Stand For Environmental Justice In Waianae -- 2 Public Meetings‏

Aloha!

I'm
writing to you because you have either been on the EJ bus tour, or
signed our petition in support of a "Truly Sustainable Waianae," or
attended one of our outreach & education events on environmental
justice. One way or another you have demonstrated your support in the
battle against environmental injustice in Waianae. For this, we all
thank you. Mahalo nunui!

This is the exact same parcel of land that developers say can't be farmed.
Look what can grow in Waianae, if just given the chance! With your help
we can do it again!

Sign this petition today and
show your support for a truly sustainable Waianae!

Today,
we have TWO important opportunities to win some critical advances in
this struggle, opening a door to a new future and a new vision for
justice and environmental health in Hawaii nei. We need your help!

1. Public Meeting on the PVT landfill expansion -- A special meeting of the Nanakuli Neighborhood Board
Thursday, September 2, 2010, 6:00 pm
Nanakuli Elementary School (89-778 Haleakala Avenue Waianae, HI 96792)

PVT
is the privately owned construction and demolition waste landfill
directly behind the Coral Sands community in Lualualei. This landfill
piles up asbestos, coal ash, and other noxious wastes, with nothing but a
flimsy construction tarp to protect the homes, families and community
church immediately next door. Until now, PVT has been allowed to
operate with only minimal public oversight. That is about change,
starting with this public meeting. Join us! (Note: Thursday is also
the USC v. UH football game. If you are coming to Nanakuli from town,
plan a lot of extra travel time -- traffic is gonna be nuts.)

2. Land Use Commission Public Hearing on the proposed Industrial Park in Lualualei
Thursday September 9, 2010, 9:30 am
Kakuhihewa Building Room 111 (601 Kamokila St., Kapolei 96722)

Tropic
Land proposes to build an industrial park on 96 acres of productive
farmland in Lualualei. This land is the birthplace of the demigod Maui
-- at the base of Pu'u Heleakala, where Maui snared the sun. This land
is integral to the cultural landscape of Lualualei. It should not be
industrialized, especially when paving over these agricultural lands is
out of sync with the community's vision for their future. This
industrial park is not economically viable and will likely only lead to
further industrialization of this area -- like the proposed new landfill
next door..

Now,
Tropic Land needs the Land Use Commission's approval (this is the
purple spot everybody has been talking about). But Lualualei residents
have put their foot down on this proposal: no purple spot, no more
destructive land uses in this ahupua'a. Help us hold the line and push
for a safer, cleaner, healthier Lualualei. (Don't forget to bring
quarters for metered parking!)

Show your support: click here to sign the Purple Spot petition and share this petition with friends and 'ohana.

Showing
up makes an incredible difference. Let's show our strength! I really
hope to see you at the meeting tomorrow and next week Thursday!

Aloha Aina,
Marti

1149 Bethel St., #415
Honolulu, HI 96813
www.kahea.org
blog.kahea.org

phone: 808-524-8220
email: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com

KAHEA: the Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance is a network of thousands of diverse individuals islands-wide and
around the world. Together, we work to secure the strongest possible
protections for Hawaii's most ecologically unique and culturally sacred
places and resources.

Found this piece:

Dr. Richard Salvador wrote..

http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/1999/08/00_salvador_micronesia.htm

The Nuclear History of Micronesia and the Pacific
by Richard N. Salvador*, Republic of Belau, August 1999

"In Belau (Palau), where I come from, we were spared the harrowing experiences of the atomic testings. Kwajalein, Bikini and Enewetak in the Marshall Islands, however, were chosen for a supply base and a smaller command center, respectively, and which were used for the bomb testings. The Marshall Islands suffered the most from these military occupations and tests. Kwajelein also became a vital link in the supply route for American forces during the Korean War as well as a base for missile tests later. On Saipan, the main island of what is now the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Central Intelligence set up a camp which operated a secret training for Chinese nationalist guerillas who were part of an unsuccessful plan to invade the Chinese mainland (Robie p.144).

Micronesia, therefore, was where the beginnings of important aspects of these US military activities took place. These integral aspects of US military strategy in the western Pacific were the beginnings of a strategic concept at work in U.S. Asia-Pacific policy. Ever since, as Joseph Gerson has written, Micronesia has been shaped and influenced by "the goal of maintaining and increasing U.S. power and advantage in the region." In the Marshall Islands, the US tested a total of 66 atomic and hydrogen bombs between 1946 and 1958. Six islands were vaporised by nuclear weapons and hundreds of people were irradiated. Today, more than 40 years later, many islands are still uninhabited. Many Bikinians and Rongelapese who were downwind of the bomb explosions remain exiled peoples. (Alexander 1994, pp. 28,30).

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Kaohi September 2, 2010 at 5:27am

Found this piece:

Dr. Richard Salvador wrote..

http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/1999/08/00_salvador_micronesia.htm

The Nuclear History of Micronesia and the Pacific
by Richard N. Salvador*, Republic of Belau, August 1999

"In Belau (Palau), where I come from, we were spared the harrowing experiences of the atomic testings. Kwajalein, Bikini and Enewetak in the Marshall Islands, however, were chosen for a supply base and a smaller command center, respectively, and which were used for the bomb testings. The Marshall Islands suffered the most from these military occupations and tests. Kwajelein also became a vital link in the supply route for American forces during the Korean War as well as a base for missile tests later. On Saipan, the main island of what is now the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Central Intelligence set up a camp which operated a secret training for Chinese nationalist guerillas who were part of an unsuccessful plan to invade the Chinese mainland (Robie p.144).

Micronesia, therefore, was where the beginnings of important aspects of these US military activities took place. These integral aspects of US military strategy in the western Pacific were the beginnings of a strategic concept at work in U.S. Asia-Pacific policy. Ever since, as Joseph Gerson has written, Micronesia has been shaped and influenced by "the goal of maintaining and increasing U.S. power and advantage in the region." In the Marshall Islands, the US tested a total of 66 atomic and hydrogen bombs between 1946 and 1958. Six islands were vaporised by nuclear weapons and hundreds of people were irradiated. Today, more than 40 years later, many islands are still uninhabited. Many Bikinians and Rongelapese who were downwind of the bomb explosions remain exiled peoples. (Alexander 1994, pp. 28,30).
Kaohi September 2, 2010 at 5:19am

Thank You Babe!

I loved it! Just getting beyond the pig farming this morning with 'waste streaming' for poison dust is permenate when it is planted in our lungs. DU nano particles grows like weeds in our bodies.

As you know I live next to a 19 acre surface dump site that has been on going since 2000, this is a legal dump site for Nuclear Waste because they are following the Pentagon and NRC sustainable plus plan. The 'plus' makes it military sound. I don't have a quote, but will try to locate one.

Today is the Queens Birthday, will be going to Pali Momi today afterwork to be with Tane on this day.

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