Posts Tagged: Mauna Kea
Army should stop high altitude training on Mauna Kea
The Honolulu Star Advertiser editorial calls on the Army to complete a full environmental impact statement for its High Altitude Mountainous Environment Training (HAMET) on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa: Training flights for Army helicopter crews scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan in January have been approved on Hawaii island. Nonetheless, in the wake of poorly… Read more »
…Yes, DLNR will let the Army violate Mauna Kea
Marti Townsend of KAHEA reported: Another disappointing day at the BLNR. After five hours of testimony (the majority in opposition), the Land Board voted to accept the finding of no significant impact in the final environmental assessment. The vote was: Pacheco: No Edlao: yes Alia: yes Goode: yes Agor: yes Gon: no Then after that… Read more »
Will DLNR approve Army helicopter training on Mauna Kea?
The staff of the State of Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources is recommending approval of an Army request for a permit to conduct high altitude helicopter training on the sacred mountain Mauna Kea. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: State Department of Land and Natural Resources staff is recommending approval of a month’s worth… Read more »
Stop the helicopter training on Mauna Kea
The Honolulu Star Advertiser article “Delay in copter-training permit will cost $8 million, Army says” talks about the environmental assessment for army High-Altitude Mountainous Environment Training. (HAMET) for helicopters. But why is it assumed that the army should naturally be allowed to encroach into ecologically and culturally sensitive areas on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa… Read more »
Helicopter training on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Army-Native Hawaiian convenant and more military housing
The Army wants to conduct helicopter training exercises on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. Jim Albertini of Malu ‘Aina issued the following call to oppose the Army’s High Altitude Mountainous Environment Training (HAMET) on the slopes of the sacred Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. The Army had conducted these helicopter training exercises in the past… Read more »
Colorado chopper crash cost $25.8 million
As helicopters roar overhead en route from Pohakuloa to Wheeler, I received this article about a helicopter crash in Colorado from Shannon Rudolph in Kona. The Army is proposing to do High Altitude Mountainous Environment Terrain Training (HAMET) helicopter training on the slopes of Mauna Kea, which is a bad idea all around. Mauna Kea… Read more »
Please don’t build your telescope on Mauna Kea, Mr. Moore
The following letter is from Kealoha Pisciotta to Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel Corporation and a major backer of the TMT project (Stadium-sized telescope planned for Mauna Kea). Please don’t build your telescope on Mauna Kea, Mr. Moore An Open Letter to Intel’s Gordon Moore Aloha Mr. Moore. I first wish to… Read more »
Protect Mauna Kea
Eyes of the He’e Courtesy TMT International Observatory Mauna Kea, the sacred mountain of Wakea and Poliahu is again threatened by plans to construct a giant telescope there. The so-called Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) would be the largest telescope in the world and a desecration to one of the most sacred temples in Hawai’i and… Read more »
Army clarifies its helicopter training operations for Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa
The Army must have been worried by the strong outcry against its proposed helicopter training on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. They issued the following press release to “clarify” its plans. Regardless of how the Army spins their intent, the public is clear that the HAMET is an expansion of military activity into a conservation… Read more »
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