Video and article on the Hawai’i Undersea Military Munitions Assessment–the search to find legacy dumped munitions around Hawai’i, in the UH Malamalama: “…the first study of possible chemical weapons sites in Hawaiʻi and the most comprehensive study ever taken in U.S. waters…” http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2010/04/underwater-ordnance/
Posts Tagged ‘military toxics’
Hawaiʻi Undersea Military Munitions Assessment
Posted in activism, environmental justice, military toxics, tagged healthy hawaii, human health and justice, land and cultural rights, military, military toxics on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 activism, conservation, cultural rights, development, environmental justice, island sustainability, malama, militarization, military, military toxics, sustainability 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, [...]
Thar She Blows: DU on the move on the Big Island
Posted in activism, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged depleted uranium, military, military toxics on July 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Waiki`i Ranch Dust Samples Show No Depleted Uranium” is apparently receiving a skeptical response from local and international scientific experts, according to our friends at Malu `Aina on Hawai`i Island. The report posted a “statistically insignificant” amount of depleted uranium (DU) in the community of Waiki`i, 8 – 10 miles downwind of Pohakuloa Training Area [...]
Hawaii County Council Passes Reso on DU: Clean ‘em up first!
Posted in land and cultural rights, military toxics, tagged big island, depleted uranium, militarization, military toxics, pohakuloa 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 [...]
Hawaii County Council to Consider DU Cleanup Reso
Posted in activism, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, military toxics, tagged depleted uranium, military, military toxics on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The military finally admitted in 2006 that depleted uranium (DU) spotting rounds for the Davy Crockett nuclear weapon system have been used at Schofield Barracks, the Pohakuloa Training Area, and possibly Makua Valley between 1962 and 1968. The Army long denied ever using DU in Hawai‘i; reassuring residents in countless public hearings and environmental impact [...]
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