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August 22, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit that seeks to block construction of a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, over concerns about its impact on the Okinawa dugong, an endangered marine mammal that resembles a manatee.
The Center for Biological Diversity has authority to challenge the adequacy of the government's evaluation of the effect on the Okinawa dugong, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. A three-judge panel of the court also said the environmental group's request for an injunction blocking the project did not raise political questions that were beyond judicial review.
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