Blog

News, updates, finds, and stories from staff and community members at KAHEA.

News, updates, finds, stories, and tidbits from staff and community members at KAHEA. Got something to share? Email us at: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com.

Action Alert: Help Us to Oppose Office of Mauna Kea Management Proposed Rules

Action Alert: Help Us to Oppose Office of Mauna Kea Management Proposed Rules

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Sep 11, 2018 05:05 PM |
Filed under:

Mauna Kea needs our help. The University of Hawai‘i Office of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) has proposed rules restricting access and use of Mauna Kea summit lands and a vague permitting system for the access that it does allow.

Read More…

No, the state should not allow TMT on Mauna Kea

No, the state should not allow TMT on Mauna Kea

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Sep 09, 2016 08:55 PM |
Filed under:

While Hawaii’s leaders see this gathering as an opportunity to showcase Hawaii’s conservation efforts, our accomplishments cannot hide the elephant in the room: the state-supported proposal for a massive Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) proposed for a designated conservation district near the summit of Mauna Kea.

Read More…

Testify against proposed "emergency” rules for Mauna Kea on July 10

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Jul 07, 2015 10:50 PM |
Filed under:

ACTION ALERT: "Emergency” rules proposed for Mauna Kea could authorize DLNR to severely restrict public access to the mauna and impose severe penalties for violations.

Read More…

On the perils of compromise

On the perils of compromise

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at May 15, 2015 05:16 PM |
Filed under: ,

Some have viewed the awesome response to calls to protect Mauna Kea and asked the apparently reasonable question of whether a compromise cannot be reached. Compromise, however, is how we got to this point in the first place.

Read More…

Mauna Kea Hui statement on the Mauna Kea arrests

Mauna Kea Hui statement on the Mauna Kea arrests

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Apr 09, 2015 09:25 PM |
Filed under: ,

31 were arrested on April 2, 2015 after peacefully protesting against the Thirty-Meter Telescope. Kealoha Pisciotta on behalf of the Mauna Kea hui responds to the arrests.

Read More…

#saveDLNR

#saveDLNR

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Mar 01, 2015 04:41 PM |
Filed under:

KAHEA has been a vigilant watchdog of the state's Department of Land and Resources (DLNR). This time, we're calling on you to help this agency get a qualified leader. KAHEA and at least 22 other Hawai`i groups oppose the nomination of Carleton Ching as Director of DLNR.

Read More…

A response to your “Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism”

A response to your “Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism”

Posted by Lauren Muneoka at Nov 04, 2014 01:05 AM |
Filed under: ,

A response to the October 21, 2014 New York Times article "Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism"

Read More…

Document Actions
Donate

Empower grassroots efforts to protect Hawaiʻi with your donation today.

$
E-mail Sign-up
Follow Us