Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 39, Number 3, 1 March 2022 — Defending the Wai of Kapūkakī [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Defending the Wai of Kapūkakī

/ POKE NŪHOU S * N EWS BRIEFS '

Representatives of more than 50 organizations converged on the capitol on February 10 demanding that the U.S. Navy defuel and permanently close its fuel storage tanks at Kapūkakī. "The Navy has set a course into a sea of deceptions and finds itself today stranded alone on an island of delusion," said one of Ka'ohewai's core leaders Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer. "While the Navy believes it ean fight a legal mandate to defuel its failing Red Hill facility, we believe their resistance is futile. The Navy should lay down its weapons, stop fighting against Hawai'i, and shutdown Red Hill." - Photo: Jason Lees