Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

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Hawaii may not allow fracking but do they allow the use of fracking fluids?

This article helps explain how Fracking fluids even in small doses have been known to kill hardwood trees.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/dis...z=view_all&address=115x303543

Does Puna's geothermal power plant use these same chemicals in their enhanced closed loop system?

Would a blowout like we have seen in the past from our Geothermal power plant potentially spray these fluids over ground foliage?
Would a leaking geothermal production well possibly contain any of these known tree-killing fracking chemicals?
Could any of the 4.2 million gallons of water a day being used at our Puna geothermal power plant possibly contain any of these fracking fluids?

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/06/f...nia-201006

This unexplained boom was felt throughout Puna, Could it have been an underground explosion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_GssUFLdpM

Just after this unexplained explosion some people in Puna started to notice the Ohia trees start to die.

Could an underground explosion cause leaks in Geothermal underground reservoirs, pipes, or wells.?

http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/geothermal...hot-topic/

If our Puna Geothermal power plant did mix or use small amounts of added chemicals with the 4,ooo,ooo gallons of water a day. Would they be required to release the ingredient's or chemicals used for their enhanced concoctions or claim they could not due to industry proprietary reasons?

http://web.ornl.gov/info/news/pulse/no438/story1.shtml

edited to say Good morning To HOTPE and add a few more links.