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Calif. Drought Adds To The Perils Of Endangered Chinook Salmon
Posted by National Public Radio: Richard Gonzales on November 18th, 2015
National Public Radio: For the second year, there's a diminishing count of juvenile salmon migrating downstream away from their spawning grounds in northern California. The drought isn't the only problem the salmon face.
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Hawaii Supreme Court temporarily strips authority of TMT land permit
Posted by Pacific Business: None Given on November 18th, 2015
Pacific Business: The Hawaii Supreme Court has partially granted a group’s request to stall construction of the $1.4 billion telescope on Mauna Kea.
Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, and other appellants in the group suing the state for awarding a permit to the TMT Observatory Corp., made an emergency motion Nov. 16 for a "stay upon appeal" to the higher court, which would remove the permit’s authority.
Granting the request “in part,” the Supreme Court has temporarily invalidated the TMT Observatory Corp.’s conservation...
Supreme Court grants motion for stay on TMT permit
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 18th, 2015
Associated Press: The Hawaii Supreme Court granted a motion on Tuesday for a stay on the permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea until Dec. 2 or until the court rules on the appeal of the permit. Opponents of the TMT had appealed the permit given to construct the telescope. Late Monday, a motion was made for a stay on the permit. Brenton Awa has live reports from Mauna Kea as the battle over TMT continues. The ruling comes as protesters are gathering on Mauna Kea in anticipation of blocking telescope...
Supreme Court suspends TMT construction on Mauna Kea after emergency motion
Posted by KHON: None Given on November 18th, 2015
KHON: The Hawaii Supreme Court has granted an emergency motion to halt construction on the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea. According to Tuesday’s ruling, “The Conservation District Use Permit HA-3568 is temporarily stayed until Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, or until further order of the Court.” TMT has until Nov. 24 to respond. We have yet to confirm whether Wednesday’s work will commence as planned. The work was supposed to be restricted to site preparation, and included repairing equipment already...
Protesters, law enforcement prepare for another showdown on Mauna Kea
Posted by Hawaii News Now: None Given on November 18th, 2015
Hawaii News Now: Protesters and law enforcement appear headed for another showdown on Mauna Kea. Hawaii News Now has learned that hundreds of officers from several state and county law enforcement agencies are expected to be on hand to ensure TMT crews have safe access to the construction site.
"I think we are expecting big numbers in force which is really going to be a test for us," said Mehana Kihoi of the Mauna Kea Ohana.
Protestors are preparing for a high number of arrests ... and recommended that people...
Four killed by wildfires in Western Australia as heatwave heads east
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 18th, 2015
Reuters: Four people have died in one of a series of wildfires sparked by lightening in Western Australia, police said on Wednesday, a deadly start to the country's summer bushfire season. Western Australia police said the deaths occurred in the North Cascade fire near Esperance, in the state's southwest, where some 300,000 hectares have been burned. The blaze is one of three major fires burning in the state since Sunday. "There was an inland trough that brought hot, dry and windy conditions, creating these...