The critically endangered`Ilioholoikauaua, the Hawaiian monk seal, continues to dwindle in numbers. Environmental groups have pushed the National Ocean0graphic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to expand the critical habitat designation for the Hawaiian monk seal to include the main Hawaiian islands. NOAA recently issued its proposed revised critical habitat which thankfully includes most of the main… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Local Campaigns
How much does the military economy cost Hawai’i?
With much media hype, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and the Hawaii Institute of Public Affairs (HIPA) coordinated the public release of a study of the military’s economic impact in Hawai’i by the RAND corporation, but the report said nothing really new or remarkable. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reported: The U.S. military pumped… Read more »
Crosshairs on Kaneohe
As reported previously on this site, there is a campaign by elected officials and residents of Whidbey Island, Washington to keep the Navy’s new P-8A Poseidon aircraft in Puget Sound rather than relocate them to the Marine Corps Base in Kane’ohe. Below are excerpts from “Crosshairs on Kaneohe” an article in the Honolulu Star Advertiser… Read more »
‘Raptors’ grounded over defects
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that: The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of F-22 Raptors, including those in Hawaii, because of concerns about the system that delivers oxygen to pilots aboard the fighter jets, a military spokeswoman said yesterday. […] The Hawaii Air National Guard began flying F-22 Raptors last summer in partnership… Read more »
Public may observe NRC conference re: Army possession of depleted uranium w/o license
Mahalo to Cory Harden of the Sierra Club Moku Loa Chapter for this information about a Nuclear Regulatory Commission predecisional enforcement conference regarding the apparent Army possession of depleted uranium without a license. Download Meeting Notice here. The public can observe via toll free number and the internet: Interested members of the public can participate… Read more »
A Win for Environmental Justice! People of Wai’anae Save Farmland
The people of Wai’anae won a big victory for environmental justice. KAHEA reports, “Tropic Land’s petition for a boundary amendment to allow an industrial park on fertile farmland was DENIED today, April 21, 2011.” The post continues: The Petitioner recognized that Commissioners had concerns about the proposed industrial park, especially whether they had access to… Read more »
Demilitarization as Rehumanization
In an article in Left Turn magazine, Clare Bayard has beautifully reframed the issues for the peace / anti-war movement. Demilitarization is about challenging the infrastructure and ideology that make wars more likely to occur. Demilitarization as Rehumanization By: Clare Bayard March 11, 2011 The antiwar movement never died. The movement has shifted to the… Read more »
Possible Native Hawaiian burial site found on shores of Ke Awalau o Pu’uloa/Pearl Harbor
From the Honolulu Star Advertiser http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/118053369.html: Human remains found near Blaisdell Park may be from burial site By Rob Shikina POSTED: 03:16 p.m. HST, Mar 15, 2011 Human remains believed to be part of an ancient Hawaiian burial site were found along the shoreline of Neal S. Blaisdell Park in Aiea today. A fisherman reporting… Read more »
Colorado chopper crash cost $25.8 million
As helicopters roar overhead en route from Pohakuloa to Wheeler, I received this article about a helicopter crash in Colorado from Shannon Rudolph in Kona. The Army is proposing to do High Altitude Mountainous Environment Terrain Training (HAMET) helicopter training on the slopes of Mauna Kea, which is a bad idea all around. Mauna Kea… Read more »
Uranium travels nerves from nose to brain
Two articles in Environmental Health News review technical reports on new discoveries about the effects of depleted uranium on the body. In “Uranium travels nerves from nose to brain”, the author writes: Radioactive uranium that is inhaled by soldiers on the battlefield and by workers in factories may bypass the brain’s protective barrier by following… Read more »
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