PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY et al v. BUTTIGIEG et al

  1. September 09, 2024

    DC Judge Won't Halt Colo. Trail Over Radiation Concerns

    A D.C. federal judge will allow a trail development project in Colorado's Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge to move forward, rejecting a preliminary injunction bid from environmental and public health groups that claimed federal regulators disregarded unsafe levels of radiation in the area when authorizing the project.

  2. March 06, 2024

    Enviro Groups Say Colo. Trail Will Increase Cancer Risks

    A D.C. federal judge strained to square two directly conflicting assertions in an ongoing challenge to a Fish and Wildlife Service trail in Colorado Wednesday, one from environmental and health groups claiming that plutonium from the site was certain to cause rare and deadly illnesses to trail-goers and nearby residents, and another from the federal government claiming that the trace levels of plutonium near a former-weapons plant were well below thresholds for concern.

  3. January 09, 2024

    Citing 'Plutonium Plume,' Enviro Groups Fight Colo. Trail

    Seven public health and environmental groups have sued multiple federal departments in D.C. federal court, accusing them of using "fatally flawed" environmental analyses to support its approval of an 8-mile trail through what the groups say is the most heavily plutonium-contaminated portion of Colorado's Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.