Hawaiians demand justice after pollution of water source from navy facility
On December 10, the Hawaii Department of Health announced that the Navy found gasoline and diesel-range hydrocarbons in the Red Hill shaft. For eight decades, the Navy has stored upwards of 200 million gallons of fuel only about 100 feet above an underground aquifer
Hawaii governor issues ultimatum to Mauna Kea protesters
According to Hawaiian governor David Ige, protesters who have been blockading the construction of the TMT observatory have until December 26 to abandon the site
Hawaiian protestors stay firm at Mauna Kea
These protests are against the construction of a large astronomical observatory project that was proposed at the summit of Mauna Kea
Office of Hawaiian Affairs subpoenaed over support to TMT protesters
The subpoena came from the State Attorney’s Office on the same day that it took over the case against 28 protesters, arrested in July for blocking the construction of the Thirty Meters Telescope on Mauna Kea
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