Pacific Islanders push back against U.S. military control of their homelands

A case involving Guam’s Indigenous CHamoru community could determine when federal agencies must assess environmental risks and allow public input before moving forward with their plans.

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For decades, the U.S. Air Force has been blowing up old explosives on a Guam beach above one of the island’s main sources of drinking water. A local environmental group has taken its fight to the Supreme Court, arguing that the military should have studied the potential environmental damage before seeking to continue.

The beach and …