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What’s Next for Mauna Kea?
Posted by Civil Beat: None Given on June 2nd, 2015
Civil Beat: The landscape of the Thirty Meter Telescope debate shifted a bit last week as first Gov. David Ige and then University of Hawaii President David Lassner announced promised changes to the management of Mauna Kea. Telescope opponents remain unhappy with the developments and are vowing to do everything they can to stop the project.
Opinion Editor Todd Simmons and reporter Anita Hofschneider joined Pod Squad host Chad Blair for a discussion of what it all means moving ahead.
UH outlines stewardship plan for Mauna Kea
Posted by KHON: None Given on June 2nd, 2015
KHON: University of Hawaii officials apologized Monday for not meeting the community`s expectations on Mauna Kea.
In a press conference, UH President David Lassner and UH-Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney responded to the governor`s comments the previous week. That`s when the governor asked for a better stewardship plan.
UH said it is committed to making the Thirty Meter Telescope the last new observatory site developed on Mauna Kea. A plan to remove 25 percent - or three of the observatories - and...
University Hawaii to remove some telescopes from Mauna Kea
Posted by Radio Australia: None Given on June 2nd, 2015
Radio Australia: The University of Hawaii is being urged to decommission at least three of the 13 telescopes already on Mauna Kea by the time the Thirty Meter Telescope begins operations.
University of Hawaii to remove some telescopes from Mauna Kea (Credit: ABC)
The changes to stewardship arrangements on the mountain, which is held sacred by some native Hawaiians, were suggested by Governor David Ige in a speech last week.
However University of Hawaii spokesman, Daniel Meisenzahl, says many of these suggestions...
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Comments Off on University Hawaii to remove some telescopes from Mauna KeaUH Ready to Move Quickly on Ige Mauna Kea Proposals
Posted by Civil Beat: Jessica Terrell and Todd Simmons on June 2nd, 2015
Civil Beat: The University of Hawaii appeared ready on Monday to move quickly in implementing virtually all of the changes called for last week by Gov. David Ige in management of its activities on Mauna Kea, where Native Hawaiian protestors have sought for weeks to block further work on the Thirty Meter Telescope project. University leaders apologized in a statement released Monday morning for not fully meeting their obligations to the mountain or the expectations of the community. At an afternoon press briefing,...
UH Announces Mauna Kea Stewardship Plan
Posted by Big Island Now: Jamilia Epping on June 2nd, 2015
Big Island Now: A joint statement from University of Hawai’i President David Lassner and UH-Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney was released Monday addressing Governor David Ige’s May 26 announcement of a plan to enhance the stewardship of Mauna Kea.
“Governor David Ige’s statement on May 26 is consistent with what we have heard from the community. We accept that the university has not yet met all of our obligations to the mountain or the expectation of the community,” Lassner and Straney said in a written statement....
India minister blames climate change deadly heatwave, weak monsoon
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 2nd, 2015
Reuters: India's earth sciences minister has blamed climate change for a heatwave that has killed 2,500 people and for deficient monsoon rains, after the government said on Tuesday the country was headed for its first drought in six years.
"Let us not fool ourselves that there is no connection between the unusual number of deaths from the ongoing heat wave and the certainty of another failed monsoon," Harsh Vardhan said. "It's not just an unusually hot summer, it is climate change," he said.
The minister's...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on India minister blames climate change deadly heatwave, weak monsoonTed Cruz Continues ‘Coddle’ His Fossil Fuel Funders in Wake of Deadly Texas Floods
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on June 1st, 2015
EcoWatch: On paper at least, Texas Senator and declared 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz is an intelligent man. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University where he was a debate champion. He went onto Harvard Law School where he graduated magna cum laude and was primary editor of the Harvard Law Review.
But when Cruz talks about the climate, many people feel he sounds like the most ignorant and fact-challenged of his far-right followers.
Last week, as destructive floods swept his home state,...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Ted Cruz Continues ‘Coddle’ His Fossil Fuel Funders in Wake of Deadly Texas FloodsClimate change boosts rain in Africa’s Sahel region: study
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 1st, 2015
Reuters: Rising greenhouse gases have boosted rainfall in the Sahel region of Africa, easing droughts that killed 100,000 people in the 1970s and 1980s, in a rare positive effect of climate change, a study said on Monday. The report adds to debate about the causes of a greening of the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert from Senegal to Sudan. It said a continued rise in greenhouse gas emissions was likely to help more rainfall in the region in future. "Amounts of rainfall have recovered substantially,"...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Climate change boosts rain in Africa’s Sahel region: studyThe Population Bomb, Then and Now
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 1st, 2015
New York Times: I hope you’ll spare a few minutes to watch the latest Retro Report video — an examination of the “woe is me” scare put into us in a big way in 1968 by the specter of an exploding “population bomb.” The film centers on Paul R. Ehrlich, who went from studying butterfly populations to becoming a bestselling author and frequent Johnny Carson guest. Clyde Haberman has written a companion article for The Times that describes the main points in the video report. Here’s an excerpt: After the passage...
Stanley warns on climate risk to Aussie children
Posted by Business Spectator: John Conroy on June 1st, 2015
Business Spectator: Australian children are the ones who will be most likely to suffer from increased cases of disease and infection as a result of climate change, former Australian of the Year and leading paediatrician Professor Fiona Stanley has warned. A new report by Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), a national organisation of medical doctors which raises awareness about the link between health and the environment, finds changing weather conditions are expected to make some illnesses like gastroenteritis...