Those of you following closely already heard this news but, last Friday, a federal judge in Hawaii threw out a lawsuit alleging the Large Hadron Collider contravenes the National Environmental Protection Act, or NEPA. The lawsuit, brought by Walter Sanchez and Luis Sancho, was thrown out because the judge said the US involvement in the LHC was not sufficient for US environmental regulations to come into effect.
The judge did not evaluate the massive amount of documentation submitted by the parties arguing the scientific aspects of the case. That argument might need to be considered in the European Court of Human Rights where a companion lawsuit is under consideration.
Read more about the case and this decision in Alan Boyle's extensive and excellent coverage of the topic at Cosmic Log.
