Collider doomsday case thrown out on appeal (destruction of the Earth not attributable to US government failiure to draft an environmental impact statement)
Hawaiin botanist Walter L Wagner has suffered a defeat in his continuing battle in the US courts to stop the Large Hadron Collider, which he fears may accidentally destroy the Earth.
Wagner’s original case was thrown out in 2008, but he appealed the decision and was back in Hawaii’s federal court again last week to hear the result. He didn’t get any sympathy from the judges, however. They wrote, “To establish standing, Wagner must demonstrate (1) an “injury in fact,” (2) “a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of” that is not attributable to “the independent action of some third party not before the court,” and (3) a likelihood that a favorable decision will redress the injury … Wagner cannot demonstrate that he has standing … Speculative fear of future harm does not constitute an injury in fact sufficient to confer standing.”
They also pointed out again that even if Wagner had a case, the US courts have no jurisdiction over the collider on the France/Switzerland border and said “Accordingly, the alleged injury, destruction of the earth, is in no way attributable to the U.S. government’s failure to draft an environmental impact statement.”
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August 31, 2010
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