Nzika za Honolulu Zikufuna Kutsekedwa kwa Matanki a Mafuta a Navy a US Navy okwana 225 miliyoni, a Zaka 80, Otuluka Pansi Pansi Pansi Pansi Pansi Pansi Pamadzi.

Ndi Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, December 2, 2021

Mutu wapamutu wakutsogolo wamafuta akuwotchera m'madzi mnyumba zankhondo ndi bambo atanyamula botolo lamadzi oipitsidwa. Honolulu Star Advertiser, Disembala 1, 2021

Ziwonetsero zazitali za nzika zomwe zikuwonetsa kuopsa kwa asitikali ankhondo aku US Navy wazaka 80 adatulutsa akasinja 20 amafuta ku Red Hill - thanki lililonse la 20 nkhani lalitali ndikunyamula magaloni 225 miliyoni amafuta a jet - adafika kumapeto kwa sabata. Mabanja apamadzi ozungulira bwalo lalikulu la Pearl Harbor Naval Base akudwala ndi mafuta m'madzi awo apampopi akunyumba. Tanki yayikulu yamafuta a Navy ya Navy ili pamtunda wa mamita 100 pamwamba pa madzi a Honolulu ndipo yakhala ikuchucha pafupipafupi.

Lamulo la Navy linali lochedwa kuchenjeza anthu ammudzi pamene State of Hawai'i mwamsanga inapereka chidziwitso kuti asamwe madzi. Anthu ammudzi wa Foster adati akununkhiza mafuta pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa Novembala 20, 2021 14,000 magaloni a madzi ndi mafuta kuchokera mu ngalande yozimitsa moto yendani mtunda wa kilomita imodzi kutsika kuchokera ku famu ya tanki yamafuta. Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo lavomereza kuti kutayikira kwina kwa mapaipi amafuta opitilira malita 1,600 kudachitika pa Meyi 6 chifukwa cha zolakwika za anthu komanso kuti mafuta mwina "anafika ku chilengedwe."

Chithunzi chojambulidwa cha msonkhano wa Navy Town Hall pa Disembala 1, 2021. Hawaii News Now.

Ziwawa zonse zidatha pamisonkhano inayi yamagulu ankhondo pa Novembara 30, 2021 pomwe Asitikali ankhondo adauza okhala mnyumba kuti atulutse madzi m'mapaipi akunyumba, kununkhira ndi kuwala kwamafuta kutha ndipo atha kugwiritsa ntchito madziwo. Anthu okhalamo adakalipira zikalata zankhondo kuti Dipatimenti ya zaumoyo ku State of Hawai'i idachenjeza nzika kuti asamwe kapena kugwiritsa ntchito madziwa.

Zitsime 3 ndi zitsime zamadzi zimatumikira asitikali ndi achibale 93,000 kuzungulira Pearl Harbor. Zitsanzo za madzi zatumizidwa kuti zikawunikidwe ku labotale ku California kuti adziwe kuti ndi mtundu wanji wa kuipitsidwa m'madzimo.

Anthu opitilira 470 apereka ndemanga pankhaniyi Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam community Facebook za fungo lamafuta obwera kuchokera pamipopi yawo yamadzi ndi kuwala kwamadzi. Mabanja ankhondo akuwonetsa mutu, totupa komanso kutsekula m'mimba mwa ana ndi ziweto. Ukhondo, shawa ndi kuchapa ndi nkhawa zazikulu za anthu okhalamo.

Valerie Kaahanui, yemwe amakhala m'gulu lankhondo la Dorris Miller, adatero iye ndi ana ake atatu anayamba kuona mavuto pafupifupi mlungu umodzi wapitawo. "Ana anga akhala akudwala, kupuma, mutu. Ndidadwala mutu sabata yatha,” adatero. “Ana anga amatuluka magazi m’mphuno, azitupa, takhala tikuyabwa titatuluka m’bafa. Zimakhala ngati khungu lathu likuyaka.” Kaahanui anawonjezera kuti Loweruka, fungo linayamba kuonekera m'madzi, ndipo Lamlungu linali "lolemera" ndipo filimu inawoneka pamwamba pa madzi.

Nthumwi za Congression za anthu 4 zaku Hawaii zayamba kutsutsa zachitetezo cha gulu lankhondo la US Navy's Red Hill jet tank. adakumana ndi Secretary of the Navy. Pambuyo pake adapereka chikalata chogwirizana chomwe chimati: "Asitikali ankhondo akuyenera kulumikizana mwachindunji ndi anthu pazochitika zonse zomwe zimachitika ku Red Hill ndikudzipereka kuthana ndi zovuta za Red Hill posatengera mtengo wake. Poganizira zaukadaulo komanso luso la uinjiniya lomwe likupezeka kwa Asitikali apamadzi, tidawonetsa kuti palibe kulolerana konse pakuyika pachiwopsezo thanzi ndi chitetezo cha anthu kapena chilengedwe. ”

Sierra Club Hawai'i ikuwuluka pazangozi kuchokera ku Red Hill Jet Fuel Storage tanks ndikuyitanitsa kuti Shut Down

Sierra Club yakhala ikuchenjeza kwa zaka zambiri za kuopsa kwa madzi a Oahu kuchokera ku tanki yamafuta ya jet yazaka 80 yomwe ikutha. Potchula zoopsa za madzi akumwa a Honolulu, Sierra Club ku Hawaii ndi Oahu Water Protectors apempha Purezidenti Biden, nthumwi za Congress ku Hawaii komanso asitikali aku US kuti atseke matanki amafuta omwe akungotuluka.

Mkulu wa Sierra Club-Hawaii Waynet Tanaka akuyankhula pamsonkhano wa atolankhani Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Sierra Club Hawai'i

Patatsala sabata imodzi kuti vuto la kuipitsidwa kwamadzi kwa mabanja aku US Navy, pamsonkhano komanso atolankhani pa Novembara 22, 2021, Wayne Tanaka, mkulu wa Sierra Club ku Hawaii. “Zakwana. Tasiya chikhulupiriro chonse pagulu lankhondo lankhondo lakumaloko. ”

Pa Disembala 1, Tanaka adatero, “Takhala tikugwira ntchito ndi Gulu Lankhondo Lapamadzi kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi. Ndikungoyesa kuwapangitsa kuti avomereze kuopsa - zoopsa zomwe zilipo - zomwe malowa amabweretsera madzi akumwa. Sizikudziwikabe kuti mafuta amayenda bwanji komanso kuti, ngati atayikira kwambiri, mwachangu bwanji komanso ngati angasamukire kumtsinje wa Halawa, zomwe zingakhale zoopsa kwambiri. Tonse tikufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti izi zisakhale chizindikiro cha zomwe zikubwera zomwe zingakhudze gawo lalikulu la anthu pano. ”

Zowopsa Zochokera ku Matanki Osungira Mafuta a Underground Jet

Chithunzi cha Sierra Club Hawai'i cha matanki amafuta amtundu wa Red Hill

The mfundo zoperekedwa kukhoti operekedwa ndi Sierra Club motsutsana ndi Asitikali apamadzi adapereka umboni wakuwopsa kwa akasinja akale azaka 80 akuphatikizapo:

1). Matanki asanu ndi atatu, iliyonse ili ndi magaloni mamiliyoni ambiri amafuta, sanaunikidwe pazaka zopitilira makumi awiri; atatu mwa awa sanaunikidwe m'zaka 38;

2). Mafuta otayira ndi zida zamafuta zapezeka kale m'madzi apansi panthaka;

3). Makoma a thanki yopyapyala yachitsulo akuwononga mwachangu kuposa momwe a Navy amayembekezera chifukwa cha chinyontho chomwe chili pakati pa akasinja ndi makoma awo a konkire;

4). Dongosolo la Navy kuyesa ndi kuyang'anira akasinja ngati akutuluka sangathe kuzindikira kutayikira kwapang'onopang'ono komwe kungasonyeze chiopsezo chowonjezereka cha kutayikira kwakukulu, koopsa; sichingalepheretse zolakwika zaumunthu zomwe zapangitsa kuti mafuta ambiri atuluke m'mbuyomu; ndipo sichingalepheretse chivomezi, monga chimene chinatayira migolo 1,100 ya mafuta pamene matanki anali atsopano.

Sierra Club ndi Oahu Water Protectors QR codes kuti mudziwe zambiri za akasinja amafuta amtundu wa Red Hill.

The mawu a mgwirizano wa Oahu Water Protectors imakupatsirani zambiri za kutayikira kwa matanki osungira:

- Mu 2014, magaloni 27,000 amafuta a jet adatsika kuchokera ku Tank 5;
- Mu Marichi 2020, payipi yolumikizidwa ku Red Hill idatulutsa mafuta osadziwika mu Pearl Harbor Hotel Pier. Kutayikira, komwe kudayima, kudayambanso mu June 2020. Pafupifupi magaloni 7,100 amafuta adasonkhanitsidwa kuchokera kumadera ozungulira;
- Mu Januware 2021, payipi yomwe imapita kudera la Hotel Pier idalephera mayeso awiri ozindikira kutayikira. Mu February, kontrakitala wa Navy adatsimikiza kuti pali kutayikira kwachangu ku Hotel Pier. Dipatimenti ya Zaumoyo idatulukira mu Meyi 2021;
- Mu Meyi 2021, mafuta opitilira 1,600 adatuluka pamalowo chifukwa cha zolakwika zamunthu woyendetsa chipindacho atalephera kutsatira njira zoyenera;
- Mu Julayi 2021, magaloni 100 amafuta adatulutsidwa ku Pearl Harbor, mwina kuchokera kugwero lolumikizidwa ndi malo a Red Hill;
- Mu Novembala 2021, anthu okhala mdera la Foster Village ndi Aliamanu adayimba foni ku 911 kuti afotokoze fungo lamafuta, pambuyo pake adapezeka kuti adatuluka chifukwa cha kudontha kwa chingwe choponderezera moto cholumikizidwa ndi Red Hill. -The Navy inanena kuti pafupifupi 14,000 magaloni a mafuta osakaniza amadzimadzi atayikira;
- Kuwunika kwa zoopsa za Navy kukuwonetsa kuti pali mwayi wa 96% woti mpaka magaloni 30,000 amafuta atha kulowa m'madzi pazaka 10 zikubwerazi.

Kodi Chitetezo cha Anthu Ndi Chitetezo cha Dziko?

Navy yachenjeza kuti akasinjawo ndi ofunikira pachitetezo cha dziko la US. Omenyera ufulu wa nzika, kuphatikiza mgwirizano womwe wangokhazikitsidwa kumene wa Oahu Water Protectors, anenabe kuti vuto lenileni la chitetezo cha dziko ndi chitetezo chamadzi kwa anthu 400,000 okhala pachilumba cha 2300 mailosi kuchokera kudera lapafupi kwambiri ndipo chilumbachi chimatengedwa ngati malo ofunikira ankhondo kuti awonetsere. mphamvu. Ngati aquifer wa Honolulu aipitsidwa, madzi amayenera kutengedwa kuchokera ku magwero ena pachilumbachi.

Ndizodabwitsa kuti kuyesa kwakukulu kwa chitetezo cha anthu motsutsana ndi malo a chitetezo cha dziko pa kuipitsidwa kwa madzi akumwa a mabanja ankhondo ndi asilikali omwe amapereka gawo laumunthu la ndondomeko ya nkhondo ya US ku Pacific..ndi kuti chitetezo cha 400,000 omwe kumwa kuchokera m'madzi a Anthu wamba 970,000 omwe amakhala ku Oahu zidzatsimikiziridwa momwe State of Hawai'i ndi boma la federal likukakamiza asilikali ankhondo aku US kuti athetse vuto lalikulu lachiwopsezo chamadzi a zilumba pomaliza kutseka akasinja amafuta a Red Hill.

Za Wolemba: Ann Wright adatumikira zaka 29 ku US Army/Army Reserves ndipo adapuma pantchito ngati Colonel. Analinso kazembe waku US ndipo adatumikira ku akazembe a US ku Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan ndi Mongolia. Adatula pansi udindo wake ku boma la US mu Marichi 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo ya US ku Iraq. Ndiwolemba nawo "Disent: Voices of Conscience."