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
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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
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