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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.
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.
“We’re paying for our own annihilation but nobody thinks about it”
BY MARILYN BECHTEL, PEOPLE'S WORLD LIVERMORE, Calif. – “They don’t want peace. Why? Because peace doesn’t make money.” Those words were spoken here at the recent demonstration against the production of thermonuclear weapons at Livermore Labs. As peace activists...
Activists Solemnly Gather for ‘Back to the Brink’ Event Commemorating the Bombing of Hiroshima
Around 100 people gathered at the Westgate entrance to Livermore Lab on the morning of Tuesday, August 6, 2024 to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The theme of the event was, Back from the Brink: the imperative of nuclear abolition. A...
Join us in Oakland! 2 Screenings of Silent Fallout with Director Hideaki Ito
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Nuclear danger
Editor, On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the world will commemorate the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. As we stop in our busy lives to reflect on the horrors of Hiroshima, nuclear experts inform us that the danger of nuclear war has never...
Tri-Valley CAREs Leads Effort to Fully Fund Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB or "Board") is an independent oversight organization within the executive branch of the United States government. Established in 1988, the DNFSB's primary goal is to advise the Department of Energy (DOE) on how to...
Update on the Corral Fire at Livermore Lab’s Site 300
Tri-Valley CAREs recently followed up with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) staff members on July 23rd who gave a presentation about the Corral Fire that occurred in June and how it affected the cleanup infrastructure at the Site 300 High Explosives...
End the nuclear threat
Editor, EDITOR: As we approach the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, it is vital to reflect on that tragic day and the ongoing threat of nuclear weapons. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945 killed over 100,000 people instantly and left countless others...
Back from the Brink, at Livermore Lab…
On August 6, the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, all are welcome to join a rally and demonstration at the gates of Lawrence Livermore National Lab. The event is called, “Back from the Brink: The Imperative of Nuclear Abolition.” Starting at 8:30...
Our Joint Case Challenging Plutonium Pit Production Plan Environmental Review is Fully Briefed!
Legal Battle Over Plutonium Pit Production & NEPA Compliance…
2024 Hiroshima Commemoration Events
Zoom Link & Info: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85817599403?pwd=G9jJdUURz4PrINbvuAISGv5wFZWono.1 Meeting ID: 858 1759 9403 Passcode: 017643 August 6 Flyer
Tri-Valley CAREs Summer Interns 2024
Meet our Tri-Valley CAREs 2024 Summer Interns! “I am currently a student at Las Positas College (LPC) pursuing a degree in Political Science with honors. Over the past two years, I have discovered my passion for local government and policy…”
Join Us for Daniel Ellsberg Week: Take Action Against a Nuclear World
Daniel Ellsberg was the whistleblower who had spread the Pentagon Papers to the public. He was initially sentenced to 115 years in prison for this leak (dismissed in 1973 on grounds of governmental misconduct). Eventually, the contents of the Pentagon Papers led to...
From Livermore to Rafah, U.S. weapons-industrial complex thrives, with GBU-39s and more…
More than 45 Palestinian civilians were killed on May 26 in a fire caused by an unprovoked Israeli airstrike at the Kuwait Peace Camp 1 in Rafah1. According to images reviewed by weapons experts, the bombs that Israel dropped were American bombs called GBU-39s2. The...
Controlled Burns and Wildfires Can Spread Contaminants
The recent Corral Fire quickly grew to 14,168 acres, and concerningly, it burned a portion of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300, its high explosives testing range. Since it was founded in 1955, Site 300 operations have included open-air blasts with high...
Tri-Valley CAREs Speaks Up, Creates Change in Washington, DC!
Your Tri-Valley CAREs team is back from a very busy, and quite successful, 2024 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) DC Days! About 70 participants attended an all-day issues and advocacy training before embarking on more than 60 meetings with key...
TAKE ACTION – Save RECA!
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) is expiring tomorrow, June 7th. RECA was initially created in 1990 to provide minor reimbursement for critical medical care for some victims of radiation exposure from American nuclear weapons development and testing....
Fire Burns at LLNL’s Site 300
The recent Corral Fire quickly grew to 14,168 acres, and perhaps most concerning, burned a portion of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300 High Explosives Testing Range. Since it was founded in 1955, Site 300 operations have included open-air blasts with...
Join Us! Vigil for Daniel Ellsberg Week with Tri-Valley CAREs
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Livermore Activists Go to Washington D.C.
Friends of local group Tri-Valley CAREs will be in Washington, D.C., from May 19-22 for the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s 2024 “DC Days” advocacy week. This event will bring roughly 60 activists from front-line communities around the country to Washington,...
Tri-Valley CAREs Team Heads to Washington DC! You Can Take Action From Home…
Four of your Tri-Valley CAREs friends will be in Washington, DC from May 19-22 for the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s 2024 DC Days. This event will bring roughly 60 activists from front-line communities around the country to Washington, DC to speak truth to...
New Report! “Nuclear Abolition: An idea whose time has come”
In preparation for this year’s Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s DC Days advocacy week in Washington, membership groups including Tri-Valley CAREs contributed to this new report to distribute to members of congress. (Tri-Valley CAREs contributions include the...
Earth Day Education
Editor, On Saturday, April 27, Tri-Valley CAREs and Tracy residents celebrated Earth Day by learning about renewable energy, and conservation efforts during a celebration held in downtown Tracy. This event was designed to educate individuals on becoming more...
NNSA Delays Urgent Research on Plutonium “Pit” Aging While Spending Tens of Billions on Nuclear Weapons Bomb Core Production
Nearly three years after filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request…
“Television Event” – Did a TV Movie Save the World?
KQED Plus (SF Bay Area PBS Affiliate) to present the California broadcast premiere of “Television Event,” a new documentary on how the most controversial, most watched made-for-TV movie of all time, “The Day After” (1983), shook-up America, rattled President Reagan...
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Nuclear Arms Race Dollars flow into Livermore Lab – Again…
The Administration’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been released and it tops $2.5 billion for the first time. The Lab’s overall budget is up 5% over the FY24 Annualized Continuing Resolution (a measure of...
Dancing with Death: The Fiscal Year 2025 Nuclear Weapons Budget
Last week President Biden sent his Fiscal Year 2025 budget request to Congress. While this general fact made the news; many media outlets failed to highlight that the U.S. military defense budget for the coming fiscal year is approaching a trillion dollars. The...
Good Friday
Good Friday Proclaiming Hope that Light Shines in the Darkness Live and Virtual Interfaith Worship & Witness focused on Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory When: Good Friday, March 29, 2024, gather 7:45 am Where: Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab Southwest Gate,...
#MakeNukesHistory
On March 10, we will learn whether Oppenheimer, the most-nominated film of the year, sets records at the Academy Awards. The film was a summer blockbuster that powerfully told the story of the race to develop the world’s first nuclear weapon during World War II. Many...