[CPEO-MEF] TRAINING, MUNITIONS: "Hawaiʻi County could push back against continued military training at Pōhakuloa"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hawaiʻi County could push back against continued military training at Pōhakuloa

By Mark Ladao
Hawaiʻi Public Radio
August 20, 2025

Dozens of pieces of testimony poured in at a Hawaiʻi County Council meeting Tuesday against the Army’s continued activity at the Pōhakuloa Training Area.

The council is moving a resolution that would urge the state to ask the Army to stop its bombing and live-fire training at the 200-square-mile site. 

“ For over 60 years, the U.S. military has occupied and bombed sacred Hawaiian lands at Pōhakuloa, contaminating our aquifer, destroying native ecosystems and desecrating cultural sites,” testifier Ronnie Inagaki said. 
“The Army's activities have caused wildfires that have burned nearly 20,000 acres and left behind contamination, including depleted uranium that puts our health and water at risk. Pōhakuloa sits atop an aquifer that supplies fresh water to our communities, and the military's record shows it cannot be trusted to protect this vital resource.”

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For the entire story, see
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-08-20/hawaii-county-could-push-back-against-continued-army-training-at-pohakuloa

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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