Posted on: Saturday, July 25, 2009 Prototype mini-sub shelved Repairing fire damage would cost more than entire program’s budget By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer A one-of-a-kind SEAL mini-sub based at Pearl City Peninsula that has been plagued by years of development problems and cost overruns won’t be repaired after a November fire because the… Read more »
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End the Korean War! Vigil for peace
Light a Candle for PEACE In Remembrance of the Costs of the Korean War and for a Peaceful Future Monday July 27, 2009 at 7:15 PM Candlelight Walk and Vigil Fifty six years have passed since an armistice agreement was signed to bring a temporary end to the Korean War. A lack of a more… Read more »
NOAA monitors munitions dumped off Wai’anae
NOAA to track munitions in sea Monitors at weapons dumpsites will check environmental effects By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 22, 2009 Nine ocean current monitoring sensors will be placed off Pokai Bay at two World War II weapons dumpsites Friday as part of the Pentagon’s continuing assessment of the potential effects… Read more »
Swine flu strikes Navy group berthed at Pearl Harbor
Swine flu strikes Navy group berthed at Pearl Harbor By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 08:50 a.m. HST, Jul 21, 2009 At least 69 sailors and Marines assigned to Navy assault helicopter carrier now berthed at Pearl Harbor on its way home to San Diego have tested positive for H1N1 swine flu and have been confined… Read more »
Army trying to coopt Native Hawaiians
Yesterday, the last day of AFSC’s summer youth environmental justice training program Ka Makani Kaiaulu o Wai’anae, we took the ten youth out to Makua to learn about the struggle to rescue the valley and to give ho’okupu back to the ‘aina – ti leaf plants that they had nurtured at home during the course… Read more »
Illegal Wai’anae dump being investigated
Posted on: Saturday, July 18, 2009 Illegal dumping at Waianae landfill being investigated State investigating how illegal dump was allowed to operate secretly for years By Will Hoover Advertiser Wai’anae Coast Writer The state Departments of Health and Hawaiian Home Lands have begun investigating a large illegal landfill in a remote region of Wai’anae Valley… Read more »
Army “scales back” plans for Makua?
The Army proposed an extraordinary expansion, then scaled back to a more “reasonable” level of training, which is still more than before. In fact, they are way overdue to clean up and return the land. What’s a more reasonable level of theft, assault, desecration? Posted on: Friday, July 17, 2009 Army scales back plans for… Read more »
Army to resume assault on Makua
Updated at 12:04 p.m., Thursday, July 16, 2009 Army to resume Makua Valley exercises, but restrict weapons Advertiser Staff The Army said today it will resume live-fire exercises in Makua Valley but reduce the number of drills and restrict use of certain munitions. The Army said an environmental impact statement had suggested 50 company-sized combined… Read more »
Wai’anae Community Forum on Environmental Justice
Why is everyone dumping their ‘opala on Wai’anae? What is being done to address these problems? What can we do as a community? Please come to our Community Forum on Environmental Justice Friday July 17 Thursday, 2009 Wai’anae Library (85-625 Farrington Highway) 6 to 8 p.m. Ka Makani Kaiaulu o Wai’anae will be sharing and… Read more »
Illegal landfill yields clues
July 12, 2009 Illegal landfill yields clues Years-old dump in Wai’anae filled with hazardous waste By Will Hoover Advertiser Wai’anae Coast Writer The state Department of Health is trying unravel the mystery of who’s behind a large illegal landfill in a remote region in Wai’anae. For years, the site has been the end point of… Read more »
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