The New York Times January 1, 2009 Error Seen in E.P.A. Report on Contaminant By FELICITY BARRINGER The Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow its own guidelines and made a basic error in evaluating how a toxic contaminant in rocket fuel harms human health, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general. The contaminant,… Read more »
Perchlorate: EPA’s Office of the Inspector General calls for cumulative risk assessment
Perchlorate is a toxic chemical that blocks the uptake of iodine by the thyroid gland, which leads to many types of metabolic disorders and problems with children whose mothers were exposed while pregnant. It is a chemical used in rockets and fertilizer. In the U.S. 90% of perchlorate contamination comes from the military and aerospace… Read more »
Army continues to bomb Pohakuloa despite Council moratorium
http://westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2008/12/31/local/local04.txt PTA live fire continues despite council DU results pending by Jim Quirk West Hawaii Today jquirk@westhawaiitoday.com Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:01 AM HST HILO — Testing on depleted uranium levels at Pohakuloa Training Area is completed, and although the results will be unavailable until spring, the U.S. Army continues live fire exercises at PTA…. Read more »
Kanaka Maoli Open letter to Obama
[Editor’s Note: When the newspapers failed to publish the original Kanaka Maoli Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama, the letter was revised and many more signers added to it. We’ll post the revised version of the letter when it is finalized. ]
Hawai’i groups speak out against Israel’s attacks on Gaza
Today, the National Day of Action to support the people of Palestine there were demonstrations around the world expressing outrage at Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Palestine. This afternoon at the Federal Building in Honolulu, more than a hundred people stretched out on Ala Moana Blvd to support the Palestinian peoples’ right to peace and self-determination… Read more »
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Management Plan Finalized – Military Exempted
The management plan for the Papahanaumokuakea (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) National Marine Monument has just been released. Although establishing the Monument designation was a major win for the movement, the processes and management structures for the Monument are turning out to be a problem that allows huge loopholes and creates obstructions for meaningful public involvement. One… Read more »
Kaua’i Stands Up to Defend Hawaiian Land
Photo: Katy Rose, Breaking the Spell Protest a ‘solidarity action’ with O‘ahu rally By Michael Levine – The Garden Island Published: Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:10 AM HST A group of 25 to 30 activists lined both sides of Kuhio Highway in Lihu‘e yesterday afternoon, waving Hawaiian flags and holding signs voicing their displeasure with… Read more »
Why 2009 Could Eat Barack Obama Alive
MotherJones.com / interview / 2008 Why 2009 Could Eat Barack Obama Alive Political filmmaker Eugene Jarecki to idealists: Don’t you dare go MIA during the Obama presidency. Matteen Mokalla December 17, 2008 Award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki’s political documentaries-on topics like Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes in Asia, or the American military industrial complex-are often depressing… Read more »
New Book: The Bases of Empire
The Bases of Empire The Global Struggle against US Military Posts Catherine Lutz (Editor) December 2008 Abstract This book examines US military bases across the globe including those in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. It documents the massive political, economic and environmental impacts that these outposts have and studies the movements and campaigns against them…. Read more »
Mission Creep
Mother Jones devoted an entire issue to the many facets of the Empire of US military bases. They created an interactive map that shows US troop numbers through several decades. The main problem with the map is that it fails to provide information about the many small islands that “host” major military bases. Mission Creep… Read more »
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