U.S. Court Delays Air Base Near Okinawa To Seek Information About Japanese Mammal

摘要

A U.S. federal court in California Jan. 24 delayed construction of an American air base off Okinawa Island, saying the U.S. Department of Defense had failed to adequately take into account the effect of the planned base on an endangered Japanese mammal (Okinawa Dugongv. Gates, N.D. Cal., No. 03-4350, 1/24/08).