{"id":12632,"date":"2022-07-08T09:29:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/?p=12632"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:30:16","slug":"eao-jcmts-response-to-hawaii-house-bill-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/2022\/07\/eao-jcmts-response-to-hawaii-house-bill-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"EAO\/JCMT&#8217;s Response to Hawai&#8217;i House Bill 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The East Asian Observatory (EAO) operates the University of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Maunakea, a unique privilege that has contributed to scientific advancements that change our understanding of the universe around us. From collaborating with local experts on the first image of black hole Po\u0304wehi, to our broad and long-lasting bonds with our Hilo community, we continue to recognize the importance of mutuality in relationships as we navigate a future for astronomy in Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n<p>We acknowledge the work of the Hawai\u02bbi State Legislature, the Mauna Kea Working Group, and the many passionate community members to establish a new Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority through House Bill 2024, and embrace the spirit of mutual stewardship that is the foundation of this new model of governance. EAO shares the commitment by the University of Hawai\u02bbi and the other Maunakea Observatories to support the new Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority as it is established, and we look forward to working collaboratively with the authority into the future.<\/p>\n<p>For further information visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maunakeaobservatories.org\/hb2024\/\">maunakeaobservatories.org<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Image-JCMT-credit-Tom-Kerr-UKIRT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Image-JCMT-credit-Tom-Kerr-UKIRT-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Image-JCMT-credit-Tom-Kerr-UKIRT-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Image-JCMT-credit-Tom-Kerr-UKIRT-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Image-JCMT-credit-Tom-Kerr-UKIRT-250x150.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Image-JCMT-credit-Tom-Kerr-UKIRT-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Image-JCMT-credit-Tom-Kerr-UKIRT.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The East Asian Observatory (EAO) operates the University of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Maunakea, a unique privilege that has contributed to scientific advancements that change our understanding of the universe around us. From collaborating with local experts on the first image of black hole Po\u0304wehi, to our broad\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/2022\/07\/eao-jcmts-response-to-hawaii-house-bill-2024\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":11327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12634,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12632\/revisions\/12634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}