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Saturday, May 28, 2022 |
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Navy Contractor: Piping Repairs Key to any Red Hill Solution
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 157 Views :: Environment, Development, Military
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... It just so happens that these repairs are also the repairs needs to continue using the facility. What a coincidence! ....
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Friday, May 27, 2022 |
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DoH Survey: 87% in Red Hill Impact Area Report Symptoms
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 199 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Military
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... Eighty-seven percent of over 2,000 survey participants reported at least one new or worsening health symptom following exposure to JP-5 jet fuel in the Navy water system. Thirty-seven percent sought medical care and 17 people reported being hospitalized overnight ....
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Friday, May 27, 2022 |
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Fishing Industry Adopts Shark-Protection Strategy Before Enviros Can Impose One
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 197 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... the latest example in a long history of bottom-up federal fishery management through the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council ....
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 |
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Lawsuit Seeks Habitat Protection for 49 Endangered Hawaiian Species
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 241 Views :: Environment
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... The Service protected all 49 species as endangered on September 30, 2016, but failed to designate critical habitat as required ....
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Saturday, May 14, 2022 |
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Auditor: City Still Locked in to Expensive Recycling Contracts
By News Release @ 3:53 AM :: 672 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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... Solid waste disposal costs can be reduced by diverting recyclable waste to the H-POWER waste to energy facility ....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022 |
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Red Hill: Navy waives right to contested case hearing
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 507 Views :: Environment, Military
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... “The Navy’s decision means that work to defuel and close the Red Hill facility can begin without further delay,” said Kathleen Ho, Deputy Director of Environmental Health ....
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Saturday, May 7, 2022 |
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DoH: Navy Must Present Red Hill Shutdown Plan by November
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 393 Views :: Environment, Military
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... The Navy must provide DOH with its independent contractor’s assessment on facility operations by May 15, a plan and implementation schedule to defuel by June 30, and a plan for closure of the facility by November 1 ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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Red Hill fuel cleanup could require more tax dollars than allocated
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 738 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Military
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... More than $1 billion is being poured into the defueling and cleanup efforts connected to the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii, but one lawmaker said more money is needed ....
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Friday, April 29, 2022 |
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Beginning Sunday real estate transactions must disclose sea level risk
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 691 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... because 'everybody' believes in sea level rise this should be a good opportunity to get oceanfront Hawaii real estate at 10 cents on the dollar ....
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Thursday, April 28, 2022 |
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Feds move to protect deadliest shark
By Court House News @ 8:09 PM :: 716 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... One of the most famous incidents occurred after the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed during World War II ... hundreds of sailors were killed by sharks before rescue ....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022 |
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DLNR Launches Environmental Stewardship Dashboard
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 663 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... Where do stewardship projects overlap, and where are there gaps? ....
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Saturday, April 23, 2022 |
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City celebrates Earth Day by releasing 2022 Annual Sustainability Report
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 599 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... respecting the State religion by celebrating our efforts to get closer to the goddess Gaia ....
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Friday, April 22, 2022 |
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Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 108236 Views :: Environment, Religion
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There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....
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Friday, April 22, 2022 |
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Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 67426 Views :: Environment
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Ira Einhorn, Master of Ceremonies, Earth Day Rally on Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park, Phila, PA, Apr. 22, 1970.
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Thursday, April 21, 2022 |
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Video: 175 Junk Cars being Removed from DLNR Land on Maui
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 521 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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“...People have been abandoning vehicles in an area about ¼-mile off the pavement and it’s been happening for 6-7 years...."
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Thursday, April 21, 2022 |
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Water to be Restored to Five Molokai Streams
By News Release @ 2:02 PM :: 576 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture
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... For more than a century these streams were almost fully diverted and often dry ....
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Monday, April 18, 2022 |
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SB2070: $50M for ‘thinly veiled scam’?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:02 PM :: 1172 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Agriculture
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... When a couple of penny-stock touts, one of whom is listed in the Panama Papers, team up to sell timber futures and carbon credits what does the Legislature do? ....
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022 |
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Saturday, April 9, 2022 |
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Army invites public comments on draft EIS for Pōhakuloa Training Area
By News Release @ 7:34 PM :: 765 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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... Draft EIS 60-day public comment period April 8 through June 7, 2022 ....
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Friday, April 8, 2022 |
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New Monitoring Wells to be Installed at Red Hill
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 707 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... “These wells will add to our existing knowledge of the hydrogeology of the area and provide for long term monitoring of our water resources” ....
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022 |
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Red Hill Captain Relieved--Rear Admiral Takes Over
By News Release @ 5:32 AM :: 653 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... following a series of leadership and oversight failures at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....
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Friday, April 1, 2022 |
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Red Hill Closure Fake?
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 7:06 PM :: 861 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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"... Red Hill is not going to be shut down anytime soon or in the foreseeable future ...."
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Monday, March 28, 2022 |
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DoD to Spend $1B on Red Hill
By Selected News Articles @ 6:51 PM :: 613 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Case’s Appropriations Committee will review the request as part of the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget request ....
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Friday, March 25, 2022 |
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Lawsuit challenges rule banning swimming with spinner dolphins in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:05 PM :: 864 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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... The Pacific Legal Foundation said the ban was an unlawful move by a low-level federal bureaucrat who destroyed a business avenue central to the livelihoods of many in Hawaii ....
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Friday, March 18, 2022 |
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DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in All Residential Areas
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 2938 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The health advisory for all 19 zones and Manana Housing has been amended and water in these zones is safe to drink ....
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022 |
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McDermott: DoD Red Hill Closure Memo 'a vague non-binding promise'
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 11:15 PM :: 716 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Austin was forced to give Schatz something and Schatz secured a vague promise out into the future that is non-binding with no funds for closure. Conversely, the Omnibus spending Bill is quite detailed in what it funds, and funds for Decommissioning are missing ....
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Monday, March 14, 2022 |
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Let’s Not Die on Red Hill
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:13 PM :: 763 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... the government has reacted in a typical knee-jerk fashion ....
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022 |
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Senate Approves More Millions for Red Hill
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 706 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... $150 Million In New Federal Funding To Defuel, Permanently Close Red Hill, Clean Up Water ....
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Monday, March 7, 2022 |
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DoD to Permanently Close Red Hill
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 795 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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"...After close consultation with senior civilian and military leaders, I have decided to defuel and permanently close the Red Hill bulk fuel storage facility in Hawaii...."
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022 |
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Maui County Plastic Ban Now in Effect
By News Release @ 2:37 AM :: 904 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Small Business
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... The ban affects businesses that package food or beverages to order (take-out, deli counter, and drinks), as well as businesses that sell these items for use ....
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022 |
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DoH: Navy Already in Violation of Emergency Order
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 712 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The Emergency Order issued by DOH on December 6, 2021 specifies that the Navy must hire a qualified independent contractor, to be approved by DOH ....
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Monday, February 28, 2022 |
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Navy Secretary Visits Red Hill Again
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 668 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro traveled to Oahu Feb. 25-28 to meet with families and senior officials and to see first-hand the progress that has been made in restoring and protecting the island’s safe drinking water ....
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Friday, February 25, 2022 |
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HB2278: Fuel tax damage will far outweigh measly tax credit
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:59 AM :: 1172 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The gasoline tax in 2035 will be $33.16 a barrel ....
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022 |
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Dead Bats: Supreme Court Upholds BLNR Approval of Na Pua Makani Windfarm
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 845 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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... the Board authorized Na Pua Makani to kill up to 51 ‘ōpe‘ape‘a bats ....
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Friday, February 18, 2022 |
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Red Hill: Senate Approves $350M
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 879 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... $250 million in funding for the Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force to cover expenses incurred related to drinking water contamination and $100 million for the Department of Defense to comply with the State of Hawaii’s emergency order to defuel the Red Hill tanks ....
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Monday, February 14, 2022 |
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HB2278 Carbon Tax Fails to Change Environment
By Heartland Foundation @ 3:05 AM :: 756 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes
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... carbon-dioxide taxes are inherently regressive and disproportionally harm low-income families ....
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Saturday, February 12, 2022 |
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Kahele, Case Introduce Legislation To Permanently Shut Down Red Hill
By Ed Case @ 2:18 PM :: 1126 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Companion legislation is being introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz ....
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 |
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Grand Wailea Lucrative Target of Next Birdlights Suit
By Court House News @ 2:59 PM :: 1059 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... Grand Wailea Resort isn't the only place on Maui with night lighting ....
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Monday, February 7, 2022 |
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$500M Red Hill Funding on the Move in Congress
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 1045 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... a Senate bill includes $100M and a separate House bill includes $403M ....
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Monday, February 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii Carbon Tax Would be Major Burden for Families, Small Business
By Heartland Foundation @ 4:40 AM :: 1120 Views :: Energy, Environment, Taxes
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... Regressive Gasoline Tax Would Top Out At $33.16 Per Barrel In 2035 ....
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
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FACT: Our Congressional Leaders Are Unable or Unwilling to Close Red Hill
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 6:19 PM :: 1116 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Defueling is not a complete shutdown or decommissioning. It is simply a mechanism to fix safety deficiencies and buy time to keep the fuel tanks in Red Hill ....
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Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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DoD on Red Hill: We Will Appeal DoH 'Final Order'
By News Release @ 11:05 PM :: 982 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... we have a deadline of this Wednesday, February 2, 2022, to file an appeal of DOH's Final Order, and we are planning to file in both federal and state court by this deadline ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Ige Lacks Authority on Red Hill
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 7:24 PM :: 1152 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... The facility built in 1942 is "grandfathered" and exempt from any EPA rules or compliance. Second, it is Federal property on Federal land under Federal jurisdiction....
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 |
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Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester Tours Red Hill, Does Not Commit to Shut Down
By Video @ 3:09 AM :: 1066 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... said Chairman Tester. “We’ve got work to do, and I’m going to keep working with Senator Schatz to make sure the Department of Defense is getting Hawai‘i and the Navy the tools they need to move forward.” ....
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
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DoH: 'No Evidence Board of Water Supply drinking water impacted by Red Hill Spill'
By News Release @ 8:56 PM :: 1059 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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"... at this time, there is no evidence that Board of Water Supply drinking water has been impacted ...." -- Hawaii Department of Health
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Marketing: Hawaii Resorts Score 'Green Business Awards'
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 832 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... A total of 14 venues and events were recognized ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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Navy to Congress: Future of Hawaii Red Hill Fuel Facility Uncertain
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 PM :: 1026 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Converse said those reports “will allow [the Navy] to make a long-term decision” as to whether the facility, used by all the services in the Indo-Pacific, will remain in operation. He said the question comes down to evaluating other sites and finding “better methods of distribution.” ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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DOH/CDC health survey expanded to include all Navy water system users
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 791 Views :: Environment, Military
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... a survey to learn more about the experience of people who have been affected by the petroleum contamination ....
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Saturday, January 8, 2022 |
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Red Hill: BWS Smokes out Congress?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:16 PM :: 2361 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... BWS statements have become increasingly apocalyptic. Just don’t ask them to get specific ....
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Friday, January 7, 2022 |
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Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 982 Views :: Environment, Higher Education
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... Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonizing plastic pollution ....
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