04-09-2015, 03:45 PM
[i]Snorkle said:
[i]Mauna Kea Conservation District Lands are watershed, historic, environmentally and culturally sensitive lands and therefore have [i]special protective status under Hawai‘i law. In fact, any activity that will have adverse impacts on the natural, historic and cultural resources of Mauna Kea are NOT permitted by law and BLNR is tasked with enforcing these laws. The University has already admitted that 45 years of astronomy development has resulted in "adverse, significant, and substantial impacts" to the natural and cultural resources of Mauna Kea.
AaronS said:
The Thirty Meter Telescope will truck all waste generated from this telescope off the mountain, so there won't be any impact to the aquifer underneath Mauna Kea.
It's nice that TMT claims it will responsibly get rid of its toxic waste.But as Snorkle's post points out, this adverse impact has been ongoing. This protest is just as much about dangers to the environment and aquifer, affecting all on the island, as it is about native Hawaiian issues
[i]Mauna Kea Conservation District Lands are watershed, historic, environmentally and culturally sensitive lands and therefore have [i]special protective status under Hawai‘i law. In fact, any activity that will have adverse impacts on the natural, historic and cultural resources of Mauna Kea are NOT permitted by law and BLNR is tasked with enforcing these laws. The University has already admitted that 45 years of astronomy development has resulted in "adverse, significant, and substantial impacts" to the natural and cultural resources of Mauna Kea.
AaronS said:
The Thirty Meter Telescope will truck all waste generated from this telescope off the mountain, so there won't be any impact to the aquifer underneath Mauna Kea.
It's nice that TMT claims it will responsibly get rid of its toxic waste.But as Snorkle's post points out, this adverse impact has been ongoing. This protest is just as much about dangers to the environment and aquifer, affecting all on the island, as it is about native Hawaiian issues