From Marti: The Navy has been on the hot seat lately for the damage it has caused in Hawaii nei. In central and western Oahu, the Environmental Protection Agency and the state got a commitment from the Navy to clean up any remaining contamination at two Superfund sites – one in Lualualei near the naval [...]
Posts Tagged ‘navy’
Holding the Navy Accountable on Two Fronts
Posted in conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, military toxics, ocean protection, tagged contamination, coral, damage, EPA, grounding, hawaii, Lualualei, navy, PCBs, reef, USS Port Royal on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dead Female Humpback found in Kekaha
Posted in ocean protection, tagged cetaceans, navy, ocean protection, sonar, whales on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Female humpback whale calf will be buried at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), perhaps appropriate–since PMRF is the place where much of the high intensity sonar activity in Hawaii is centered. The Navy 20 years ago placed sonar devices on the ocean floor off the west coast of Kauai to detect and track underwater [...]
Navy and WESPAC stand in way of Marine Monuments in the Pacific
Posted in ocean protection, tagged marine monuments, marine protection, navy, NWHI, WESPAC on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some random quotes about the opposition to marine monuments in the Pacific from “Islands Business International” a Fijian on-line newspaper. The obstacles it cites: first the Navy, then WESPAC. “Ironically, the most significant opposition to extending the monuments to the full EEZs of the 11 islands had nothing to do with fishing: it came from [...]
Bombs Away! RIMPAC’s Back
Posted in environmental justice, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged military, navy, NWHI, oceans, rimpac, sonar on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From Marti: RIMPAC officially started on Sunday, meaning you can expect beach closures, random explosions, mass strandings, and displays of excessive military force throughout the month of July in Hawaii. Remember, RIMPAC is the bi-annual demonstration of U.S.-occupation that brought us the “Hanalei Bay Incident” in 2004, when 150 melonhead whales attempted to strand themselves [...]
Federal Court Issues Injuctions, Requires Navy to Do More to Protect Hawaii’s Marine Mammals from Harmful Sonar
Posted in ocean protection, tagged kohala, military, navy, ocean, ocean protection, sonar, whales on March 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Hawai‘i federal district Judge David A. Ezra today found that the Navy is violating federal law and enjoined it from carrying out its Undersea Warfare Exercises in Hawai’i’s waters without adhering to additional mitigation measures to protect marine mammals. The Navy is also required to take a hard look at the impacts of its high-intensity, [...]
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