NguColonel wase-US (ohleli phantsi) uAnn Wright, World BEYOND War, Septemba 4, 2023
Umkhosi wase-US ngoku unesakhono esitsha sokugcina ngaphezu kwe-104 yezigidi zeegaloni zamafutha ekufuneka zisuswe kwi-Massive Red Hill Underground Fuel Tanks.
Ngesaziso ngo-Agasti 31, 2023, ngo Amandla eSiqithi sase-Honolulu, ekugqityweni kwe-63-million-gallon umthamo wamafutha omkhosi kwiitanki ezintlanu ezisanda kwakhiwa phezu komhlaba eKapolei, iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ukusuka ePearl Harbor kunye neRed Hill ephantsi komhlaba, umkhosi wase-US uye wakha umthamo owaneleyo wokugcina i-104 yezigidi zeegaloni zamafutha omkhosi oza kususwa kwi-Red ephantsi komhlaba. Amatanki amafutha enduli.
Iintsapho zisakhathazwa ziziphumo zePoisoning yeFuel eyityhefu
NgoMeyi nangoNovemba ka-2021 ukuvuza kwepetroli ye-19,000 yeegaloni zepetroli kwindawo yokugcina amafutha e-Red Hill eneminyaka engama-80 kwi-aquifer yamanzi okusela e-Honolulu kunikeze ukuvezwa okunetyhefu kubantu abangaphezu kwama-93,000. Abaninzi bathwaxwa yityhefu enetyhefu eya kuba nemiphumo yobomi bonke.
I-27,000 yeegaloni zepetroli "yavuza" ngoJanuwari 2014. Ezinye iintsapho ezihlala kwiindawo zokuhlala ze-19 ezikhonza yiRed Hill zibika kakuhle ukuba zineemeko zempilo iminyaka emininzi ngaphambi kokuchitheka kukaNovemba 2021 eya ngqo kwiRed Hill. kakuhle. Bavakalelwa kukuba le miba yezempilo isenokubangelwa kukuvuza kowama-2014, kwiminyaka elithoba ngaphambili.
Emva kokuvuza kukaNovemba ka-2021, nge-7 kaMatshi ka-2022 Unobhala wezoKhuselo uLloyd Austin wayalela iziko leRed Hill ivalwe. Umthetho we-2023 weSizwe wokuGunyanyiswa koKhuseleko ufuna isatifikethi esongezelelweyo sokuba ukuvala akuyi kuchaphazela kakubi ukhuseleko lwelizwe lase-US. Eso siqinisekiso asikakhutshwa.
“Ukupakisha kwakhona,” okanye ukufakela imibhobho ukunyanzela umoya kwi-3.5 yeemayile zemibhobho kwiziko lamafutha e-Red Hill yaqala nge-28 ka-Agasti. Ngokutsho kweJoint Task Force Red Hill, “Ngexesha lokupakisha kwakhona, abaqhubi bepetroli baya kuzalisa imigca besebenzisa amafutha asuka kwifama yetanki ephezulu kwaye basuse wonke umoya ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuhamba okuzinzileyo kwepetroli xa kuthotywa iitanki eziphambili zokugcina phantsi komhlaba. Inkqubo kulindeleke ukuba ithathe iintsuku ezininzi. ”
“Ukuthotywa” kweetanki ezinkulu ezili-14 kwezingama-20 ezinkulu ezingaphantsi komhlaba ezigcina iilitha ze-104 lezigidi zamafutha icwangciselwe ukuqalisa ngo-Oktobha 16, 2023 kwaye kufuneka igqitywe nge-19 kaJanuwari 2024. Iitanki ezi-6 bezingenanto iminyaka eliqela. Phakathi kwe-100,000 kunye ne-400,000 yeegaloni zingahlala kwiitanki kunye neendawo eziphantsi zemibhobho ekuqukunjelweni kokuchithwa kwamanzi kwaye kuya kufuneka kususwe, inkqubo ethi i-Red Hill Task Force ithe ingaphandle koxanduva lwayo. I ukususwa kwesi sixa sikhulu samafutha entsalela kusafuneka kuqwalaselwe ngokuthe ngqo ngumkhosi.
I-80-yezigidi zeeGaloni zase-US iZiko lokuGcina iFuel loMkhosi lakhiwe eOstreliya
Enye indawo yokugcina amafutha omkhosi wase-US e-Darwin, e-Australia igqitywe phantsi kwesivumelwano kunye ne-Arhente ye-Defence Logistics Agency (i-DLA) kwaye inikezela nge-80-million-gallon umthamo we-Red Hill fuel. Iprojekthi ye-$270 yezigidi ineetanki zokugcina amafutha alishumi elinanye ezakhiwe kwi-East Arm yeZibuko laseDarwin.
The ikhontrakthi yeziko laseDarwin yanikezelwa ngoSeptemba 2021, kwangelo xesha kwatyikitywa isivumelwano seOstreliya, eUnited Kingdom, eUnited States (AUKUS). Ikhontrakthi yokubonelela ngolawulo lolungiselelo lwamandla kunye neenkonzo zokufumana, ukugcina, ukukhusela kunye nokuhambisa i-JP-5 i-aviation-grade JP-1 turbine fuel kunye nebakala lorhwebo iJet A-XNUMX fuel yemikhosi yomkhosi yanikezelwa kwi-Florida-based Crowley Government Services Inc. iminyaka emine, kunye nexesha lokukhetha leminyaka emihlanu.
Enye into enzima kumkhosi wase-US kukuba Izibuko laseDarwin laqeshwa ngo-2015 iminyaka engama-99 yimali ebotshelelwe kurhulumente wephondo waseNorthern Territories kusomashishini waseTshayina uYe Cheng's Landbridge Group malunga nezigidi ezingama-355 zeerandi ngaphandle kokwazisa urhulumente wobumbano waseOstreliya. iTshayina i Iqabane elikhulu lokurhweba lase-Australia, inkulu kunezithathu ezilandelayo - iJapan, i-US kunye ne-South Korea - idibene.
Ukunyuka okukhulu kweZibonelelo zoMkhosi eOstreliya ezisetyenziswa nguMkhosi wase-US
Amaqhina omkhosi phakathi kwe-US kunye ne-Australia ayaqhubeka nokukhula kunye ne-rhetoric evuthayo yaseNtshona ukuya e-China. I-US ne-Australia zisanda kugqiba I-Talisman Sabre, owona msebenzi mkhulu womhlaba e-Asiya kunye namajoni angama-34,000 avela kumazwe ali-13 aqhuba umthambo kulo lonke elaseOstreliya. A ukwakhiwa okukhulu kwezakhiwo zasemkhosini zaseOstreliya iquke uphuculo lwezigidi ezingama-317 zeedola ukuya kwizixhobo zezibuko laseDarwin elinendawo yokubuthela elwandle ebude buziimitha ezingama-820 eLarrakeyah yoKhuselo Precinct eza kuxhasa iinqanawa zemfazwe eziphezu komhlaba, iinkwili, abazingeli bemigodi kunye neenqanawe zehydrographic.
Iziseko zomoya zaseOstreliya kuMmandla oseMantla ezisetyenziswa rhoqo ngokundwendwela iinqwelomoya zase-US nazo ziyaphuculwa. KwiRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Darwin $88.65 yezigidi yabelwa ukwakha iitanki zamafutha amaninzi, ukwandisa ibala leenqwelomoya kunye nokumisa amaziko olondolozo ngelixa iimayile ezingama-200 kumazantsi eDarwin, iprojekthi ye- $496 yezigidi zeerandi eRAAF Tindal yaphucula ibala lomoya kunye nokugcinwa kwamafutha eenqwelo moya ukuze kuhlaliswe i-US B-52 abaqhushumbisi kunye nabalweli be-stealth base-US kuquka. I-Marine Corps F-36B Lightning IIs isasazwe ukusuka e-Iwakuni, eJapan, yaye Air Force F-22 Raptors ukusuka Hawaii.
Malunga noMbhali: U-Ann Wright ukhonze iminyaka engama-29 kuMkhosi woMkhosi wase-US kunye nooMkhosi woMkhosi kwaye uthathe umhlala-phantsi njengeColonel. Wayekwangunozakuzaku wase-US iminyaka eyi-16 kwaye wasebenza kooNozakuzaku base-US eNicaragua, eGrenada, eSomalia, e-Uzbekistan, eKyrgyzstan, eSierra Leone, eMicronesia, e-Afghanistan naseMongolia. Warhoxa kurhulumente wase-US ngoMatshi ka-2003 ngokuchasene nemfazwe yase-US e-Iraq. EHawaii, uAnn ulilungu le-Oahu Water Protectors, Shut Down Red Hill Coalition, Hawai'i Peace and Justice and Veterans For Peace Chapter 113-Hawai'i.
