Inā he hui kanakaʻAmelika ka poʻe e hakakā nei me nā hopena olakino o ka uranium uila, nā pupuhi puʻupuʻu, nā phosphorous keʻokeʻo, a me nā meaʻino a pau o ke kaua, e hiki paha ke lilo i ka poʻeʻeleʻele a nui loa o Gibsland, ma ka'ākau ʻO Louisiana.
Eia pehea an op-ed i ka New York Times mai kahi noho noho e wehewehe ana i ko lākou kūlana:
"No nā makahiki, ʻo kekahi o nā ʻoihana nui loa o ia wahi ka Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, ma kahi o ʻehā mile mai Minden. Ua helu ʻia ka mea kanu e like me kahi pūnaewele Superfund no ka mea ʻoi aku ma kahi o 40 mau makahiki wai i hoʻopau ʻia ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia i lawe ʻia mai nā hana ʻoihana i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i nā puʻupuʻu paʻa ma kēlā me kēia wahi o nā laina ukana, 'a hoʻolilo ʻia i '16 hoʻokahi ʻeka nā lagoons wai ʻākala. '”
A'Ānō (mai Hoʻopihoi):
"Ma hope o nā māhele o ke kūlana pili i ke aupuni ma waena o ka pūʻali Koa a me nā keʻena aupuni a me nā keʻena pekelala, ua hoʻolaha koke aku ka Environment Protection Protection (EPA) i kahi hoʻolālā pilikia e puhi i ka 15 miliona paona o M6 - a hiki i 80,000 paona i hoʻokahi lā ma kahi o ka makahiki. 'ahi ahi ma Camp Minden, kahi hana hoʻonā i'ōleloʻia e nā mea hoʻopono ākea e hoʻopauʻia a ua hoʻopukaʻia ma nā'āina'ē aʻe. ʻO ka hanaʻo ia kekahi o nā hōʻailona nui loa i puhiʻia ma ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi. "
I kēlā me kēia manawa - ma kahi o Vieques a i ʻole Jeju Island a i ʻole Pagan Island - ʻike nā hui kaiaulu i kahi kihi liʻiliʻi o ka luku nui loa o ke kaiapuni. ʻOiai ʻaʻole makemake nā hui kaiapuni nui e kū kū i ke kahua o ke kaua ponoʻī a hiki i ka wā hope loa, pono mākou e lawe i kēia mau manawa kūpono e paipai iā lākou. No ka mea ʻo lākou e lawe ana ka pūʻali koa ma luna o kēia kuni. Nui nā lālā o ka pūʻali koa US i hiki ke haʻi iā lākou e pili ana i nā hopena olakino o ke ahi ma nā ʻāina ʻē, kahi a nā koa kūpuna i kapa ai "ka Agent Orange hou. ” Hiki i ka EPA ke hoʻopiha i nā mea hoʻouluulu i ka mea nāna e hana i nā pōʻino kūlohelohe i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Kaha: hoʻomaka me ka mil a me nā mele me ka mehameha.
ʻO kahi kumu nui ma hope o kekahi mau kaua ka makemake e kaohi i nā kumuwaiwai e hoʻowahāwahā i ka honua, ʻo ka hinu a me ka ʻaila. ʻO kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo, hūnā pinepine ʻia, e kū pono i ka poʻe o mākou e hopohopo nei no ka wā e hiki mai ana ka honua. ʻAʻole pale nā kaua iā mākou akā e hoʻoweliweli iā mākou, e ka hanauna o ka inaina a me ka luku ʻia ʻana o ko mākou honua. ʻO ka hana ʻana o ka pūʻali koa nui loa o ka honua, ʻaʻole ia kahi hana palekana inā e hele mai ke kaua maikaʻi, akā ʻo ia ka mea a Eisenhower i hoʻolaha aku ai, he mea hoʻoili kaua. Hoʻolei ka $ 1 trillion o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka mīkini kaua i kēlā me kēia makahiki makemakeʻia no ka palekana o ka 'āina. ʻAʻole kā mākou waiwai e hoʻolālā i ka hoʻolālā kaua; ia hoʻopilikia iā mākou ʻoiai e nānā ana i ka waiwai mai kahi e like me Gibsland. Nui kēlā o nā downsides no kahi ʻoihana nāna ka hana nui e pepehi i ka lehulehu o nā kānaka halaʻole oiai e kāʻili ana i kā mākou nā kuʻuna kūloko.
Akā, hoʻi i ka hoʻokele o ka'āina. A me kaʻaila. Hiki ke puhiʻia a puhiʻia kaʻaila e like me ke Gulf War, akā, hoʻohana nuiʻia i nāʻano mīkini a pau e hana ino i ka lewa o ka honua, e kau iā mākou a pau i ka pōpilikia. ʻO kekahi poʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻohanaʻana i kaʻaila me ka nani a me ka ikaika o ke kaua, iʻikeʻia ai nā mana hou e kūʻole i ka pōʻino o ke ao nei he mau mea hōʻeha a me ke alaʻole e hoʻopau i kā mākou mau mīkini. ʻAʻole iʻoi aku kaʻoihana o ke kaua me kaʻaila. ʻO nā kaua nō hoʻi, inā paha e hakakā ana i ka ailaʻole aʻaʻole paha, eʻai nui i ka nui. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kūʻai nui o ka honua ma kaʻaila, heʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka pūʻali koa US.
Puhi ka pūʻali koa US ma kahi o 340,000 mau barela ʻaila i kēlā me kēia lā. Inā he ʻāina ka Pentagon, kūlana 38 ia mai ka 196 i ka hoʻohana ʻaila. ʻAʻohe hale ʻē aʻe e hele kokoke mai i ka pūʻali koa i kēia a i ʻole nā ʻano luku kaiapuni. (Akā e hoʻāʻo e ʻike i kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka huakaʻi anti-pipeline.)
ʻAʻole e ola ke kaiaulu e like me ko mākouʻike. ʻAʻole paha ia e ola i ke kaua "kūlana", ua hoʻomaopopoʻiaʻo keʻano o nā kaua i kēia manawa. Ua hana muaʻia kaʻinoʻino e nā kaua a ma ka noiʻi, hoʻokolohua, a me nā hana i hoʻomākaukauʻia no ke kaua. ʻO nā kaua i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hana lākou i nā wahi nuiʻaʻole e noho wale a hoʻouluʻia he haneli miliona miliona o ka poʻe holo. ʻO ke kaua "nā kauā e pipiʻi i ka maʻi e like me ke kumu holoʻokoʻa o ka pōʻino a me ka makeʻana," e like me Jennifer Leaning o ke Kula Ma muli o Harvard.
ʻO nā meaʻoi loa loa i make i ke kaua ma hope o nā kaua,ʻo ia nō nā minimina'āina a me nā pūpū pūpū. Ua manaʻoʻia he mau miliona miliona o lākou e moe ana ma luna o ka honua, me kaʻikeʻole i nā hoʻolaha i haʻiʻia mai ai ka maluhia. ʻO ka hapanui o kā lākou mau mea i pepehiʻia he poʻe maka'āinana, he hapa nui o lākou he poʻe keiki.
He mea kupanaha ka hoʻokomo houʻana i nāʻahahui i kēia mau manawa a me nā mea'ē aʻe e hōʻalo ana i nāʻano o nā hopena luku. Eia lalo palapala e hoʻokomo i kēlā me kēia maluhia a me ka nohona pili kaiaulu a me ka nohona maluhia i ke ao nei:
Cynthia Giles, Luna Kōkua kōkua
Keʻena o ka Hoʻoikaika Hoʻoikaika a me ka Hoʻoikaika Hoʻokeleʻo US Environment Protection Agency
ʻO William Jefferson Clinton Building
1200 Hawaii Avenue, NW
Nānā Uila: 2201A
Washington, DC 20460 Giles-Aa.cynthia@Epa.gov
NO KA ELECTRONIC MAIL
RE: Hoʻolālāʻia ka puhiʻana o M6 mau mea kūʻai ma Camp Minden, Louisiana
ʻO ke Kānā Kōkua Kūpaʻaʻo Giles,
ʻO mākou, nā poʻe i hoʻohui inoaʻia, e hui pū me nā poʻe noho o Louisiana, nā limahana a me nāʻohana ma kā lākou kāheaʻana i kahiʻoluʻolu palekana i ka puhiʻana i nā palapala weliweli i Camp Minden.
Kū'ē mākou i ke kumumanaʻo e ka US Environmental Protection Agency i OPEN BURN 15 miliona paona o nā M6 propellants haʻaleleʻia ma Camp Minden, Louisiana. ʻO ka ho'ākākaʻana,ʻo ka puhiʻana i ka ahiʻaʻole loaʻa nā mana kālaiʻia aʻo ia ka hopena i ka hoʻokuʻuʻoleʻiaʻana o nā meaʻawaʻawa a me nā mea hoʻonāukiuki i ka'ōlohelohe. Loaʻa ka M6 i ka 10 i loko o ka dinitrotoluene (DNT) i hoʻohālikeʻia e like me ke kino o kaʻiʻo kino .1
ʻO nā mea e pili ana i ka pilikia o ke ola kino kanaka i hanaʻia e ka welaʻana / open detonation a me nā hopena o ke kaiapuni ma ka lewa, ka lepo, a me ka wai, pono i ka pūʻali eʻike a hoʻomohala i nā mea'ē aʻe e wehe i ka puhi ahi / hoʻopiʻi hoʻopunipuni .2 Hāʻawi ka papahana EPA no ka mālama pono a me ka laweʻana i kahi'āpana wela e hiki ai ke hoʻoneʻeʻia kēia mauʻaina i kahi wahi lapaʻauʻokoʻa'ē aʻe.
ʻOiai mākou e kākoʻo ana i ka manaʻo o ka EPA e koi i ka US Army e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a waiho aku i kēia mau meaʻino i hoʻopiliʻoleʻia,ʻaʻole mākou e hāpai i ka welaʻana e like me keʻano lapaʻau i hāʻawiʻia i ka mea kūlohelohe a hiki i nā mea e pale ai i ke olakino a me ke kaiapuni.
1U.S. Ke Kuleana Mea Ola, Palapala Pelekikena, Dinitrotoluene (DNT), Ianuali 2014.
2 Ka Hui Pūʻali Koa Pūnaewele o nā Keʻena Papahana'Ilepale Hana Kālaiʻike USCERL Hōʻike Pūnaewele 98 / 104, Nā Alternatives to Open Burning / Open Detonation of Material Energetic, A Summary of Technologies Current, August 1998.
Laura Olah, No ka pono o ka wai e pale ai i ka ino, Wisconsin Dolores Blalock, ArkLaTex Clean Air Network, LLC, Louisiana
Marylee M. Orr, Luna Hoʻokele, Louisiana Environmental Action Network / Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, Louisiana
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Kaye Kiker, Hoʻonohonoho Kaiāulu, Citizens Task Force, Alabama
ʻO Wilbur Slockish, Ke Kulanuiʻo Columbia River and Oregon
Al Gedicks, Luna Kānāwai, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Wisconsin
ʻO Doris Bradshaw, Polokalamu Kiʻikuhi Koa, Tennessee
ʻO Peter Galvin, Center no ka Ola Ola Ola, Kaleponi
ʻO LeVonne Stone,ʻO Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network, Kaleponi
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Ronnie Cummins, Hui Hui Consumers Association, Minnesota
ʻO Paul Orr, Mississippi Riverkeeper Mississippi, Louisiana
ʻO Marcia Halligan,ʻo Kickapoo Peace Circle, Wisconsin
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J. Gilbert Sanchez, Luna Nui, Hui Manaʻo Kūpilikiʻi Hui, New Mexico
ʻO David Keith, Valley Citizens for Safe Environment, Massachusetts
ʻO Forest Jahnke, Crawford Stewardship Project, Wisconsin
Maria Powell, Pelekikena, Midwest Environmental Justice Organization, Wisconsin
ʻO Evelyn Yates, Pine Bluff no ka Hale Hana Haumā, Arkansas
ʻO Cheryl Slavant,'Ouauaʻo River, Louisiana
Jean E. Mannhaupt, Pelekikena, Park Ridge @ Nā Aliʻi Manors Home Owners Assoc., New York
ʻO Stephen Brittle, Pelekikena,ʻAʻohe'Ake'Akeona
ʻO Alison Jones Chaim, Luna Hoʻokele, Kauka no ka Pono Kaiāulu Wisconsin
ʻO Jill Johnston, nā Maui Hanahana Hanahana, Texas
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ʻO Phyllis Hasbrouck, Chair, West Waubesa Preservation Coalition, Wisconsin
ʻO John LaForge, Nukewatch, Wisconsin
ʻO Guy Wolf, Co-Director, DownRiver Alliance, Wisconsin
ʻO Don Timmerman & Roberta Thurstin, Mea Hana Kākoʻo Casa Maria, Wisconsin
ʻO Frank Russel Honore (Ret), GreenARMY, Louisiana
ʻO John LaForge,ʻO ka Progressive Foundation, Wisconsin
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Cynthia Sarthou, Luna Hoʻokele, Gulf Restoration Network, Louisiana
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Patrick Seymour, ISIS pūnaewele MilWaste Project, Massachusetts
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Glen Hooks, Luna Hoʻokumu, Kalanaʻo Kalikū Kalākaua, Moku'āina
Laura Ward, Pelekikena,ʻo Wanda Washington, Hope Pelekikena, FOCUS, Inc (Family Oriented Community United Strong, Inc.), Florida
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Anne Rolfes, Luna Hoʻokumu, LA Bucket Brigade, Louisiana
ʻO Monica Wilson, GAIA: Ka Hui Hana Hou no nā Mea Hoʻokumu Pūnaewele, Kaleponi
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