Call from Malu ‘Aina: Time to Cancel the Army’s Lease at Pohakuloa over Radiation Contamination 1. The Army repeatedly denied the use of Depleted Uranium (DU) in Hawaii. 2. Now it has been confirmed that in the 1960s the U.S. Army used the Pohakuloa Training Area for firing spotting rounds containing DU for the Davy… Read more »
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Army issues convoy advisory for Big Island
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100327/BREAKING01/100327053/Army+issues+convoy+advisory+for+Big+Island Updated at 8:44 p.m., Saturday, March 27, 2010 Army issues convoy advisory for Big Island Advertiser Staff The Army says Oahu-based units are due to convoy from Kawaiahae Harbor to Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island starting this weekend. The Army is asking motorists to be alert and drive with care Saturday through… Read more »
Citizens denied access to meeting protest outside Pohakuloa Training Area
http://bigislandweekly.com/articles/2010/03/03/read/news/news03.txt Citizens denied access to meeting protest outside PTA By Heather Nicholson Wednesday, March 3, 2010 11:38 AM HST About 30 people concerned with depleted uranium (DU) radiation on Pohakuloa Training Area picketed outside the Saddle Road military base Feb. 24. At the same time, the group received word that their petition to challenge the… Read more »
Military Closed Door Meeting at Pohakuloa with politicians Protested!
Below is a press release from Malu ‘Aina and Hawai’i Island peace movement activists about an action that took place today at Pohakuloa, where the Army held a closed door meeting with the Hawai’i Island Mayor Billy Kenoi and State Representative Faye Hanohano and other officials. State Representative Josh Green sent a communication to organizer… Read more »
Pohakuloa Picket
Pohakuloa Picket Military/Politicians/Business interests meet (Peace groups, Kanaka Maoli organizations, environmental groups, community associations, etc. NOT INVITED!) Democracy by Invitation Only! Wednesdy, Feb. 24th 8:30AM Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) Main Gate (car pools leave Hilo bayfront parking lot makai/Hamakua side of Pauahi St. Kamehameha Ave. intersection at 7:30 sharp) What’s the Army afraid of? Is… Read more »
Hawai’i faces a Strykerferry threat
When critics of the Hawaii Superferry uncovered its ties to military programs and warned that the Superferry was a front for establishing a U.S.-based shipyard that could compete for the military JHSV and Littoral Combat Ship contracts, these ideas were derided as “paranoid conspiracy theories”. But less than a year since the demise of the… 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 »
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