The military “going green” is big news these days. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that Sempra Generation proposes to build the world’s largest solar farm in vacant navy controlled land surrounding Ke Awalau o Pu’uloa (Pearl Harbor): A San Diego-based energy company is proposing to build the world’s largest solar power project on vacant land… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Environmental and cultural groups call on governor to rescind order suspending laws
Several environmental and cultural groups joined the call for Governor Abercrombie to rescind his emergency proclamation suspending 25 laws for five years in order to expedite the clean up of unexploded ordnance on public lands. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: The Sierra Club Hawaii chapter and several other environmental and cultural groups urged Gov. Neil… Read more »
As the U.S. military shifts toward the Asia Pacific, budget cuts make Hawai’i expansion plans uncertain
William Cole reports for the Honolulu Star Advertiser that budget cuts may affect military expansion in Hawai’i and the Pacific: Defense planning — at least for now — points to additional troops, families and firepower arriving on Hawaii’s shores, with the state viewed as an important mid-Pacific beachhead for the United States as the balance… Read more »
Hawai’i island activists raise questions about Abercrombie’s ordnance “emergency proclamation”
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/questions-raised-over-ordnance-emergency.html Questions raised over ordnance emergency According to the Hawaii Tribune Hereald: The decision to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clean up unexploded ordnance without interference from those laws has environmental activists concerned because of the perceived potential for misuse. Abercrombie’s proclamation, which only came to light last week, was signed June… Read more »
Waikane and Hickam Restoration Advisory Boards Meetings
1. The Waikane Valley Restoration Advisory Board Meeting will be held Wednesday, September 21st, from 7:00-9:00 pm at Waiahole Elementary School. This is the RAB that advises on the clean up of the parcel of land that was owned by the Kamaka family until it was condemend by the Marine Corps due to the unexploded… Read more »
Chinese view of Jeju naval base: “South Korea turns tourist resort into weapon”
Chinese scholar Lü Chao, with the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences wrote an op ed article critical of a naval base in Jeju island: The South Korean Defence Ministry recently decided to build a naval base on the island. US troops in South Korea will certainly use the naval base as a strategic outpost to… Read more »
Obama’s Arc of Instability: Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time
Nick Turse has written another revealing article about the contours and scope of the U.S. empire: Obama’s Arc of Instability Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time By Nick Turse It’s a story that should take your breath away: the destabilization of what, in the Bush years, used to be called “the arc of… Read more »
Governor Abercrombie secretly declares a “civil defense emergency” and suspends 25 laws in order to find unexploded ordnance
Last week, environmental investigator Carroll Cox uncovered alarming revelations that in June, Governor Abercrombie had secretly issued a proclamation declaring a “civil defense emergency” due to the presence of unexploded munitions on hundreds of thousands of acres throughout Hawai’i and suspended 25 laws without notifying anyone, including lawmakers. On his September 11, 2011 radio program… Read more »
US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange
Jon Mitchell, a reporter who helped to break the story of Agent Orange having been stored and disposed of in Okinawa, has written an excellent overview of U.S. military activities in Okinawa and veterans’ accounts of Agent Orange use. It is published on Truthout: US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange Thursday 15 September 2011… Read more »
Recent data may enable exclusion of nonresidents
The O’ahu-dominated State Reapportionment Commission recently voted to include transient military and student populations in setting the election district boundaries, despite a constitutional requirement that only permanent residents be used in redistricting. Counting nonpermanent residents would result in O’ahu retaining a Senate seat that would have otherwise gone to Hawai’i island. But it also concentrates… Read more »
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