Navy’s Red Hill debacle is both a warning and an opportunity

TL;DR - In March, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that the Navy would finally drain the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii and close it down permanently. Built during the Second World War, the Red Hill facility is the largest underground fuel storage facility in the world, holding up to 250 million gallons of fuel, and critically important for the U.S. military.

Hawaiian officials have long called for the facility to be closed because it is a danger to the local water supply. The Sierra Club estimates that as many as 180,000 gallons of fuel have spilled over the lifespan of the tanks, and a Navy-sponsored report estimated that every year there is a 28 percent chance of a major spill between 10,000 and 30,000 gallons.

June 15, 2022: Navy’s Red Hill debacle is both a warning and an opportunity, The Hill