Q&A: The ongoing struggle to build a giant Hawaii telescope
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 03:00
in Mathematics & Economics
HONOLULU (AP) -- For months, protesters have held up construction of a $1.4 billion telescope atop a mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii. The state imposed emergency rules making it challenging for opponents to continue their actions, which they say are meant to prevent the desecration of land held sacred by many Native Hawaiians. Officials restricted nighttime access to Mauna Kea, threatened hefty fines against a company that provided portable toilets for protesters camping on the mou...