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🗓️ 5 December 2021
⏱️ 78 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Empire Files podcast. |
0:11.8 | I'm Abby Martin here in studio with Mike Prysner. |
0:15.0 | As well as a very special guest, I'll be introducing you to in just a moment. |
0:19.5 | As you know, we're hard at work on our new film, Earth's Greatest Enemy, |
0:23.2 | about the U.S. military's role as the world's top polluter. |
0:27.4 | As we've been diving into this topic, |
0:29.4 | we found a story too urgent to not highlight immediately. |
0:33.2 | Be sure to go to earth's greatest enemy.com to help us do this work |
0:36.7 | and sign up on patreon.com |
0:38.9 | slash empire files for exclusive podcasts. |
0:42.8 | Today we want to call your attention to an urgent story, an unfolding disaster that everyone |
0:48.5 | needs to be aware of and push for action. |
0:52.0 | Right now the drinking water in Honolulu, Hawaii is being poisoned by the |
0:55.5 | U.S. military, and instead of rushing to save lives, they're engaging in a cover-up. At this moment, |
1:02.2 | around half a million residents, including service members stationed at Pearl Harbor, have been |
1:07.6 | drinking water contaminated by dangerous fuel chemicals. |
1:11.6 | It's all coming from Red Hill, owned and operated by the U.S. Navy. |
1:16.6 | Here's Hawaii Congressman Kai Kahele on December 2nd |
1:20.6 | talking about what's emerged over the past several days. |
1:24.6 | Today, Amanda just texted me, and it's about 6 o'clock in the morning in Hawaii time, |
1:28.5 | Mr. Chairman, that she went to the Tripler emergency room last night because of a headache and |
1:32.8 | irritation in her mouth and throat. And her doctor diagnosed her with chemical burns in her |
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