What's New
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.
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!
Join Us! LLNL Hazardous Waste Permit Virtual Public Meeting with State Regulators – Thursday, 12/9 at 6:30PM
As we previously reported here (https://trivalleycares.org/new/Lab-Hazardous-Waste-Permit-Public-Comment-Period-2.pdf), Livermore Lab’s hazardous waste management is undergoing a permitting process with the State of California’s Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC)....
Thank You!
From the desk of Marylia Kelley… We are thankfulThis week we pause to honor families, friends and the harvest celebrations of cultures worldwide. It’s also a time of reflection, and here at Tri-Valley CAREs our thoughts turn to you and to all those who make our...
Gracias!
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Desde el escritorio de Marylia Kelley ... Nosotros estamos agradecidosEsta semana hacemos una pausa para honrar a las familias, los amigos y las celebraciones de la cosecha de las culturas de todo el mundo. También es un...
El período de comentarios públicos comienza (nuevamente) sobre los desechos peligrosos de Livermore Lab: el estado anuncia una reunión pública virtual
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Tri-Valley CAREs ha monitoreado la gestión de desechos peligrosos de Livermore Lab y sus muchos problemas durante cuatro décadas. El laboratorio maneja, almacena y “trata” cantidades significativas y peligrosas de desechos...
Public Comment Period Begins (Again) on Livermore Lab’s Hazardous Waste: State Announces Virtual Public Meeting
Tri-Valley CAREs has monitored Livermore Lab’s hazardous waste management, and its many problems, for four decades. The Lab handles, stores and “treats” hazardous and significant quantities of mixed radioactive waste (which means its radioactive stuff and hazardous...
Congress must slash bloated military budget
| Written by: Loulena Miles By Loulena Miles The U.S. nuclear weapons and military budgets increased dramatically under Donald Trump and sickeningly, will increase again under Joe Biden. But this year’s check has not yet been signed by Congress. Now is a great time to...
Nuclear weapons monitors demand environmental review of new bomb production plans
| Written by: Marilyn Bechtel By Marilyn Bechtel Four public interest groups monitoring the nation’s nuclear weapons development sites are demanding the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Agency conduct a thorough environmental review of their...
Groups Fire Back at Feds’ Move to Dismiss Plutonium Pit Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 26, 2021 Media Contacts: Leslie Lenhardt, South Carolina Environmental Law Project, (843) 527-0078, leslie@scelp.org Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, in CA, (925) 255-3589, marylia@earthlink.net Tom Clements, SRS Watch, in S. Carolina,...
Tri-Valley CAREs’ New Strategic Plan
The Tri-Valley CAREs board members and staff recently got together to think strategically, review our progress on last year’s priorities, and choose the group’s program priorities for the coming year. After reviewing the past year we looked carefully at strategic...
INVITATION
Mon., Aug. 9th – Nagasaki Day – 9 AM PacificWe invite you to participate on August 9th at 9 AM Pacific in an amazing virtual rally with Nagasaki survivor, Nobuaki Hanaoka, Daniel Ellsberg, Nell Myhand, Tsukuru Fors, John Burroughs, Marylia Kelley, Marshallese climate...
Join Us on August 6th and 9th
Commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Stand with the Hibakusha. Abolish nuclear weapons. You are invited to tune in and act for positive change! We invite you to participate in a virtual rally with Daniel Ellsberg, Nobuaki Hanaoka, Nell Myhand, Tsukuru Fors, John...
Every Day is a Good Day to Stop Nuclear Bombs
Dear members and friends, Every day is a good day to stop nuclear bombs, but now is a particularly crucial time to support Tri-Valley CAREs’ work to abolish nuclear weapons globally and address the health and environmental harms that occur with nuclear development. To...
Groups File Lawsuit Over Plutonium Bomb Core Production
Complaint alleges that the government’s refusal to review nationwide impacts of plutonium pit production is illegalToday, a coalition of community and public interest groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security...
Livermore Lab Budget Request for Fiscal 2022: Weapons Up, Science Down… Again
Tri-Valley CAREs has more news on President Biden’s first annual budget. Finally the Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been released, months later than usual. The numbers show a continued momentum for...
International Nuclear Weapons Spending Analyzed in New Report
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) issued a new report entitled Complicit: 2020 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending that outlines the $72.6 billion spent by the nine nuclear weapons states on their nuclear weapons programs during the 2020...
South Carolina Environmental Law Project, Nuclear Watchdogs from Across the U.S. to Hold Virtual Press Conference
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2021 WHAT: Public interest groups will hold a Zoom press conference for a major announcement of a forthcoming legal action as the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration forge ahead with...
June Virtual LTE Writing Party
CLICK HERE to join the Zoom Meeting using the link. Meeting ID: 832 7450 8584 • Password: 622864 Please click links below for A "How to" guide on how to write letters to the editor (English & Spanish). Remember, Your Voice is Power. CLICK HERE "How to" in English...
Careening Over the Nuclear Precipice: New Warheads in the First Biden Budget
Tri-Valley CAREs’ Analysis of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request, Part One…Over the course of four years, the Trump Administration increased funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to redesign nuclear...
Tri-Valley CAREs’ June Virtual Meeting
Tri-Valley CAREs' would like to remind you of our monthly virtual meeting that will be held at 7:30 pm on Thursday June 17, 2021. Our monthly meetings are open to all interested members of the public. You will get up-to-the-minute reports on nuclear issues, and become...
Join Us on August 6 and 9
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki seventy-six years ago on August 6 and 9, 1945. The explosions created shadows where there had been people. On many levels nuclear shadows have been with us each day since, and they are with us today. On August 6...
Tri-Valley CAREs Zooms into Washington, DC
Posted by the TVC DC Days team: Marylia Kelley, Raiza Marciscano-Bettis, Scott Yundt, Mary Perner, Inga Olson and Pam Richard A team of advocates from Tri-Valley CAREs is Zooming (literally) into Washington, DC this month to participate in “DC Days,” an annual event...
Tri-Valley CAREs’ May Virtual Meeting
Tri-Valley CAREs' would like to remind you of our monthly virtual meeting that will be held at 7:30 pm on Thursday May 20, 2021. Our monthly meetings are open to all interested members of the public. You will get up-to-the-minute reports on nuclear issues, and become...
Good Friday at LLNL 2021
Listen to Marylia Kelley, Executive Director of Tri-Valley CAREs, talk at the West Gate of the Livermore Lab about the importance to change U.S. policy by stopping the further development of nuclear weapons. Livermore Lab’s most recent federal budget shows that more...
May Virtual LTE Writing Party
CLICK HERE to join the Zoom Meeting using the link. Meeting ID: 811 1493 0084 • Password: 085043 Please click links below for A "How to" guide on how to write letters to the editor (English & Spanish). Remember, Your Voice is Power. CLICK HERE "How to" in English...
Legislation to Stop New Missile and Livermore’s W87-1 Warhead
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA-Silicon Valley) have introduced a bill to defund the Pentagon’s development of a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and Livermore Lab’s development of a wholly new warhead that would sit atop the...
Biden Budget Lacks Specifics; Full Request Delayed
The Biden Administration released its top line numbers for funding the federal government in fiscal year 2022, which begins on October 1, 2021. This is sometimes called a “skinny budget” because it lacks detail. Here is our analysis of the military portion. Overall,...
Good Friday at LLNL 2021
On Friday April 2nd, 2021, activists in the San Francisco Bay Area gathered for an ecumenical Good Friday service of worship and witness focused on the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab. Most folks participated virtually rather than in person. This year we celebrated the...
Tri-Valley CAREs’ April Virtual Meeting
Tri-Valley CAREs' would like to remind you of our monthly virtual meeting that will be held at 7:30 pm on Thursday April 15, 2021. Our monthly meetings are open to all interested members of the public. You will get up-to-the-minute reports on nuclear issues, and...
Good Friday Swords into Plowshares participants call for abolition of all nuclear weapons
Source: People's World By Marilyn Bechtel, LIVERMORE, Calif.–Nuclear disarmament activists in the San Francisco Bay Area gathered virtually on April 2 to honor a nearly four-decades-long tradition, the Good Friday Swords into Plowshares Worship and Witness at Lawrence...
Tri-Valley CAREs Meeting Agenda April 15, 2021 • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
ZOOM LINK IN THIS E-NEWSLETTER AND ON OUR WEBSITE www.trivalleycares.org- Introductions (5 min.) - Biden’s Top Line Military & Nuclear Budget Release: What’s in it; What’s Next? (10 min) President Biden released top line numbers for funding the federal government...