So Much for Transparency: Navy Unwilling To Release Report on Red Hill Contamination

Written By Sierra Club Hawaiʻi Chapter

TL:DR - We knew the U.S. Navy would slow roll the process of complying with the State of Hawaii to defuel the leaking 80-year-old jet fuel tanks that contaminated the drinking water of over 93,000 residents of O’ahu. The majority of the 93,000 were the military’s own families.

The slow roll has begun. With transparency thrown out the window, the Navy’s announced on January 26 that it would release only the summary of the report on how jet fuel got into the water supply. "When the review is complete, we expect the Navy to provide a summary of the conclusions in a public release," the chief of information for the Navy declared. The Navy has released full reports of previous leaks from the Red Hill tanks.

January 31, 2022: So Much for Transparency: Navy Unwilling To Release Report on Red Hill Contamination, antiwar.com

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