2012 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 08:06:58 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION, ENERGY: Ford Island (HI) solar plan challenged
 
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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