The Fight for Red Hill with the O’ahu Water Protectors

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5 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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We're joined by Mikey & Keoni from the O'ahu Water Protectors to discuss the recent history of Red Hill & the destruction of Hawaii's largest aquifer and primary source of fresh water for the residents of the island. How did we get to the point that the most important source for life, fresh water, is becoming less and less accessible? Further, how has this pushed people into activism and begun to change narratives in the community about the role of activism? We don't just dive into these questions but we also look at the recent successes caused by direct action, and the lessons learned from this process. To support the O'ahu Water Protectors, visit: https://oahuwaterprotectors.org/ They can also be found on social media at @Oahuwaterprotectors Shut Down Red Hill Mutual Aid social medias: @SDRHMutualAid Venmo: @ShutDownRedHillMutualAid Support this podcast through Patreon at www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac

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0:00.0	Late last year, a leak from a U.S. Navy facility poisoned the water supply of approximately 93,000 Oau
0:22.9	residents with jet fuel tainted water. Today and for the indefinite future, Oahu faces a catastrophic
0:30.7	threat to its sole source aquifer, likely the biggest water crisis it has ever seen and one of the largest in the United States.
0:39.8	The Red Hill Underground bulk fuel storage facility was built in secret during World War II,
0:46.2	100 feet above Oahu's principal drinking water source.
0:50.6	For the past eight decades, the facility has been leaking fuel into the porous lava rock below it.
0:56.9	Due to the complex hydrogeology and location of Oahu's groundwater aquifer,
1:02.5	the fuel that is infiltrated the porous lava rock can leak at any given time, speed, and direction.
1:09.5	This ongoing crisis is not a recent phenomenon.
1:13.4	The Red Hill facility has been leaking since at least 75 years ago when the first known
1:18.5	leak occurred in 1947.
1:21.7	The following year, an earthquake caused a massive leak, and the largest known leak was 27,000 gallons in January 2014.
1:30.3	Since 1943, at least 180,000 gallons of fuel likely more have leaked from the Red Hill facility into the surrounding environment.
1:40.3	In this episode, I'm joined by Mikey and Keone from the Oahu water protectors to discuss what's happening with Redhill and some of the recent victories they've had thanks to direct action.
1:53.1	Please take a listen and support the work they're doing.
1:56.0	While a testament to the destruction of our economic system, there are silver linings to be found as we look
2:01.7	towards a future of increasing ecological destabilization.
2:09.8	Mikey Keone, thank you so much for joining us. Could you please introduce yourselves for my audience?
2:14.9	Aloha Mikeako. My name is Keone DeFranco.
2:18.5	I'm a Kanaka Mauli, a native Hawaiian, and Oahu Water Protector.
2:24.4	And yeah, we're here because there's jet fuel in our water.
2:28.2	Aloha.
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