Hawaiʻi lawyer: Pentagon would ‘rather play legal games than clean up its mess’

TL;DR - After Navy officials in Hawaii previously said they would empty the giant Red Hill fuel tanks that authorities there believe are contaminating drinking water, the Pentagon said Monday, Jan. 31, that it would appeal an order from local officials to do so.

At least one local official thinks the Navy “would rather play legal games than clean up its mess.”

Wayne Tanaka, Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter director, said the Pentagon’s plan to appeal an emergency order from local officials flies in the face of the service’s agreement in January to comply with the order after Hawaii’s deputy attorney general upheld the order. US Pacific Command also said in January that it would comply with the order.

February 1, 2022: Hawaiʻi lawyer: Pentagon would ‘rather play legal games than clean up its mess’, Coffee or Die