Military Will Fight Hawaii Order To Drain The Red Hill Fuel Facility After All

TL;DR - After initially saying the Navy would comply with a state health department order to drain the Red Hill fuel facility, the U.S. military has decided to take the state of Hawaii to court to fight the order, according to a statement from Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on Monday.

The Department of Health issued the emergency order after fuel from the World War II-era Red Hill facility leaked into the water supply for 93,000 members of the military community, sickening families and displacing thousands from their homes.

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