by Alexandra Martinez | Jun 26, 2026 | Alligator Alcatraz, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, Environment, Florida, ICE, immigration jails, National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, News, Wildlife
Federal immigration officials have transferred detainees out of the controversial detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” but environmental advocates say the fight to shut down the Florida Everglades site is far from over. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that detainees were removed from the facility, located at a remote airstrip in Big Cypress National…
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by Anita Hofschneider | Mar 20, 2026 | Andersen Air Force Base, CHamoru people, Colonialism, Department of Defense, Drinking Water, Guam, Indigenous Rights, Militarism, National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, News, Supreme Court, US militarism, US Military, US Territories
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could determine the future of a beach with cultural and ecological importance to the Indigenous CHamoru people of Guam. The case is an appeal from the U.S. Air Force, which wants to continue the open detonation of obsolete munitions on Tarague Beach in northern Guam — a site located directly above the sole-source aquifer providing 80 percent of…
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