10 States, More Back Prutehi Guahan Ahead of Tarague Beach Supreme Court Hearing

Supreme Court weighs if military may explode bombs on a tropical beach on the island of Guam

Tarague Beach is a tropical expanse of white sand on the island of Guam, where sea turtles lay their eggs, migratory seabirds forage and reef fish glide in the clear blue-green water. But the future of the beach, nearly 8,000 miles from Washington, D.C., now rests with the Supreme Court. The justices heard oral arguments Wednesday over a legal challenge to a U.S. Air Force program to destroy expired rockets, bombs and hazardous waste munitions …

SCOTUS to Weigh Detonation of Old Bombs on Guam Beach

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday consider a stretch of sand 8,000 miles away. The justices will hear a case steming from the Air Force's practice of detonating old ammunition on Tarague Beach in Guam as it has done since 1982. Local nonprofit Prutehi Guahan says the detonations endanger...

LIVE NOW: Supreme Court to Hold Oral Argument Hearing in Department of Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan

The U.S. Supreme Court will hold an oral argument hearing in Department of Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan (25-579) at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 7.

10 states, more back Prutehi Guahan ahead of Tarague Beach Supreme Court hearing

As U.S. Supreme Court arguments in the lawsuit challenging open detonation by the Air Force at Tarague Beach in Yigo draw near, five briefs have been filed in support of Prutehi Guahan.

The Other Big Environmental Case at the Supreme Court

Guest contributor Clifford Villa is law professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law. With all eyes on Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, it’s been easy to overlook another environmental law case on the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court this week: Dept. of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan.  Prutehi Guahan illustrates … Continue reading "The Other Big Environmental Case at the Supreme Court"