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Discover the lawsuits against LHC that were dismissed, highlighting a federal appeals court ruling on environmental concerns.

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Hey, anyone remember the lawsuits that were trying to shut down the LHC? They were finally dismissed by a federal appeals court in 2010, with the following concise summary of the situation:

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.

Of course, maybe we're just lucky enough to live in the branch of the wave function where the disaster didn't happen?

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