[CPEO-MEF] FUEL, COMMUNITIES: "‘Insulting’: Community outraged after Navy excused from meetings on Red Hill [HI} spill"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

‘Insulting’: Community outraged after Navy excused from meetings on Red Hill spill

By Raquel Calo
Hawaii News Now
February 19, 2026

HONOLULU - The Navy is no longer required to meet with community members regarding the 2021 Red Hill fuel spill that contaminated drinking water for more than 90,000 Oahu residents, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

In the wake of the fuel spill, the Navy had been required to attend meetings held by the Community Representation Initiative, or CRI, but skipped many of those gatherings.

Under the new plan, the Navy will instead update the public through newsletters, podcasts, and an annual town hall.

…

For the entire article, see
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/02/20/insulting-community-outraged-after-navy-excused-meetings-red-hill-spill/

—

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)




_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org