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Livermore Lab’s Annual Report Card Reveals Expanded Plutonium Pit Work — and Persistent Safety Failures
What NNSA’s FY 2025 Performance Evaluation Report Tells Us About Lawrence Livermore Lab
Trump’s Plan to Pick Our Pockets to Fund Nuclear Weapons and the Department of War at Historically High Levels
On Friday, the Trump Administration began revealing its historically profligate Fiscal Year 2027 budget request to Congress. This is a summary of the “Top Line” numbers for “Defense,” which includes the Pentagon along with weapons programs in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
Livermore Lab’s Annual Report Card Reveals Expanded Plutonium Pit Work — and Persistent Safety Failures
What NNSA’s FY 2025 Performance Evaluation Report Tells Us About Lawrence Livermore Lab
Trump’s Plan to Pick Our Pockets to Fund Nuclear Weapons and the Department of War at Historically High Levels
On Friday, the Trump Administration began revealing its historically profligate Fiscal Year 2027 budget request to Congress. This is a summary of the “Top Line” numbers for “Defense,” which includes the Pentagon along with weapons programs in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
Celebrating Youth Voices: Winners of the 2026 Environmental Photo Contest
This year, Tri-Valley CAREs had the privilege of hosting our first ever Youth Environmental Photo Contest! We invited young people ages 10-25 to share how they see and experience the environment and environmental justice issues in their communities.
Good Friday Event on April 3
Ecumenical Peace Institute (EPI) with Tri-Valley CAREs is once again hosting a Good Friday event on April 3!
Tri-Valley CAREs is Happy to Announce New Staff Attorney Fellow, Raine Gordon!
Tri-Valley CAREs is pleased to announce our new Staff Attorney Fellow, Raine Gordon. Her year-long fellowship was made possible by her law school, the University of San Francisco (USF), School of Law which recognized Raine’s commitment to working in the public’s interest and the ability to have a “global impact” during a fellowship at Tri-Valley CAREs.
Tri-Valley CAREs Submitted Comments on DOE’s Notice of New Categorical Exclusion for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
At the beginning of February, the Department of Energy (DOE) released a notice of its new categorical exclusion for authorization, siting, construction, operation, reauthorization, and decommissioning of advanced nuclear reactors to DOE’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures.
As Tri-Valley CAREs Takes a Leadership Role in the California Environmental Justice Coalition, We Look Back While Moving Forward
Tri-Valley CAREs is pleased to share that our Environmental Program Manager, Anoushka Raj, has been invited to join the board of the California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC)!
Community Meeting at Livermore Gardens – Full Cleanup. Full Transparency. Protecting Our Community’s Health.
Tri-Valley CAREs organized a community event on Thursday, February 26, at Livermore Gardens, an apartment community located at 5720 East Avenue in Livermore, less than a block from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival and Eco Fair Brings Community Together for Environmental Action
As an Honors Political Science student at Las Positas College, environmental protection is a topic that deeply interests me. This spring semester I am interning with Tri-Valley CAREs focusing on nuclear policy and environmental justice. On Friday, February 27, I joined board member Mary Perner to table at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival and Eco Fair at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore.
Tri-Valley CAREs Director and Former Director Featured on Podcast!
Tri-Valley CAREs’ Executive Director Scott Yundt and our former Executive Director (current Senior Advisor) Marylia Kelley, were recently invited on the popular East Bay Yesterday podcast.
Deadline Extended! Tri-Valley CAREs 2026 Youth Environmental Photo Contest
All entries that meet the requirements are automatically entered into a pool of consideration for the prizes: The winner receives $750, the runner-up gets $250. Additionally, applicants from Tracy/West San Joaquin County are eligible for a separate $500 Community Award.
Take Action Today to End the War Against Iran
As we wake this morning, the U.S. government’s illegal, unconstitutional, and unprovoked bombing of Iran continues unabated. Hundreds of Iranian’s are already dead, including more than 150 schoolchildren who were killed in the bombing of a girl’s school on day one.
We Asked, And GAO Listened: GAO Issues a Report Saying NNSA Should Improve its Cost Growth Notification Process
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) construction projects and nuclear warhead development programs have historically experienced major cost overruns, including at Livermore Lab.
Our Executive Director Talks on the Peace and Justice Program on all Things Nuclear!
On February 13, Tri-Valley CAREs’ Executive Director, Scott Yundt, talked with Chris Nelson on the Peace and Justice Program on KZFR 90.1 FM on a variety of nuclear weapons topics!
FY 2027’s $1.5T Defense Budget Proposal Marks the Highest in History!
President Donald Trump announced in February on social media he would ask Congress for a $1.5 trillion defense budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027–a massive $500 billion increase from this year’s Pentagon budget of $1 trillion!
Will you be our Valentine?
Valentine’s Day reminds us not only of romantic love but also of our love for peace, justice, our neighbors, and our beautiful earth. This is an abiding love we know you share.
Take Action: Save New START! Stop a New U.S.- Russia Arms Race
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia – the New START Agreement – is set to expire on February 5, 2026, just this week!
TVC Celebrated 5 Years of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons!
January 22, 2026 marked the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)!
It is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight: 2026 Doomsday Clock Announcement
Today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its “Doomsday Clock” to the closest to midnight it has ever been. Due to the increased likelihood that humanity will suffer a global catastrophe, we are now just “85 seconds to midnight,” 4 seconds closer to midnight than we were last year.
In Honor of MLK Jr. Day: A Call for Moral Leadership on Nuclear Weapons
Tri-Valley CAREs’ staff, board and members honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, January 15. And, we celebrate his holiday on the third Monday of January each year.
USA Today Features Excellent Analysis and Visual Maps on the U.S. Nuclear Sponge
The series of articles from the January 6 USA Today examines the costs – financial and human – of upgrading U.S. land-based nuclear missile silos, of which there are 450 located in the Midwest. The concept of the nuclear sponge is that this leg of the nuclear triad, which is uniquely vulnerable to a strike because the silos can be seen easily from space, is “useful” because it will “absorb” the initial nuclear strike on the U.S., making the Midwest a sacrifice zone.
Article highlights Tri-Valley CAREs’ concerns about Lab canceling public engagement efforts – Join our 1/15 meeting for more!
In a January 7th article, Livermore Vine reporter Jude Strzemp discussed the National Security Administration’s decision to retract its intention to publish a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for public comment for “Enhanced Plutonium Utilization”
Year End Report: Tri-Valley CAREs Celebrates our 2025 Accomplishments
Take a look at Tri-Valley CAREs’ 2025 accomplishments through our end of the year report!
Your Year-End Donation to Tri-Valley CAREs – Now Doubled!
Tri-Valley CAREs had an amazing 2025! In a time when the risks posed by nuclear weapons are growing, Tri-Valley CAREs work is more important than ever. Our staff, board and volunteers have made great strides in 2025 (click here for staff highlights). To read more about our year, here’s a letter from our Executive Director Scott Yundt.
Livermore Lab Uses Trump Executive Order Gutting Environmental Laws to Push Through Enhanced Plutonium Utilization without Public Input
A November notice from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) erases the previously announced public involvement requirement and thereby fast-tracks increased plutonium use at its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory after decades of limits protected the public from potential risks.
Tri-Valley CAREs Traveled to Nevada to Oppose Potential Resumption of Nuclear Testing
On November 21st, Scott Yundt and Tanvi Kardile from Tri-Valley CAREs gathered at “Peace Camp” at the gates of the Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Test Site) to join other experts and activists from around the country in a display of opposition to Trump’s recent statement suggesting the US could conduct explosive nuclear tests at the site.
Site 300 Hazardous Waste Permit Renewals Need Your Input
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Site 300, the high-explosives testing range in the hills near Tracy, is once again at a crossroads, and your participation is needed!
U.S. Tests ICBM Nuclear Warhead Delivery System from Vandenberg After Trump Amps Up Nuclear Testing Rhetoric
In the early morning hours of November 5, 2025 as election results dominated the news, Vandenberg Space Force Base launched a Minuteman III missile. This intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is the current US ground-based nuclear warhead delivery system that sits in roughly 400 underground silos across five states. It would target US adversaries in a full-scale nuclear war.
Trump’s Vague Call for New Nuclear Testing, Livermore Lab’s Potential Role, and the Burgeoning Opposition
On October 29th, the President used his social media platform, Truth Social, to make a confusing, but potentially very serious announcement: “Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis.”
Just 100 Days Until US – Russia Nuclear Weapons Limits Agreement Expires
In just 100 days, the 2010 New Strategic Arms Control Treaty (New START), the last remaining arms control treaty between the US and Russia, the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals, is set to expire. New START limits US and Russian nuclear forces to 1550 strategic...