PRESS RELEASE Cory Harden PO Box 10265, Hilo, Hawai’i 96721 808-968-8965 mh@interpac.net For immediate release February 24, 2010, Hilo, Hawai’i DEPLETED URANIUM HEARING DENIED Petitioners challenging an Army application for a license to possess depleted uranium (DU) expressed disappointment after the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ruled that the… Read more »
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Military hearing begins for soldier accused of killing contractor in Iraq
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100217/NEWS08/2170339/Soldier+s++mind+wasn+t+right+ Posted on: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Soldier’s ‘mind wasn’t right’ Military hearing begins for specialist accused of killing American in Iraq By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD — The attorney for a Schofield Barracks soldier accused of fatally shooting a civilian contractor in Iraq said yesterday that an Army mental fitness… Read more »
Kaua’i: Burial council rejects treatment plan for Haena home built over iwi
The Kaua’i Burial council rejected the state’s burial treatment plan for iwi kupuna (Native Hawaiian burials) on a lot in Naue, where wealthy California developer Joseph Brescia is building a multimillion dollar home. The burial treatment plan is supposed to be approved before permits are issued and construction can begin. But the Kaua’i county has… Read more »
Testimony heard on Army’s DU permit application
Four petitioners argued that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should force the Army to clean up depleted uranium (DU) contamination in Hawai’i, acccording to the Hawaii Tribune Herald. According the the article, the Army admitted it had “no way of knowing how many rounds of depleted uranium were fired at Pohakuloa Training Area and that… Read more »
Depleted Uranium: Residents accuse Army of covering up contamination
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2010/01/14/local/local02.txt Residents accuse Army of covering up contamination DEPLETED URANIUM: ‘The burden should be on the Army’ By NANCY COOK LAUER WES T HAWAII TODAY ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.com HILO — Four Hawaii residents charged the U.S. Army with trying to cover up its discovery of depleted uranium and then taking a cavalier attitude about cleaning it up… Read more »
Albertini: Opening Statement before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety & Licensing Board
Opening Statement before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety & Licensing Board by Jim Albertini Docket #40-9083 University of Hawaii, Hilo Campus Library Building, Videoconference Room LRC 361 Administrative Judges for Oral Arguments: E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman, Dr. Anthony J. Baratta, Dr. Michael F. Kennedy January 13, 2010 Aloha Kakou –A warm greeting to you all… Read more »
Hawai’i Residents challenge Army bid to possess depleted uranium
Excerpts from the article below: Albertini wants the NRC to deny the PTA license, shut down and clean up the 133,000-acre military installation and return the ceded lands to the Kingdom of Hawaii. Because the NRC, an independent federal agency, has never denied a license, Albertini said, he concedes that scenario is unlikely. Assuming a… Read more »
DEPLETED URANIUM PROCEEDING, JANUARY 13, HILO, HAWAI’I
PRESS RELEASE Cory Harden PO Box 10265, Hilo, Hawai’i 96721 808-968-8965 mh@interpac.net For immediate release January 8, 2010, Hilo, Hawai’i Attachment: Memorandum and Order, January 7, 2010, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board DEPLETED URANIUM PROCEEDING, JANUARY 13, HILO, HAWAI’I A legal proceeding on an Army application for a depleted uranium (DU) license… Read more »
Coast Guard analysis of Superferry protest response
Mahalo to Brad Parsons for sharing this article containing the Coast Guard’s analysis of their “unified command” to suppress Hawaii Superferry protests in Nawiliwili harbor. >><< http://cgmarinesafety.blogspot.com/2009/12/hawaii-superferryinformation-sharing.html Wednesday, December 23, 2009 The Hawaii Superferry—information sharing leads to operational success Posted by USCG Proceedings of the MSSC Excerpt from U.S. Coast Guard “Proceedings of the Marine… Read more »
Inouye tries to divert unauthorized funds to missile defense site at PMRF
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091110/NEWS08/911100321/0/NEWS01/-68.5M-test-site-sought-for-Kaua-i Posted on: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 $68.5M test site sought for Kauai By John Yaukey Gannett Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Work on developing a missile defense system for possible use against Iranian weapons would be done on Kaua’i under a special request by Sen. Daniel Inouye and a top U.S. general. Inouye, D-Hawai’i, and… Read more »
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