The U.S. Navy built the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility in the island of Oahu in Hawaii, but the subterranean eighteen million liter oil storage system is leaking petroleum into the water supply. Marti Townsend and over one thousand other Hawaiians are demanding that the Honolulu City Council do something to protect the water supply. This water is drinkable and is used by over four hundred thousand Hawaiians, but the Navy has failed to acknowledge the poisoning of the water even though some Navy staff shut down their water taps due to evidence of petroleum poisoning. The U.S. Navy, President Biden, and other officials have yet to resolve the issue.
Key Takeaways:
- Navy officials are not acknowledging the issues with the Hawaii water supply and think it’s not a big deal.
- The Governor of Hawaii has given an emergency order to defuel the Red Hill Facility as soon as possible.
- President Joe Biden has also ignored this issue and hasn’t commented or acknowledged anything that is happening to the water at all.
“Frankenstein’s monster is the US Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility: a massive underground “farm” of 18-million liter fuel tanks and pipes just 100 feet above metropolitan O’ahu.”
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