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David Ige, Hawaii governor: Telescope can continue, changes needed
Posted by Associated Press: Jennifer Sinco Kelleher on May 27th, 2015
Associated Press: A project to build a giant telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea has the right to move forward, but Hawaii has failed the mountain in many ways, Gov. David Ige said Tuesday. Amid protests and arrests of opponents blocking construction workers from accessing the site, construction has been halted since last month on the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope. Ige said it’s up to the nonprofit telescope company to determine when construction will resume. “And we will support and enforce their right...
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Massive heat wave in India claims more than 800 lives
Posted by Mashable: None Given on May 27th, 2015
Mashable: India has been hit by a massive, widespread heatwave that has left nearly 800 people dead. Odisha and the coastal regions of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have experienced the brunt of the hot weather, with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).
The heatwave has also engulfed the north -- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi. The India Meteorology Department (MET) has forecast the heat to continue for at least the next 48 hours, with conditions...
Officials Hope Get First Look Ruptured Oil Pipe California
Posted by Inside Climate News: None Given on May 27th, 2015
Inside Climate News: Workers on Tuesday began digging up the soil around a pipe that ruptured and spilled up to 101,000 gallons of crude oil along the Santa Barbara County coast.
Plains All American Pipeline hopes to dig down to the pipe and take a look at the ruptured area by the end of Tuesday, company spokeswoman Meredith Matthews said. The step is crucial toward determining the cause of the break.
Plains officials said they would disclose more information on the dig and possibly the condition of the pipe at...
Scientists warn Everest glaciers at risk of disappearing
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 27th, 2015
Agence France-Presse: Glaciers in the Everest region could shrink at least 70 percent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, scientists warned on Wednesday.
Researchers in Nepal, the Netherlands and France studied weather patterns on the roof of the world and then created a model of conditions on Everest to determine the future impact of rising temperatures on its glaciers.
"The worst-case scenario shows a 99 percent loss in glacial mass... but even if we start to slow...
Gov David Ige says work can resume on Mauna Kea
Posted by Perfect Science: None Given on May 27th, 2015
Perfect Science: On Tuesday, Governor David Ige said a project to build a huge telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea can move forward, but Hawaii has failed the mountain in a lot of ways.
Due to the protests and arrests of opponents, who blocked the construction workers from accessing the site, construction was halted since previous month on the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope.
Ige added that it's the nonprofit telescope company that has to decide when the construction will resume. He mentioned that they...
Gov Ige plans to fix TMT controversy
Posted by KITV: None Given on May 27th, 2015
KITV: Governor David Ige says a project to build a giant telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea has the right to move forward, but that the state has failed the mountain.
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People who are against the TMT have been voicing their opinions since March and still believe they can stop it from being built despite Ige's permission...
Ige says work can resume on Mauna Kea; UH must decommission telescopes
Posted by Hawaii News Now: None Given on May 27th, 2015
Hawaii News Now: Governor David Ige is laying out his plan for the stewardship of Mauna Kea, as it relates to TMT construction and beyond.
Governor Ige said, “My review found that the TMT project took the appropriate steps and received the approvals needed to move forward. The project has the right to proceed with construction, and the state will support and enforce its right to do so. We also acknowledge the right to protest this activity. We will protect the right to peaceful protest and will act to ensure the...
Hawaii Gov Telescope Construction Continue Sacred Summit
Posted by BuzzFeed: None Given on May 27th, 2015
Buzzfeed: Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Tuesday announced that construction of a controversial giant telescope on the summit of the Big Island’s Mauna Kea has a right to proceed and that the state plans to support the project. Ige’s announcement follows an April 7 declaration to halt work on the Thirty Meter Telescope, which had become a point of contention, leading to the arrests of dozens of people protesting construction on a site Hawaiians consider sacred. The governor did not say when construction of the...
Hawaiian telescope fight prompts new rules for Mauna Kea
Posted by Nature: Alexandra Witze on May 27th, 2015
Nature: The controversial Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) should be built atop the sacred Hawaiian mountain of Mauna Kea as planned -- but one-quarter of the 13 telescopes already there need to be taken down by the time the TMT starts operating in the mid-2020s, Hawaii’s governor David Ige said on 26 May.
Ige’s long-awaited statement aims to break the impasse between the TMT project, which halted construction in early April after protests broke out, and Native Hawaiians, who see the telescope -- bigger than...
Gov: Hawaii failed Mauna Kea; telescope can continue
Posted by KITV: None Given on May 27th, 2015
KITV: Hawaii Gov. David Ige says a project to build a giant telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea has the right to move forward, but that the state has failed the mountain.
"My review found that the TMT project took the appropriate steps and received the approvals needed to move forward. The project has the right to proceed with construction, and the state will support and enforce its right to do so," said Gov. Ige. "We also acknowledge the right to protest this activity. We will protect the right...