Since most military projects are intimately involved with national security, can't they be excused from the requirements of environmental law? That was the question at issue last week when a federal judge in Washington, B.C., refused to issue an injunction to halt construction of a base vital to the Navy's $15 billion Trident submarine program. Judge George Hart's ruling set the stage for a February trial that will pit environmentalists and landowners against the Navy and a new type of "public interest" law firm.
The case dates back to 1973 when the Navy announced...
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