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The Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority is in the final stage of gathering public input for the Comprehensive Management Plan.

The community survey will close tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 27.

If you have not yet completed the survey, or would like to provide additional input beyond what was shared at a workshop, we strongly encourage you to do so before the deadline. This is the final opportunity in this phase of engagement to ensure your perspectives are reflected in the plan.

The decisions made through this process will help shape the future stewardship of Mauna Kea. Broad participation is essential.

SURVEY: https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/.../self.../205d/260103...#?

Or go to: http://kuaowakea.org
Workshop recordings, educational resources, and updates remain available at kuaowakea.org.

We urge you to participate and to share this survey with others who care about Mauna Kea.

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“THEYʻRE TRYING AGAIN TO GET THE TMT BUILT”

Will This Nightmare Never End?

Backers Of The Thirty Meter Telescope Are At It Again.

They Think They Have A Way To Get The Telescope Built On Mauna Kea This Time.

Watch This To See What It Is & How You Can Help.

 

SPAIN OFFERS 400 MILLION EUROS TO BRING THE TMT TO THE CANARY ISLANDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government of Spain, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities July 23, 2025 

The Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, has announced that the Government of Spain is willing to offer up to 400 million euros, through the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI), to attract the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) to the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands. 

The minister announced this during the meeting of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), which she chaired today in La Palma, where she reported that this afternoon she has sent a formal proposal to the Foundation that manages the TMT for Spain to host what will be the largest and most advanced telescope in the northern hemisphere. 

"Spain wants and can be the headquarters of the future of astronomy and astrophysics. We have the capacity and the political will to do so," he stressed. 

Morant stated that "in view of the risks of paralysis of this great international scientific project, the Government of Spain has decided to act with a redoubled commitment to science and large scientific infrastructures for the benefit of global knowledge" and added that "while some countries are cutting investments in science and even denying it, Spain is a refuge for science, it is the home of scientists who seek to advance and develop their projects."

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GIVING HO`OKUPU TO MAUNA KEA

 

KHON2 - January 6, 2025

The Thirty Meter Telescope is back as a hot topic, after Hawaii County’s new mayor said he could now support the project if it’s done right.

 In videos posted to social media in recent days, Hawaii County Mayor Kimo Alameda expresses support for TMT, something that caught many on both sides of the issue by surprise as Alameda had previously opposed the project back when construction was set to begin in 2019.

“I had family on the front lines, and I was up there, too, as a protector,” Alameda told KHON2. “I’m still a protector, so I’m still trying to figure out, as the mayor, how can we and is there a place where we can find the common ground?”

As mayor, he gets a seat on the Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. He went to his first meeting in this role last month.

 “Nobody has mentioned the elephant in the room, which is TMT, and that’s the first thing I noticed,” he said. “I think there’s not really the best timing for what is to be brought up again, but might as well. My thinking is, if it’s the elephant in the room, then we might as well talk about it.”

“The mayor has a right to his own opinions but the issue of the TMT lease has not yet come before the authority, so there are no actions or decisions coming up at this time or in the near future,” said Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, another MKSOA board member, who was one of the kupuna kiai arrested at the Maunakea demonstrations years ago.

KHON2 reached out to TMT for comment and any updates from its side. As recently as last month, the National Science Foundation was still weighing what project to give $1.6 billion dollars to TMT, or a competing telescope known as GMT which would be located in Chile.

“This is the best mountain, best science, this would put the United States on the map,” Alameda said. “It could go somewhere else, Chile, but then the Chileans would benefit, and not the residents of Hawaii. So if there is a universal benefit, I want that to be for our people.”

If TMT is done here, it has to be done right, the mayor says.

“That’s what I’ve been terming all along as the ‘new TMT’ because there might be a new version. So what I want the public to know, and the people of Hawaii Island to know, is that this might be our opportunity to really come together as an island people.”

“I am uncertain what new version of TMT the mayor is referring to,” Wong-Wilson said.

Alameda mayor says he didn’t intend to jump start the conversation until what he calls a draft of a taped message got posted by others to social media. The mayor then posted a second on his own account after that.
“I was creating a video to share with the National Science Foundation to make sure that they’re aware that, hey, you know, we want continual funding, not just funding for the astronomy community, but funding for science and that there might be a win-win for everybody. And as the mayor of the county, I’m willing to put myself out there and start the discussion.”

SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE

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"IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT MAUNA KEA"

 

“Do Not Fund The Thirty Meter Telescope!”

Thatʻs The Message To Send The US National Science Foundation.

Itʻs Simple & Easy To Do, So Donʻt Wait.

Watch This To See How You Can Influence Their Decision.
 

MAUNA KEA UPDATE THIS THURSDAY

 

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"VICTORY ON MAUNA KEA - WHOʻS NEXT?"

The Victories Just Keep On Coming.

First It Was Converting Short Term Housing On Maui.

Then It Was Protecting Fire Victims Land From Speculators.

Watch This To See What Your Third Victory Is & Why Itʻs So Significant.

 

 VICTORY ON MAUNA KEA - 

Hawai`i Supreme Court Rules For Mauna Kea Kia`i - Says Mauna Kea Access Road Belongs To Hawaiians, Not The Fake State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Island Video News - May 31, 2024 

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has ruled in favor of plaintiffs and vacated a circuit court decision on the jurisdiction of the Mauna Kea Access Road, a controversy that was central to the Thirty Meter Telescope standoff in the summer of 2019.

The plaintiffs – Native Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Hawaiian home lands trust, Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele, Edward Halealoha Ayau, and Keliʻi Ione, Jr – alleged the State of Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiian Homes Commission breached their trust duties by allowing the State to use the Mauna Kea Access Road without payment since the 1970’s, and that the attempt by the State Department of Transportation (DOT) to make the road a state highway in 2018, via internal memo, was illegal.

Opponents of the planned Thirty Meter Telescope occupied the base of the Mauna Kea Access Road (MKAR) in July 2019, blocking construction crews’ access to the mountain summit. Thirty-four individuals were arrested on the third day of the standoff, including plaintiffs Kanahele and Ioane.

Opponents of the TMT project disputed the State’s assertion that the portion of the road was a state highway….

On February 13, 2020, Plaintiffs filed suit in circuit court. Two years later, the court sided with the defendants, ruling Act 14 of 1995 “fully and finally resolved” claims which arose between August 21, 1959 and July 1, 1988, involving the “uncompensated use of Hawaiian homelands for state roads claims and highways.” The plaintiffs appealed the decision.

On Thursday, in its 47-page opinion written by Justice Sabrina McKenna, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court held:

    Act 14 of 1995 does not preclude Plaintiffs’ claims;
    the portion of the MKAR going through DHHL lands is not a state highway because legal requirements for such a designation were not satisfied; and
    the State blatantly disregarded unambiguous requirements of the “Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920” (“HHCA”), and in doing so, breached its constitutional and fiduciary obligation to faithfully carry out the HHCA. Haw. Const. art. XII, § 2; Ahuna v. Dep’t of Hawaiian Home Lands, 64 Haw. 327, 338, 640 P.2d 1161, 1168 (1982).

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court wrote that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands “failed to prevent the DOT from illegally assuming control and jurisdiction over the MKAR in 2018,” and added:

    It is troubling that the DOT unilaterally designated the MKAR as a state highway via an internal memo. Instead of following the procedures for a land exchange or sale as described in HHCA sections 204(a)(3) and 205 and 43 C.F.R. part 47, the State – particularly the HHC members and DHHL – blatantly breached their fiduciary duties by allowing the illegal taking and then failing to remedy the designation that violated the HHCA. Hence, the MKAR was not properly designated a state highway.

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court vacated the circuit court’s March 16, 2022 final judgment and remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings consistent with its opinion.

The Thirty Meter Telescope project has been stalled ever since the 2019 standoff on the Mauna Kea Access Road, and no further progress towards construction has been made.

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"ITʻS DO OR DIE TIME FOR THE TMT"

 

Two Telescopes Need Funding To Be Built, But Thereʻs Only Enough For One.

The Telescope That Loses Will Never Be Built.

Hereʻs Your Chance To Help Kill The Thirty Meter Telescope Once & For All.

Watch This To See How You Can Help Say Aloha To The TMT By Doing This One Simple Thing.
 

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"WHAT BIG MISTAKE DID THE TMT JUST MAKE?"

 

What In The Heavens Were They Thinking?

They Went From Making Friends To Making Enemies.

It Doesnʻt Take A Telescope To See This Was Dumb.

Watch This & See Why The Sky Is Now Falling For The TMT.
 

YOU GOTTA WONDER ABOUT THIS RIDICULOUS BLUNDER

$1.6 BILLION IN FUNDING AWARDED TO THIRTY METER TELESCOPE - OR NOT?

Science.org - February 28, 2024

U.S. astronomers will have to make do with one giant ground-based telescope rather than the desired two, the National Science Board (NSB) announced yesterday.

Meeting last week, the panel of scientists that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF) capped the budget of the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP) at $1.6 billion, enough for a substantial share in one 30-meter class telescope. But US-ELTP represents the interests of two such projects—the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Chile and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) in Hawaii—which are building components but not fully funded. The board has given NSF until May to come up with a process to choose the lucky winner....

So in 2018 the two projects joined forces as US-ELTP and made a joint offer to NSF: a share in both telescopes that would give U.S. astronomers two complementary giant instruments covering both hemispheres, something that Europe’s Extremely Large Telescope, rapidly taking shape in Chile, could not do.

NSF carried out preliminary design reviews on both projects, which the agency approved in early 2023, but the estimated costs continued to balloon. Each telescope now has a price tag approaching $3 billion, which would make just one of them the costliest project NSF had ever undertaken. In an editorial in Science in November 2023, Turner argued that insisting that NSF fund two telescopes put both projects at risk.

At its meeting on 22 February, NSB acknowledged the ambition and vision of the US-ELTP proposal but noted it would take up 80% of NSF’s funding for major projects. As NSB could not condone starving other fields, it set the $1.6 billion cap and tasked NSF with setting out a plan for choosing a telescope and its subsequent timeline by the board’s next meeting in May.