DENVER Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a program clearing the way for uranium mines in western Colorado is illegal.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District in Denver says the Department of Energy's environmental analysis of the leasing program on federal land last year was inadequate. The groups want the court to make DOE do a more comprehensive analysis of the impacts of past uranium mining and potential impacts of new mines.
"Before supporting a whole other boom-and-bust uranium cycle in western Colorado, maybe they should think about it a little bit more," said Amy Atwood of the Center for Biological Diversity, one of four groups suing the federal government.
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