What’s New
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.
History Day Coming
Jan.22 is a historic day. That’s the day we celebrate the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’ entry into force in 2021, aka the “Ban-iversary.” Because the US has not signed the Treaty, the legal prohibitions do not technically apply to us. But the...
Detailed comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operations of Livermore Lab
Tri-Valley CAREs along with colleague group Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, San Francisco and East Bay Branches, Submitted detailed comments on the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operations of Livermore Lab. Stay tuned for...
Russia’s Long Game in the War with Marylia Kelley
Listen to a 10-minute interview with executive director Marylia Kelley and host Lauren Billet. They discuss President Eisenhower’s military industrial complex speech and where we currently see unprecedented spending on the military and nuclear weapons development....
A “Sign and Send” Letter That You Can Use:
We at Tri-Valley CAREs have composed a 7-point comment letter that we are asking you to send to the National Nuclear Security Administration during the public comment period on the Livermore Lab’s environmental review. The comment period closes on Wednesday, January...
Honoring the Life: Continuing the Work
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. Equally important, we strive to carry on his work every day. Dr. King was...
Celebrate the 2nd “Baniversary” of the TPNW with Us!
January 22, 2023 marks the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Notably, 68 counties have ratified the Treaty so far. If you are counting, and we are, 9 new countries have ratified TPNW since this time last...
On NIF, Nuclear Weapons and Fusion Hype
On December 13, the Department of Energy (DOE) and Livermore Lab held a press conference and, with maximum hoopla, announced that an experiment at the National Ignition Facility earlier that month had achieved fusion “ignition”. Many people have contacted us in the...
Today at 6pm PST: Virtual Public Hearing for Livermore Lab Environmental Review
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is conducting a virtual public hearing via Zoom today at 6pm Pacific Time for the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) on Livermore Lab’s current and future operations. This...
Shocking Plans in Livermore Lab SWEIS
As you may know from Tri-Valley CAREs recent electronic newsletters, the National Nuclear Security Administration is undertaking a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Continued Operation of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This is an...
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Ask for Extension of Comment Period on Livermore Lab Review
Tri-Valley CAREs received word today from the National Nuclear Security Administration regarding our organization’s request for a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the Livermore Lab Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS). The NNSA response...
Government Announces Virtual Public Hearing for Livermore Lab Environmental Review on Tuesday, December 13
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that it will conduct a virtual public hearing via Zoom for the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) on Livermore Lab’s current and future operations. This meeting is...
Giving Tuesday is here!
To support environmental justice, cleanup of nuclear pollution, and the abolition of nuclear weapons, please consider a tax-deductible contribution to Tri-Valley CAREs. Giving Tuesday is, at its heart, a generosity movement in our modern times – it sets aside a...
We are Suing the Government for Documents… Again.
| Written by: Scott Yundt The Department of Energy and its sub agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration, have been categorically ignoring Tri-Valley CAREs request for documents for the past three years. By failing to provide any documents in response to...
Livermore Lab Releases Draft Site-Wide EIS & Public Comment Period Commences
| Written by: Scott Yundt Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced today via the Federal Register that it has released the new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) to “analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with continuing LLNL...
Our Efforts Result in Enhanced Health Protections at the Lab: Final Hazardous Waste Permit Re-issued by State Agency
| Written by: Scott Yundt Since 2016, Livermore Lab has undergone a hazardous waste permitting process with the State of California’s Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC). The permit governs the storage, packaging and treatment of both hazardous wastes and “mixed”...
We Get Strategic! Planning for 2022-2023
Tri-Valley CAREs’ board of directors, staff, and members spent Saturday, September 17th together in a virtual planning retreat, facilitated again this year by Marcus Pegasus. We began the strategic process by “looking back” at the program priorities we chose at last...
A Dispatch from Our Forum: “What to Look for in the Livermore Lab SWEIS”
Tri-Valley CAREs hosted a virtual Community Forum on September 29, 2022 to bring attention to and discuss how a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Livermore Lab can affect our health & environment. Participants from the Tri-Valley, greater...
It’s Our New Community Guide! Check it Out!
The Community Guide: Tri-Valley CAREs is pleased to announce our latest publication, “Community Guide to the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Livermore Lab.” This reader-friendly 16-page Guide, complete with charts and numerous photographs, is...
Come to our Community Forum!
Please join us VIRTUALLY ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 @ 7:30 PM https://tinyurl.com/57u366n4 Meeting ID: 818 8690 1971 Passcode: 803885 Para ver esta información en español HAGA CLIC AQUÍ! TRI-VALLEY CARES IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY FORUM “How a new Site-Wide...
Tri-Valley CAREs Invited to Bonnie Raitt at Berkeley’s Greek Theater
She is not just a legendary musician. Bonnie Raitt is also a longtime peace and justice activist with ties to clean energy and anti-nuclear weapons groups, including us, Tri-Valley CAREs. This past Sunday, September 19, 2022, Bonnie invited us to host an informational...
LLNL nuclear program review
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano Editor, After a nearly 2-year delay, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that it will release a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) in October. The plans that will be...
Residents must speak out on lab’s dangers
| Written by: Scott Yundt In 2020, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced it would be releasing a Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS). This document will “analyze the potential environmental impacts for continuing operations of LLNL for...
Your views: Join Town Hall to discuss Livermore Lab’s Site 300 explosives testing range
| Written by: Gail Rieger Site 300 is a high explosive testing range at the edge of Tracy. Livermore Lab conducts explosions, some inside a building and some in the open-air. The Environmental Protection Agency has placed Site 300 on its Superfund list of the most...
Time for involvement
| Written by: Gail Rieger Editor, Site 300 is an 11-square-mile high-explosives testing range on Corral Hollow Road at the western edge of Tracy. This is where Lawrence Livermore Lab conducts explosions, some inside a special building and some on “firing tables” in...
LLNL Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement Release Pending
| Written by: Mary Perner The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently announced it will release, for public comment, a draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. The SWEIS is necessary...
Safeguard Our Families’ Health
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis After a nearly two-year delay, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that it will release a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) in October. The plans that will...
Ukraine war and climate crisis set backdrop for atomic bomb commemoration
| Written by: Marilyn-Bechtel By Marilyn Bechtel LIVERMORE, Calif.—For decades, peace activists have gathered outside the West Gate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of two locations designing and developing every weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, to...
Making the Unthinkable Impossible
| Interviewee: Marylia Kelley KPFA Radio An interview with Tri-Valley CAREs' Executive Director Marylia Kelley on current nuclear threats and the August 6 release of the film, "Making the Unthinkable Impossible". LISTEN AT https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=384097....
Program Updates for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration
We invite you to mark the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with Tri-Valley CAREs and other peace and justice groups that are part of the Livermore Conversion Project. The link is https://enlightenedfilms.com/august-rally/ Our theme this year is “Making...
Actualizaciones del programa para la conmemoración de Hiroshima y Nagasaki
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Lo invitamos a conmemorar los bombardeos atómicos estadounidenses de Hiroshima y Nagasaki con Tri-Valley CAREs y otros grupos de paz y justicia que forman parte del Proyecto de Conversión Livermore. El enlace es...