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US navy to shut Red Hill Hawaiian activists celebrate closure announcement of Navy’s fuel facility

The US department of defense announced the permanent shut down the controversial Red Hill fuelling facility in Hawai’i after a recent leak contaminated the primary drinking water source for its most populous island

US to close Red Hill facility that poisoned Hawaii’s water supply and other stories

Today we look at a missile attack by Israeli on Syria, the Pentagon’s decision to shut down the Red Hill tank farm in Hawai’i, and more

US Navy’s toxic boot-print on Hawaii

Hawaiian activist Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua speaks to Vijay Prashad about how the US Navy has poisoned the largest water source on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

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

Petroleum in Hawaii’s water after another leak at US Navy tank farm and other stories

Today we look at a fuel leak from a US Navy tank farm into Hawai’i’s water, the war in Ethiopia as federal forces retake strategic towns, and more

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

Mauna Kea activists complete three months of blockade

Indigenous activists continue to occupy the main access road and have received massive support from within and outside Hawaii, despite aggressive responses by the government

Protests intensify over proposed telescope on Native Hawaiian sacred site

Native Hawaiians have been protesting the construction of the Thirty Meters Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea and have shut down all observatories on the mountain