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Got Input for the Army on its Environmental Investigations? Apply by August 14!

Posted in activism, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, military toxics, other, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From:  Andrea U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii is soliciting community interest in creating a Restoration Advisory Board as part of the Military Munitions Response Program for two sites near the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area.  The motivation for the Restoration Advisory Board is to enable community participation in environmental issues on previously used military training sites. Currently, [...]

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They’re not aiming for Palau…

Posted in island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged , on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From Miwa: From the NY Times, “Hawaiians Shrug off Missile Threat“: Now the Obama administration says North Korea could launch a ballistic missile in the state’s direction — possibly around the Fourth of July, according to the Japanese news media — prompting the United States military to strengthen defenses here… People took comfort in the [...]

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Hawaii County Council Passes Reso on DU: Clean ‘em up first!

Posted in land and cultural rights, military toxics, tagged , , , , on July 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Mahalo to friends/activists on the Big Island! Ho‘omaika‘i ia! And thanks to everyone who submitted testimony and responded to action alerts–the resolution on depleted uranium passed without bad amendments–you helped make it happen! From West Hawaii Today: The council approved a resolution from Puna Councilwoman Emily Naeole that requests the U.S. Army to halt B-2 [...]

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Say NY Times and Star Bulletin: Navy should comply with Environmental Laws

Posted in ocean protection, tagged , , , , , , on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

(graphic from abcnews.com) The Supreme Court has taken up the question of whether the Bush Administration can exempt the Navy from laws protecting marine mammals from sonar, and media is chiming in. Both the New York Times and Star Bulletin have come out recently in favor of upholding environmental law when it comes to Navy [...]

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conservation plan = more impacts? we don’t get it.

Posted in activism, ocean protection, tagged , , , , , , , on June 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »

A short video we put together on the new draft of a 15-year plan for the future of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.* We’ve read all 1,200 pages of it, and reviewed it with experts everywhere from Sierra Club to Environmental Defense. Our conclusion? We can do much, much better. Now, we’re seeking signatures on a [...]

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this gorilla is at least 800 pounds.

Posted in ocean protection, tagged , , , , on February 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Amid the newspaper headlines shouting “SUCCESS” over the missile interception of a faltering US spy satellite in the “middle of the Pacific,” we received the following email from Greenpeace guys. They echoed our concerns about the potential of toxics and debris in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: (from Martini Gotjé, former crew of the GP vessel [...]

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Navy Ordered to Establish Sonar-free Zones

Posted in ocean protection, tagged , , , on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Via Diana LeBetz on Kauai, excepts from a SF Chronicle article: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 (02-06) 19:27 PST San Francisco — For the second time this week, a federal court found today that a Navy anti-submarine training program threatened to subject whales and other sea creatures to harmful blasts of sonar and ordered protective measures [...]

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