Supreme Court Takes Up Case About Air Force’s Disposal of Hazardous Waste

A federal appeals court previously ruled the military needed to seek an environmental review to continue detonating ordnance in Guam.

Snow falls outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on March 9 agreed to hear the Trump administration’s bid to throw out environmentalists’ challenge to the U.S. Air Force’s practice of detonating waste explosives on a beach in Guam.

The justices granted the petition in Department of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan without comment in an unsigned order. No justices dissented.