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 high court heard oral arguments in Department of Air Force v. Guahan over whether activists can challenge the Air Force’s application to renew a permit to continue destroying unexploded waste military munitions at a beach on the north-eastern coast of the island. The Air Force’s permit renewal application from 2021 is at the center of the lawsuit, with environmental activists attempting to end the practice of detonating the munitions at the base in Guam.

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