{"id":11375,"date":"2019-07-11T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?p=11375"},"modified":"2023-05-08T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:24:08","slug":"federal-judge-finds-hawaii-agribusiness-development-corporation-is-unlawfully-contaminating-kaua%ca%bbis-shores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/ca\/federal-judge-finds-hawaii-agribusiness-development-corporation-is-unlawfully-contaminating-kaua%ca%bbis-shores\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Finds Hawai\u2018i Agribusiness Development Corporation Is Unlawfully Contaminating Kaua\u02bbi\u2019s Shores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earth Justice, 10 July 2019 | Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Honolulu, HI \u2014 Hawai\u2018i\u2019s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) has violated the federal Clean Water Act<\/a> by polluting ocean waters along Kaua\u02bbi\u2019s West Side without a permit, a federal court ruled yesterday. Community groups Na Kia\u2018i Kai, Surfrider Foundation, and Pesticide Action Network \u2014 represented by Earthjustice \u2014 sued the state agency for each day discharging millions of gallons of waters contaminated with pesticides, sediment, and heavy metals from the drainage ditch system it operates on the M\u0101n\u0101 Plain. […] The Court\u2019s order, issued by federal district court judge Derrick K. Watson, requires ADC to obtain and comply with a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to monitor and limit pollution levels from the drainage ditches. The agency had a permit for pollution from the drainage ditches until August 2015, when it withdrew its permit renewal application.<\/p>\n

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“Pesticides and GMOs are leaving Kauai, thanks to Gary Hooser’s courageous leadership and the Kauai teams who worked diligently. Special thanks to Dr Vandana Shiva who Jan, 2013 woke us up and said: “They have been here long enough, It is time for the pesticide companies to go”. Much gratitude to Many. This is another achievement for coherent collective consciousness for the Aina of Kauai” \u2014 MichaelCoon and Jenica K. Waymen, July 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Navdanya made a first mobilization tour in Hawaii with Dr Vandana Shiva in 2013, titled “Raise Awareness, Inspire Change<\/a>“, in collaboration with Center for Food Safety. “<\/span>From a groundbreaking march to the state capitol with a peaceful, powerful rally, to the largest turnout in the history of Kaua\u2019i at the Kaua\u2019i Convention Center, the tour was a huge success, and <\/span>ignited and empowered the food movement in Hawaii. And since the 2013 tour, the forward motion has only increased on the island. A law passed on the Big Island that bans new GE crop planting, and a historic law took effect on Kaua\u2019i to establish buffer zones between GE fields and schools, hospitals and residential areas”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Again in 2015 a Home Rule tour was organised to join community leaders from across Hawaii on Oahu<\/a> and Maui<\/a>, in collaboration with Center for Food Safety, Hawai’i Seed and other local movements, to share stories from the frontlines of the global movement and help bring Hawaii\u2019s story to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

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Also read:<\/p>\n

Huge news for Kauai\u2019s west side waters \u2013 chemical companies take another hit<\/strong><\/a>
\nGary Hooser’s Blog, 10 July 2019<\/h4>\n
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Herbicides banned on Hawaii public school campuses, superintendent says<\/a>
\nThe Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 27 June 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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