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#PeaceInUkraine #FundPeopleNOTWar
By now you’ve heard what’s happening in O’ahu. The Navy’s fuel storage at Kapūkakī (Red Hill), is leaking, and contaminating the aquifer that provides water to thousands of people. But you might not know what you can do to help, so here’s a thread. 🧵
First, you can go support @oahuwaterprotectors, @SDRHMutualAid, @Kiai_Report, and @aina_momona. Follow the lead of these indigenous organizers fighting to protect the water. /2
And these amazing folks on the ground fighting the Navy’s poisoning of the water supply on O’ahu have put together key toolkits anyone can use to agitate and education and fight alongside them to #ShutDownRedHill /3
This is what Pu'uloa (Pearl Harbor) looks like after the @USNavy flushed millions of gallons of water through their fuel-contaminated water lines out into the sea in an effort to clear the pipes. #shutdownredhill
This is what the same water looked like in June of 2021, several months before the catastrophic leak from the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility in late-November that was the most likely cause of water contamination that poisoned thousands of people on O'ahu.
The US Military has described this as an "iterative" process that will likely continue until all their water tests come up "clean". They initially flushed UNTREATED water in direct defiance of Department of Health orders. Now it's presumably being treated.
Reminder that the events leading to the Red Hill fuel contamination crisis flows directly through the history of the @cochawaii Military Affairs Council’s stonewalling in the state legislature.#ShutDownRedHill #ShutDownChamberofCommerce
More on the history of the @cochawaii’s history of complicity in making the the Red Hill fuel contamination crisis all but inevitable here:
The @BWSHonolulu should cancel this @cochawaii-hosted “informational briefing”. The Chamber of Commerce should have nothing to do with informing people on the crisis, and they should have nothing to do with how we as a community proceed with respect to the Red Hill fuel facility.
HAPPENING NOW
HASC Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: “Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: The Current Crisis, the Response, and the Way Forward”
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HASC Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: “Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: The Current Crisis, the Response, and the Way Forward”
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From the get, it's immediately clear through Admiral Converse's testimony that their plan is to "remediate" the Red Hill facility in order to "bring it back online". They have zero intention to #ShutDownRedHill.
It's also becoming increasingly clear, as we suspected, that the recent report to beltway media that later trickled in to local media news outlets was a direct message to the House Armed Services Committee in the lead up to this Subcommittee Hearing washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
🚨BREAKING🚨 The U.S. Navy confirmed it will comply with the Department of Health order to turn in a plan within 30 days outlining how they plan to REMOVE the hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel still stored in the Red Hill facility!
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THIS ISN'T OVER - not by a long shot. The @USNavy will likely continue to drag their feet on defueling AND will try to "fix" the Red Hill Facility. As we know, the entire Red Hill fuel storage system is beyond repair. We will continue to demand they permanently #ShutDownRedHill
Mahalo to everyone around the world who contributed your voices and your mana to this growing movement to protect water. We still need you. The US Military and the ruling class will use this moment to try to lull us into complacency. For wai's sake, we can't allow that to happen.
The following is a message from Aedyn Rhys-King, kanaka maoli veteran and resident of Kapilina Beach Homes whose family was poisoned from bathing in and ingesting water contaminated by the Navy’s leaking Red Hill facility. #ShutDownRedHill
“Water is the driving force of all nature. Our water in Hawai‘i has been poisoned by the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill fuel tanks over and over again! My ‘ohana along with so many others have been poisoned by the Navy’s negligence. They are not helping us. They have lied to us.“
“They have left us to fend for ourselves. They have said our water is “safe and unaffected”. In the beginning, they told us our water was NOT on Navy water lines. Many of us trusted that and continued to use the water. We continued to be poisoned. We continued to get sick.”
BREAKING: The Military is flushing "treated" water from fuel-contaminated pipes straight into an open drain in Kapilina Beach Homes civilian housing. The length of the drain snakes through civilian housing completely unsupervised. Any child who can't read could play in it. 🧵
The drain is sending the "treated" water straight out into the Kapilina lagoon - that of course empties out directly into the sea. If the water is safe after being run through this system, why do these hastily-made signs warn to "AVOID CONTACT WITH WATER"?
This is absolutely egregious but we should expect nothing less from the US Navy. The Commission on Water Resource Management must rescind the Navy's water permit and demand the Navy #ShutDownRedHill, stop this toxic flushing, and pay to replace all the pipes they contaminated.
Yup. And there will be more on this later, but one of the Presidents of the @cochawaii was none other than Lorrin P. Thurston: son of the Lorrin A. Thurston, leader of the Annexation Club and architect of the Overthrow of the Sovereign Nation of Hawai‘i.
Lorrin P. Thurston was, like his father, a virulent racist who inherited daddy's newspaper (the influential anti-labor, anti-Asian Pacific Commercial Advertiser) along with his considerable wealth.
Despite all of his influence, honorary positions and titles, unearned wealth, and even after serving as Chairman on the Commission for Statehood, Lorrin P. Thurston mused that he never felt more powerful than when he was President of the Hawai‘i Chamber of Commerce.
One of the worst actors in the Red Hill crisis has been the Hawai‘i Chamber of Commerce (@cochawaii). Over the past 172 years they have played a pivotal role in building and safeguarding the unsustainable outpost of American Empire in the illegally occupied Nation of Hawai‘i.
The following is a brief recent history of how @cochawaii used their money and influence to funnel billions in federal dollars to the very Military, defense contractors, and corporate plunderers who polluted and paved over what was once a 100% sustainable Indigenous way of life.
Every year, the Hawai‘i Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Council hosts a “Partnership Conference” with Military officials to better inform how private interests can most effectively advocate for imperialist projects.
NEW // Under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, Native Hawaiians surprised @USNavy gates to protest against pollution of the island's water––with a pledge to escalate if Navy doesn't #ShutDownRedHill.
We were there:
We were there:
A heartfelt Thank You to all the kānaka maoli water & land protectors who took the time to share your stories with us––and we were especially honored & grateful for being allowed to join you at this powerful and moving action.
Be sure to follow these accounts to learn how to support the struggle to #ShutDownRedHill: @oahuWP @kaohewai @sierraclubhi @hawaiipandj
O‘ahu Water Protectors Statement Regarding DOH Contested Case
“The Hearing Officer’s recommendations echoes the dire warnings voiced by concerned community members for decades when it comes to the U.S. Military’s toxic practices in these islands.”
#ShutDownRedHill
“The Hearing Officer’s recommendations echoes the dire warnings voiced by concerned community members for decades when it comes to the U.S. Military’s toxic practices in these islands.”
#ShutDownRedHill
The Red Hill crisis presents “the greatest threat to a sustainable way of life on O‘ahu since the illegal overthrow of the sovereign nation of Hawai‘i.”
“We simply do not have time for the Navy’s games. We are not willing to sacrifice our water for war.”
“We simply do not have time for the Navy’s games. We are not willing to sacrifice our water for war.”
Looking forward, @oahuWP maintains that the struggle to protect the health of Hawai‘i’s lands, waters, and people must also be a struggle to demilitarize Hawai‘i.”
Huge news for Water Protectors: the Hawai‘i Department of Health’s state hearing officer ruled against the Navy and supports the Governor’s Emergency Order to Defuel the Decrepit, Leaking Red Hill Fuel Tanks!
Here are a few key takeaways on the hearing officer’s determinations:
- Navy’s contamination crisis is a “humanitarian and environmental disaster”.
- Navy’s contamination crisis is a “humanitarian and environmental disaster”.
- The fuel leaks and ensuing crisis “constitute an imminent peril to human health and safety” and to “the environment”.
- Red Hill Facility is a “ticking timebomb located 100 feet above the most important aquifer on Hawai‘i’s most populous island.”
- Red Hill Facility is a “ticking timebomb located 100 feet above the most important aquifer on Hawai‘i’s most populous island.”
On Dec. 10th, we staged a Die-In & Rise-Up action to show the world and our so-called leaders what will happen if we lose our precious water due to fuel contamination from @USNavy's decrepit, leaking tanks on Red Hill. @jamaicaosorio paid tribute to our Queen through song. (1/3)
We rose to @kamanabeamer's call of “Ola i ka Wai!”
We are rising like the waters, and will fight until our last breath to protect it. #ShutDownRedHill
“We will not die; our Queen want us to live! Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono!” (2/3)
We are rising like the waters, and will fight until our last breath to protect it. #ShutDownRedHill
“We will not die; our Queen want us to live! Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono!” (2/3)
To learn more about the history of the US Military's toxic presence in Hawai‘i and to find out more about how you can help Shut Down Red Hill, visit: oahuwaterprotectors.carrd.co
#OlaikaWai #WaterIsLife (3/3)
#OlaikaWai #WaterIsLife (3/3)
