Nevada Mushroom Cloud Blast to Be Delayed

[kpete]

Nev. Mushroom Cloud Blast to Be Delayed

By KEN RITTER, Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS - A non-nuclear explosion expected to generate a mushroom cloud over the Nevada desert will be postponed while a federal court reviews plans for the blast, officials said Tuesday.

The experiment won't be conducted earlier than June 23, said Cheri Abdelnour, spokeswoman for the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Fort Belvoir, Va. The blast was originally scheduled June 2.

In April, the Winnemucca Indian Colony and several Nevada and Utah "downwinders" filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the blast. The suit accuses the government of skipping public comment and failing to complete required environmental studies before picking a date and place.

In documents filed Monday, Justice Department lawyers sought to push back until early June a hearing in the case. The judge did not issue an immediate ruling.

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_on_re_us/mushroom_cloud

[madokie]

1. thats good news

[IndyOp]

2. Yes! More time to work to stop it. Yeah Randi Rhodes! (n/t)

:applause:

[SalviaBlue]

3. Randi did help bring awareness of this to the public.

I'd be willing to bet that her repeatedly bringing it up on her show and on several cable news shows helped those suing to stop this.

I am grateful to Randi Rhodes for the job she does.

[SeattleGirl]

4. Great news! I hope it can be stopped altogether, but this is a start.

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Berserker]

5. Curses Foiled Again

[alittlelark]

6. Perhaps they will wait until 06/06/06 for a real one in Iran.

....just sayin'.