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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Water Protectors Serve 'Eviction Notice' To US Navy Command</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">By Oahu Water Protectors - November 21, 2022</div></div>
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<img src="cid:ii_lasehaz30" alt="image.png" width="435" height="266"><br><h2>“Clean up and Get Out.”</h2>
<p><strong>With no meaningful response to their demands for
accountability and emergency action by the U.S. Navy one full year after
a fuel spill poisoned Oʻahu’s aquifer and thousands of people, the
community has had enough.</strong></p>
<p>Puʻuloa, Hawaiʻi – On the anniversary of the 19,000 gallon fuel spill
that led to the poisoning of Oʻahu’s sole source aquifer and thousands
of families, water protectors from across the island presented an
“eviction notice” to Navy leaders for numerous Navy and Department of
Defense actions that have continually threatened and harmed the lands,
waters, and people of of Hawaiʻi – including the Navy’s ongoing refusal
to properly address the existential threat posed by the Red Hill Bulk
Fuel Storage Facility.</p>
<p>“We aren’t dumb. We aren’t sheep. We know when we are just being fed
lines by military officials in the hopes of keeping us quiet. We let
them do that to us for too long, and look at what we’ve got. Those days
are over, maybe forever,” stated Kainoa Azama, of the Oʻahu Water
Protectors.</p>
<p>Prior to their presentation of the notice, water protectors gave out
hundreds of ice pops and informational brochures to families shopping at
the Navy Exchange. “First, people on the Navy’s water system need to be
informed that there are still reports of ongoing health and
contamination issues. They need to know that if they are experiencing
health symptoms or observing issues with their tapwater, there are
resources and networks out there who may be able to help,” said Wayne
Tanaka, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i executive director. “Second, we want
these families to understand – we are all connected. We all need water,
we all want to protect what we love, and we all need to take care of
each other as well as these islands we are blessed to live on, to call
home. That is what today and the events this weekend are all about.”</p>
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<p>The eviction notice presented by the water protectors, representing
numerous organizations in the Shut Down Red Hill Coalition, cited the
following grounds for eviction:<br>
● Navy officials’ lying under oath in legal proceedings concerning the Red Hill Facility;<br>
● Prioritizing military and hypothetical war time objectives over the safety and security of ʻāina and people;<br>
● Desecrating sites sacred to Kānaka Maoli; and<br>
● The poisoning of wai and ʻāina, stolen from the Hawaiian Kingdom with the assistance of the U.S. Navy.</p>
<p>Water protectors expressed alarm regarding Joint Task Force Red Hill
Commander Rear Admiral John Wade’s inability to acknowledge the
emergency nature of the continued presence of 104,000,000 gallons of
fuel 100 feet above Oʻahuʻs EPA Region IX Sole Source Aquifer. They also
cited deep disappointment in Navy leaders’ continued refusal to hold
regular, public, in-person meetings to receive and respond to community
concerns, and to meaningfully address the pleas of both military and
civilian families still suffering from the effects of hydrocarbon
poisoning.</p>
<p>While the group had called upon INDOPACOM Admiral John Aquilino and
Joint Task Force Commander Rear Admiral Wade to meet them at the
Makalapa Gate entrance, neither official came forward.</p>
<p>“The buck stops at the top, and Rear Admiral Wade and Admiral
Aquilino have done nothing to answer the call to meet with the people
whose island, whose lives, and whose future remain in jeopardy,”
reflected Janice Toma Shiira, of the Shimanchu Wai Protectors. “Why are
they afraid of meeting us, face to face? Are they afraid that they can’t
answer our questions? Or is there something else they are hiding?”</p>
<p>Participants then “served” the eviction notice to the gate guards at Pacific Fleet Command Headquarters.</p>
<p>Participants demonstrated that the concern for the health and future
of the wai (water) under Kapūkakī (Red Hill) has not subsided. Sunday’s
eviction action made it abundantly clear that community organizations,
Kānaka Maoli leaders, and water drinkers across Hawaiʻi are far from
backing down.</p>
<h3>Sponsoring organizations:</h3>
<p>Oʻahu Water Protectors, @oahuwaterprotectors<br>
Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, @healanipale<br>
Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi, @sierraclubhi<br>
Shut Down Red Hill Mutual Aid, @shutdownredhillmutualaid<br>
Surfrider Foundation Oʻahu, @surfrideroahu<br>
Faith Action for Community Equity, @faithactionhawaii<br>
Hawai‘i Alliance for Progressive Action, @hiprogressiveaction<br>
KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance, @kaheaalliance<br>
Da Hui o He’e Nalu, @huioheenalunorthshore<br>
Lāhui Foundation, @lahuifoundation<br>
Hawaiʻi Peoples Fund, @hawaiipeoplesfund<br>
Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition, @thehycc<br>
Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice, @hawaiipeaceandjustice<br>
Queen’s Court<br>
Shimanchu Wai Protectors</p>
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