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Public Hearing Mauna Kea telescope build up and expansion

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  • Jun 25, 2009 from 7:00am to 10:00am
  • Location: Farington High School Cafeteria
  • Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2021
(message from Kahea) no need rsvp just comeAloha ,This thursday is the last public hearing on the Moore Foundation's plan to build the world's largest telescope on the last pristine ridge left on the sacred summit of Mauna Kea. Please come to this hearing. Your voice is needed to help explain why uncontrolled telescope construction on the summit is absolutely unacceptable.Click Here to Take Action!You can make a difference just by clicking and demonstrating your support for sacred Mauna Kea!Make your voice heard!Hearing on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)This Thursday (June 25th)Farrington High School Cafeteria5:00-8:00 p.m.Click here if you need directionsDespite the rhetoric of "new management" on Mauna Kea, we see from their actions that the Moore Foundation and the University of Hawaii are offering nothing new. They are pushing this telescope forward, despite the lack of any plan to address decommissioning old telescopes, ensuring public access, and protecting natural and cultural resources, which were specifically required by the state Land Board before any telescope can built.Question: How can the TMT advocates claim to be following this "comprehensive management plan" when the most important parts of it haven't even been written yet?Answer: They don't care about decommissioning or public access or protecting our public trust resources. They are willing to destroy a unique environment and desecrate indigenous religious sites so that they can have one more "window" to look at the stars. Their actions prove they consider their science to be more important than protecting our environment and perpetuating our culture.Please attend the hearing and help them understand why they should care. If you can't attend the hearing, then submit your comments in opposition to the TMT by clicking here: Defend the Sacred Summit of Mauna Kea from the World's Largest Telescope(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2699/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1129)Mahalo nui,Us Guys at KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance1149 Bethel St., #415Honolulu, HI 96813www.kahea.orgblog.kahea.orgphone: 808-524-8220email: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com
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