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8 Jan

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.

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Oʻahu Water Protectors

@oahuWP

7 Jan

@cochawaii

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.

@cochawaii

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.

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Oʻahu Water Protectors

@oahuWP

29 Dec 21

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 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.”

@oahuWP

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.”

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Oʻahu Water Protectors

@oahuWP

28 Dec 21

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”.

- 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.”

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