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Wednesday, July 27, 2022 |
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DoH Disapproves Red Hill Defueling Plan
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 1912 Views :: Environment, Military
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...This determination is consistent with the DOD’s own assessment that “it will not receive DOH approval of this defueling plan until it is able to provide this supplemental information.”....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022 |
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Russian Spies at Barber's Point for 28 years?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:17 PM :: 2621 Views :: Military
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... prosecutors introduced photos of the two spies wearing KGB uniforms ....
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 |
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Army Conducts Review of Facility Use by Political Entities
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 2272 Views :: Ethics, Military, Politicians
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... District 21 incumbent state Sen. Maile Shimabukuro, District 44 incumbent state Rep. Cedric Gates and District 44 challenger Darius Kila ....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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Kiribati 'cooking something with China' - former Kiribati president
By Selected News Articles @ 9:06 PM :: 2167 Views :: World News, Military
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... a deal directly with the Chinese about the Phoenix Islands ....
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Monday, July 11, 2022 |
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What the US Military Spends in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 AM :: 1849 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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... On a per capita basis, defense spending in Hawaii is equal to about $5,506 per person, the third most among states ....
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Friday, July 1, 2022 |
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Full Text: DoD Releases Revised Red Hill Report
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2276 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The Department of Defense (DoD) today released its plan to safely defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility by the end of calendar year 2024 ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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Ukraine Needs Robot Dogs to Clear Mines -- Will HPD Donate?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 AM :: 2180 Views :: Honolulu County, Military, Police
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... it has become increasingly common for deminers to use robots in the field to increase their productivity and mitigate the risk of blowing themselves up ....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
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Congress Moving $2.2B for Red Hill
By Ed Case @ 2:48 PM :: 2144 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... to Further Remediate, Defuel and Close Red Hill and Move the Fuel to More Strategic Locations Elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific ....
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Hawai‘i Youth Challenge Academy Graduates 83 Students
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 1635 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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... the program’s first graduating class in Hawai‘i to graduate with a 100% post-program employment rate, and official accreditation status ....
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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 :: 1949 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 :: 2151 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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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 |
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Team Hickam delivers first baby formula flight
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 1427 Views :: Military
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... 78,000 pounds of baby formula arrived in Indianapolis aboard a Hickam-based C-17 Globemaster III flying from Ramstein Air Base, Germany ....
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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 :: 1893 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 :: 1580 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 :: 2503 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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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 :: 2360 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 :: 2219 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 :: 2240 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 :: 2500 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 :: 2106 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 18, 2022 |
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DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in All Residential Areas
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 6495 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 :: 2808 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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Wednesday, March 16, 2022 |
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Hawaii National Guard Completes Two-Year COVID Mission
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 2001 Views :: Military, COVID-19
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... The HING JTF has been on orders assisting the state since April 6, 2020 ....
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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 :: 2292 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 :: 2466 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 :: 2260 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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Tuesday, March 1, 2022 |
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DoH: Navy Already in Violation of Emergency Order
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 2062 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 :: 2110 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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Saturday, February 26, 2022 |
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Jones Act a threat to Hawaii security?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:57 PM :: 2592 Views :: Jones Act, Military, Cost of Living
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... for years, Hawaii has been getting about one-third of its crude oil from Russia ....
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Friday, February 18, 2022 |
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Red Hill: Senate Approves $350M
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 2460 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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Sunday, February 13, 2022 |
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HB2026: Ease Interstate EMT hiring
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:59 AM :: 2502 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... SB2026 would enter Hawaii into the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact....
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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 :: 3054 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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Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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Three Navatek Execs Indicted for Unlawful Campaign Contributions
By News Release @ 5:34 AM :: 2929 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... According to the indictment, Martin Kao, 48, Clifford Chen, 48, and Lawrence “Kahele” Lum Kee, 52, all of Honolulu, were employed by a defense contractor prohibited from making contributions in federal elections ....
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Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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SB2239 Senate Committee Passes Bill to Limit State Participation in Federal Programs to Militarize Police
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 2346 Views :: Military, Police
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... a bill that would ban state and local law enforcement agencies from acquiring certain military equipment from federal programs ....
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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 :: 3251 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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Friday, February 4, 2022 |
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Boosting Long-Term Engagement In the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act Passes U.S. House
By Ed Case @ 2:58 PM :: 4867 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Provisions included in the COMPETES Act, a major measure to strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness, domestic capacity and supply chains ....
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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 :: 4146 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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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
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Honolulu Council Copies OHA Playbook--Threatens Military Leases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:03 AM :: 4977 Views :: Honolulu County, Greenmail, Military, OHA
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... this is the same political model being used by OHA to extract rent money from astronomy on Mauna Kea ....
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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 :: 3643 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 :: 4721 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 :: 4386 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 :: 3224 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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Friday, January 21, 2022 |
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Ing Tells Russia US Military Not Wanted in Hawaii
By Audio @ 6:00 PM :: 4066 Views :: Military, Politicians
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... Somebody needs to tell ex-Rep Kaniela Ing the left doesn't like Russia anymore ....
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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 :: 3171 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 :: 1965 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 :: 3954 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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House subcommittee to take up Navy fuel cleanup in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:10 PM :: 2670 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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... This hearing will conduct oversight into the Navy’s maintenance of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the Navy’s investigation into and response to the November 2021 release of fuel from Red Hill facility ....
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022 |
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022 |
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Federal CDC to Survey Red Hill Health Impacts
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 2334 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... investigators from the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and ATSDR will survey civilians living in homes serviced by the joint base water distribution system ....
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