"#Hawaii’s supreme court on Thursday will hear attempts by #FossilFuel companies to dismiss a #climate accountability lawsuit."
The “personal jurisdiction” excuse: defendants argue that they did not conduct enough business in Hawaii to be hauled into the state’s courts.
The “failure to state a claim” excuse: claims that the lawsuit should be dealt with by lawmakers, not state courts.
The first amendment excuse.
Tropical Tiki Torches. Created from a night photo I took during a Hawaiian Luau. What is more romantic than swaying palm trees and lighted tiki torches against the evening sky?
First #telescope removed from controversial astronomy hub on Hawaiian volcano… https://www.space.com/maunakea-hawaii-volcano-telescope-removal
As part of a deal to hopefully obtain a permit for construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, the University of Hawaii has agreed to decommission three observatories on the mountain. Now, the first of these, the University of #Hawaii Hilo's 36-inch Hōkū Keʻa Telescope (which was used for teaching) has been removed.
#Hawaii - #Kilauea began erupting about 12:30 AM HST south of the caldera and north of the Koa'e fault system and Hilina Pali Road, within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
📸 UGSG / View from Keck Observatories on Mauna Kea.
Current Volcano Alert Level: WARNING
Previous Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: RED
Previous Aviation Color Code: ORANGE
Kīlauea volcano is erupting. A new eruption began at approximately 12:30 a.m. HST on Monday, June 3, likely about a mile (1-2 km) south of Kīlauea caldera and north of the Koa'e fault system and Hilina Pali Road, within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
"More than 150 people turned out at the Kihei Community Center on Wednesday for a public scoping meeting about a proposed telescope project on the summit of #Haleakala. The testimony was overwhelmingly against the project."
Another telescope controversy is brewing, this time on #Maui
The U.S. Air Force wants to build seven more telescopes on the summit of #Haleakala to help better track the growing number of objects whizzing about in #space.
But the proposal, unveiled in public meetings on Maui for the first time last week, ran into a buzz saw of resistance similar to the ongoing opposition to the planned Thirty Meter Telescope on #Maunakea.
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Aphrodite's Phalaenopsis, Hawaii. This flower symbolizes love, happiness, and reunion. It is the national flower of Indonesia and is also known as the moth orchid.