Navy Sues To Keep Fuel Tanks in Operation After a Massive Leak Poisoned Hawaiians

TL;DR - Two lawsuits filed on February 2, 2022 by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Department of Defense and the Department of Navy challenge the State of Hawaii’s emergency order to shut down and defuel the leaking 80-year-old jet fuel tanks. These lawsuits have created another public relations nightmare for the US Navy and the Department of Defense as residents of O’ahu have expressed their dismay and outrage to the continuing threat of jet fuel to their drinking water aquifer. In November 2021, the Red Hill tank system leaked jet fuel into the drinking water of 93,000 residents in military housing around Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Hickam Air Force base.

February 4, 2022: Navy Sues To Keep Fuel Tanks in Operation After a Massive Leak Poisoned Hawaiians, Antiwar.com