[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION, ENERGY: Ford Island (HI) solar plan challenged

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy's green plan for Pearl Harbor runway hit

By Drew Gingrich
USA TODAY
 October 1, 2012

History buffs say the famous runway at Pearl Harbor's Ford Island is  
under attack once again - this time from the U.S. Navy itself, which  
may cover it with solar panels.

The unused runway in the center of the military base at Pearl Harbor  
is a good location for the solar project and is "critically important  
to achieving renewable energy mandates," said Navy spokeswoman Agnes  
Tauyan. But American history aficionados say the site should be  
preserved as sacred ground.

"We totally agree with (the Navy) being green, but we don't think  
they should do it where Americans spilled their red blood," said Ken  
DeHoff, director of the Pacific Aviation Museum, located in an  
airplane hangar on Ford Island. "There's plenty of room for them to  
create this project off to the west, which is just scrub oak and  
abandoned land."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/10/gannett-pearl-harbor-runway- 
navy-solar-100112/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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