Several community groups and national environmental nonprofits have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Navy to prevent bombing and other live-fire training from occurring on the islands of Pagan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific.

The plaintiffs include the Center for Biological Diversity , Guardians of Gani, PaganWatch and the Tinian Womens Association. The latter three are community groups based in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory north of Guam.

Theyre represented by the environmental law firm Earthjustice , as well as Tinian attorney Kimberlyn King-Hinds.