by Scott Yundt | Feb 18, 2026 | Nuclear Weapons
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! The National Defense Authorization Act...
by Scott Yundt | Feb 2, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
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! Signed in 2010, the New START Agreement limits the number of strategic (long-range) nuclear warheads...
by Scott Yundt | Jan 28, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
January 22, 2026 marked the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)! On January 22, 2021, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. The TPNW makes all facets of...
by Scott Yundt | Jan 27, 2026 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Credit: Jamie Christiaini 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...
by Scott Yundt | Dec 15, 2025 | Environmental Justice, Nuclear Weapons
Tri-Valley CAREs supporter protests at a former National Environmental Policy Act hearing 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...
by Scott Yundt | Nov 7, 2025 | Environmental Justice
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! California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is proposing to renew two...
