Protesters Block Construction of Giant Hawaii Telescope

Associated Press: Hundreds of protesters on a Hawaii mountain road erupted in cheers Wednesday after construction crews turned around and retreated from the site for what would be one of the world's largest telescopes. The billion-dollar project has drawn intense opposition from Native Hawaiians who say the 18-story observatory on the Big Island's Mauna Kea would desecrate land they consider sacred. Work on the Thirty Meter Telescope has been stalled for months after a large group blocked access to the mountaintop......

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