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Is Haleakalā The Next Frontier For A Telescope Standoff?

Public opposition to the military's plan to build up to seven telescopes in a state conservation district atop Haleakalā has been mounting in recent weeks, after the release of a draft environmental impact statement late last month. Six academic and four space surveillance telescopes already ...

Alcoa pays Australian feds $36 million for ‘unlawful’ forest clearing

Pittsburgh-based Alcoa will pay the Australian government a settlement the company put at $36 million for "unlawfully" clearing tracts of endangered forest without approvals between 2019 and 2025. The metals giant began mining bauxite — the raw ingredient for aluminum — from beneath ...