06/22/2025
NEW LAWSUIT ALERT
The U.S. Department of Energy is keeping secrets about the Hanford Nuclear Site—and Columbia Riverkeeper is taking them to court.
We sued the DOE for violating the Freedom of Information Act after they failed to release public records about a massive 19,000-acre "clean energy" development proposal at Hanford.
The public has a legal right to know how the most contaminated site in the U.S. is being managed. The federal government’s legally binding mission at Hanford is cleanup, not new nuclear infrastructure.
🛑 The secrecy ends here.
The cleanup must continue, with Tribal Nations and transparency leading the way.
Read the full story: https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/2025/new-lawsuit-seeks-public-records-about-potential-development-at-former-top-secret-nuclear-site