http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/science/earth/14vieques.html?_r=1 Navy’s Vieques Training May Be Tied to Health Risks By MIREYA NAVARRO Published: November 13, 2009 The federal agency that assesses health hazards at sites designated for Superfund environmental cleanups said Friday that it had reversed its conclusion that contamination at a former United States Navy training ground in Puerto Rico posed no health… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Same as it ever was: Obama’s Asia-Pacific agenda
At a speech in Tokyo, President Obama said “Asia and the United States are not separated by this great ocean; we are bound by it.” But he has misappropriated a concept originally put forward by the taro-roots peace and justice movements of the Pacific such as the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) that the… Read more »
ATSDR to Change its Early Conclusions on Environmental Assessment in Vieques
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is notorious for discounting the environmental health concerns of communities. In several cases, the agency has been forced to redo its studies due to faulty or biased data and conclusions. The people of Vieques initially boycotted the ATSDR because of its bad reputation. In Hawai’i ATSDR… Read more »
“Transient nuisance odor” hits West Loch and Waipahu Intermediate School, sends 7 to hospital
Emergency responders could not determine the cause of the gas smell that sickened students at Waipahu Intermediate School. The smell was reported from several areas near Pearl Harbor. >><< http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20091113_Gas_smell_disrupts_Waipahu_school_day.html Gas smell disrupts Waipahu school day Responding fire crews discover no odor or source in the area By Star-Bulletin staff POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov… Read more »
Korean Naval Base on Jeju Island is a terrible idea
Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space was recently on a whirlwind speaking tour of Korea. This article talks about the opposition to a proposed Korean naval base in Jeju island. Jeju is a world heritage peace island, with beautiful volcanic peaks and semi-tropical weather, pristine waters abundant with… Read more »
Another NYT article: Japan Cools to America
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/asia/12prexy.html?ref=asia November 12, 2009 Japan Cools to America as It Prepares for Obama Visit By HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON — President Obama will arrive in Tokyo on Friday, at a time when America’s relations with Japan are at their most contentious since the trade wars of the 1990s — and back then, the fights were over… Read more »
NYT article about Okinawan opposition to U.S. bases
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/asia/12okinawa.html?_r=1 Okinawans Grow Impatient With Dashed Hopes on U.S. Base By MARTIN FACKLER Published: November 11, 2009 GINOWAN, Japan — Okinawans like Zenji Shimada, who have spent most of their lives under the thudding of helicopters from a busy American air base, are accustomed to disappointment. Decades of complaints about the base here and others… Read more »
New Law Limits Military use of Open Burn Pits
Doug from Seacoast Anti-Pollution League in Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent a post to the Military Toxics Project listserve about a new law to limit the military use of open burn pits overseas. However, as Doug notes the law “Doesn’t cover domestic bases, nor everything we’d want left unburned, but DoD has to develop a plan… Read more »
USS Arizona artifacts are sacred – so are Native Hawaiian burials
The Navy and the veterans community have rightfully rallied to stop the auctioning of artifacts salvaged from the USS Arizona after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The silver plated service set is considered ‘sacred’, and is being claimed as property of the Navy. It is good to have a sense of history and the sacred. … Read more »
Did Blackwater try to bribe Iraqi officials after killing 17 Iraqi civilians?
The NY Times reports that top executives of Blackwater, the notorious mercenary corporation now known as Xe, tried to bribe Iraqi officials to mitigate the political fallout for the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater employees. >><< http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/middleeast/11blackwater.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN… Read more »
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