quality of acorn crops from the UK’s oak trees, the Woodland Trust has said.
Research using data recorded by members of the public for the trust’s Nature’s Calendar survey of the changing seasons has found that warmer years tend to lead to less synchronised flowering of oak trees, and as a result smaller crops.
Professor Tim Sparks, from Coventry University, analysed more than 160,000 pieces of data and found that the more first flowering dates varied,...
California Governor Brown hears business concerns about drought plan
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 17th, 2015
Reuters: California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday promised to consider the concerns of businesses affected by his order to cut urban water use by 25 percent as the prolonged drought in the most populous U.S. state drags into its fourth year.
Brown, a Democrat, met Thursday with representatives from businesses that would be affected by California's first mandatory cutbacks in urban water use, including swimming pool builders, cemetery operators, landscapers and water providers.
"We shouldn't be shutting...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on California Governor Brown hears business concerns about drought planWater, Capitalism and Catastrophism
Posted by CounterPunch: Louis Proyect on April 17th, 2015
CounterPunch: Two films concerned with water and environmental activism arrive in New York this week. “Groundswell Rising”, which premieres at the Maysles Theater in Harlem today, is about the struggle to safeguard lakes and rivers from fracking while “Revolution”, which opens at the Cinema Village next Wednesday, documents the impact of global warming on the oceans. Taking the holistic view, one can understand how some of the most basic conditions of life are threatened by a basic contradiction. Civilization,...
Fears Grow Indigenous People Path Massive Ethiopian Dam
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 17th, 2015
Inter Press Service: A United Nations mission is due to take place this month to assess the impact of Ethiopia's massive Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project on the Omo River which feeds Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, lying mostly in northwest Kenya with its northern tip extending into Ethiopia.
The report of the visit by a delegation from the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) from Ethiopia's state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) comes amid warnings...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Fears Grow Indigenous People Path Massive Ethiopian DamProtests Against Giant Telescope On Mauna Kea Escalate
Posted by Tech Times: Sumit Passary on April 17th, 2015
Tech Times: The Thirty Meter Telescope could bring jobs, education and scientific discoveries to the Big Island of Hawaii, but cultural activists say the construction would desecrate Mauna Kea Sacred Mountain.
Protesters are calling for international support against the construction of the world's largest telescope on the Big Island of Hawaii's Mauna Kea Sacred Mountain.
At 13,700 feet above sea level, Mauna Kea Mountain is the highest point in Hawaii and is spiritually revered by the native Hawaiian people....