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Three Young Protesters, Three Different Paths To Mauna Kea Kuʻu Kauanoe/Civil Beat

Three Young Protesters, Three Different Paths To Mauna Kea

They all felt stirrings of Hawaiian identity as youngsters, but these three protesters were shaped by pivotal experiences as young adults.

TMT Protest Movement Spurs Enrollment In Immersion Schools PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2016

TMT Protest Movement Spurs Enrollment In Immersion Schools

Several Hawaiian immersion schools are seeing a spike in interest this year from parents energized by opposition to construction of a telescope on Mauna Kea.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Seeking Long-Delayed Justice On Mauna Kea Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Seeking Long-Delayed Justice On Mauna Kea

The TMT protests are not about science or a telescope. It’s about the needs of Native Hawaiians being disregarded for 125 years.

Hawaii Or Spain? Telescope Experts Say It May Not Matter Courtesy TMT

Hawaii Or Spain? Telescope Experts Say It May Not Matter

Most of the same science planned for Hawaii would still get done in Spain — it would just take longer.

UH Regents Delay Vote On Mauna Kea Rules To November Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

UH Regents Delay Vote On Mauna Kea Rules To November

The administrative rules would govern activities on Mauna Kea.

Mauna Kea Protest Has Cost Hawaii County Police $3 Million In OT Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Mauna Kea Protest Has Cost Hawaii County Police $3 Million In OT

The county released new figures on Tuesday detailing the cost of policing the protestors.

This Is What Scientists Would Be Missing If The TMT Doesn’t Go On Mauna Kea NASA/JPL-Caltech

This Is What Scientists Would Be Missing If The TMT Doesn’t Go On Mauna Kea

Scientists are already jockeying for time slots for ambitious research projects on the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope and another giant telescope being constructed in Chile.

Danny De Gracia: Has Gov. Ige Completely Lost Control? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Danny De Gracia: Has Gov. Ige Completely Lost Control?

His handling of the TMT standoff exhibits paralysis and policy schizophrenia. Instead of confidence, we see chaos.

Neal Milner: How State Leaders Hung TMT Supporters Out To Dry Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Neal Milner: How State Leaders Hung TMT Supporters Out To Dry

Their botched handling of the Mauna Kea telescope project ought to make us all cynical about Hawaii’s ability to manage any big, new projects.

Mauna Kea Telescopes Are Getting Back To Work But It May Take Weeks Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Mauna Kea Telescopes Are Getting Back To Work But It May Take Weeks

Getting all the complex telescope instruments ready to work again could still take several weeks.