Astronomy in Hawaii under threat?

[TomK]

The latest news is that the representatives for the new Mauna Kea authority have been chosen by the governor and submitted to the Senate for confirmation. I am sure the pot will be stirred but that was inevitable - from the Washington Post link below:


"Two of the eight appointees — Lanakila Mangauil and Noe Noe Wong-Wilson — were leaders of 2019 protests that brought a halt to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, the latest observatory proposed for the mountain on Hawaii’s Big Island.".


You can see the news via several links, three of them here:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...story.html


https://bigislandnow.com/2022/09/12/who-...authority/


https://www.khon2.com/local-news/list-of...ewardship/


PS. Apologies for any formatting issues, I'm having a fight with the PW software editor.