Jill Meinecke2022-03-07T17:07:11-10:00March 7, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, Department of Education, Department of Health, gov. david ige, Jr., Osa Tui, Red Hill, U.S. Navy|
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today in a statement that the U.S. Navy will defuel and permanently close the Red Hill storage facility, which has been contaminating the drinking water of 93,000 Oahu residents since last November.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:42:05-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, fuel tanks, Red Hill, resolution, U.S. Navy, Water contamination|
The Hawaii Board of Education voted to approve a stronger, more action-oriented resolution on the Red Hill water contamination at its general business meeting Thursday.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-25T16:36:11-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: board of directors, Board of Education, Board of Water Supply, Fuel storage, fuel tanks, Hawaii state House, Jr., Mayor Rick Blangiardi, Mitzie Higa, Osa Tui, President Joe Biden, Red Hill, Sierra Club, U.S. Navy|
The state House Committee of Consumer Protection & Commerce voted to move forward with a bill Thursday that would prohibit the issuance or renewal of permits for large capacity underground fuel storage tanks near sources of underground drinking water in Hawaii.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-25T14:48:37-10:00January 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Water Supply, BOE, catherine payne, Department of Health, fuel contamination, HSTA Central Chapter, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Osa Tui Jr, Red Hill, Sierra Club Hawaii, U.S. Navy, Virtual forum|
Educators from seven Hawaii public schools affected by contaminated water from the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill fuel tanks spoke at an HSTA virtual forum Monday night to share their experiences. The event also included presentations from the Board of Water Supply and Sierra Club of Hawaii.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-21T15:52:52-10:00January 21, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, Chair Catherine Payne, HIDOE, HSTA Board of Directors, Keith Hayashi, Lyla Berg, Red Hill, U.S. Navy, Water contamination|
The Hawaii Board of Education (BOE) stated Thursday that it will consider taking a position to call for the U.S. Navy to immediately empty fuel and fully close its Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage facility after drinking water at multiple Hawaii public schools was contaminated.
