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‘Shut Down Red Hill’: Solidarity Action Rebukes Navy Over Toxic Water Pollution

“Any amount of petroleum in our water is too much. 350 times the ‘safe limit’ is absolutely intolerable.”

By Andrea Germanos.  Published 12-11-2021 by Common Dreams.

One of the messages displayed onto the USS Balao Conning Tower outside of the U.S. Navy Museum in Washington D.C. on December 12, 2021. (Photo: CodePink)

Activists with CodePink, in solidarity with Hawaii-based water protectors, on Friday projected images on a submarine tower outside the Navy museum in Washington, D.C., calling for a shutdown of a military fuel storage facility associated with contamination of Oahu drinking water.

Messages displayed on the USS Balao Conning Tower included “Shut down Red Hill tanks,” “Demilitarize Hawaii,” and “Navy is poison.” Continue reading

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