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Astronomers to convene in Hawaii this summer amid TMT controversy
Posted by Pacific Business News: None Given on July 1st, 2015
Pacific Business News: As officials await a start date of the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope project on the Big island, thousands of astronomers from around the world are making plans to gather in Hawaii in what will be the largest International Astronomical Union triennial general assembly in history.
Hawaii was selected for the union's 28th assembly in 2009. The two-week meeting will be held Aug. 3-14, with events for astronomers, science journalists and the public.
Dr. Günther Hasinger, director of the University...
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Trustees weigh in telescope loses key supporter
Posted by Pacific Business News: None Given on May 1st, 2015
Pacific Business News: The Office of Hawaiian Affairs board of trustees voted Thursday to withdraw its resolution supporting the Thirty Meter Telescope project on the Big Island's Mauna Kea. The trustees, including Colette Machado, Peter Apo, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, Lei Ahu Isa, Haunani Apoliona, Rowena Akana. John Waihee IV,and Dan Ahuna, (in place of Chair Robert Lindsey,) voted 6-1 to rescind the agency's approval after hearing testimony from more than 60 people. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees originally...
Univ of Hawaii regents hear more Thirty Meter Telescope testimony in Hilo
Posted by Pacific Business News: None Given on April 23rd, 2015
Pacific Business News: The University of Hawaii Board of Regents has scheduled a second special meeting in Hilo this weekend to hear concerns and support from the community on the planned Thirty Meter Telescope project, as opposition to the internationally-backed $1.4 billion planned observatory for Mauna Kea holds construction at a standstill.
UH spokesman Dan Meisenzahl said it is unclear what the regents’ legal capacity is to halt the project, since the board gave its approval to the project in June 2010. The board...