Why the Mauna Kea Protests Are So Challenging to the Mainstream Climate Movement

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The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, Keck I, Keck II, and Subaru Telescopes at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, pictured in 2012.
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, Keck I, Keck II and Subaru Telescopes at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, pictured in 2012. The Thirty Meter Telescope, if constructed, would be the biggest ever built on the mountain.
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Elias König,
Truthout
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Much has been written this summer about the protests at Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak, and sacred sites of…

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  2. “He [Mayor Kim] adds, in a forward to the document, “When respectfully integrated with a comprehensive understanding of Maunakea and Hawaiian culture, astronomy can be such a catalyst for positive and transformational changes in Hawaii.””

    Really? Good grief. Yet another cultural center and building homes is not going to protect the values and the mountain, and the environment. To me, it’s almost an offensive gloss over of the issue, and even patronizingly not ‘getting it’. The people don’t want this; end of.

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