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The board of governors for the Thirty-Meter Telescope has chosen an alternate site for construction that could allow it to cut its losses in Mauna Kea:
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) could move to La Palma, in Spain's Canary Islands, if opposition from Native Hawaiians prevents the next-generation observatory from being built atop the Hawaiian mountain of Mauna Kea as planned.
The decision, announced on 31 October by the TMT International Observatory's board of governors, creates an alternative path forward for the troubled mega-telescope. Its opponents blocked access to the Mauna Kea site in April 2015, halting construction, although work on the telescope's components continues at sites around the world. Native Hawaiians regard the decision to build the TMT on Mauna Kea as the continued desecration of a sacred mountaintop that hosts 13 other telescopes, some of which are being decommissioned.
In December, Hawaii's state supreme court nullified the permit that would have allowed the TMT to proceed. A fresh round of hearings began this month, with TMT officials seeking a new permit from the state's Bureau of Land and Natural Resources.
Previously:
Thirty Meter Telescope Considering Move as Hawaii Officials Open Hearing
Hawaiian Court Revokes Permit for Construction of Thirty-Meter-Telescope
Protests Temporarily Halt Thirty-Meter Telescope's Construction in Hawaii
(Score: 3, Interesting) by rts008 on Tuesday November 01 2016, @07:45PM
I take offense at your judgement of me and mine being insignificant.
Trying to compare the situation at Standing Rock with Hawaii is is mistaken. There are far more issues involved than 'sacred ground' at Standing Rock.
Things like treaty violations, water source/supply, and rogue corporations, just to name a few.
Being an atheist, I find the 'sacred ground' arguments silly, but there is a lot more going on than that.
Why? Should treaties and agreements be discarded/ignored?
Good luck with that when your reputation is as worthless as your word, as NO ONE will ever want to do business/deal with you.
Bah!! Enough of talking to an honourless chofak.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @08:28PM
Fish wasn't defending the reasoning of the government, he was doing a sarcastically deadpan description of it.
(Score: 2) by lgw on Tuesday November 01 2016, @09:17PM
Why? Should treaties and agreements be discarded/ignored?
Good luck with that when your reputation is as worthless as your word, as NO ONE will ever want to do business/deal with you.
Treaties are routinely ignored by the side with more guns. Way of the world. Modern times have changed this a bit for the better in that you can have a lot of guns or a large economy and hold the other side to treaties, but that's not a change to human nature. The "word" of a nation is without value to begin with.