Maryland Green Party Candidates Kevin Zeese (Senate) and Bob Kozak (6th District House), proposed a lawsuit to challange the Army’s plans to expand its biological defense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick.

The candidates cited a July 31 Massachusetts state court ruling ordering further environmental review of a proposed Boston University biodefense lab.  The Massachusetts decision called the state approval of the lab “arbitrary and capricious,” ignoring worst case scenerious.

Bob commented that the Boston decision “really energizes us and gives us hope.”

The Green Party candidates skipped an Army public hearing on the draft environmental statement, saying the “nothing’s going to really change by giving testimony.”  Instead the Greens held their own public meeting to generate support for the lawsuit.