The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a battle over the U.S. Air Force’s efforts to continue disposing of munitions by detonating them on a beach in northern Guam. The legal questions in Department of the Air Force v.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday about which environmental requirements the government must follow when handling unexploded WWII-era munitions in Guam. For decades, the government has brought the munitions to Anderson Air Force Base.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with a case about whether the Air Force needs to conduct environmental review before its munitions detonations in Guam. An environmental group, Prutehi Guåhan, has sued, saying that the decision to file a permit renewal application with the Guam Environmental …
The high court seemed to question when, not if, the Air Force should face environmental review challenges to disposing hazardous waste on Guam’s beaches.
The Supreme Court considered a legal battle on Wednesday involving an environmental challenge to the Air Force’s practice of detonating unexploded munitions, including explosives dating back to World War II, at a base on the Pacific island territory of Guam.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Air Force by a group that describes its mission as protecting Guam’s environment and culture. During roughly 75 minutes of oral argument in Department of the Air Force v.