Tri-Valley CAREs Travels to Nevada to Oppose Potential Resumption of Nuclear Testing

by Scott Yundt | Nov 19, 2025 | Nuclear Weapons

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons On November 21st, members of Tri-Valley CAREs will head to “Peace Camp” at the gates of the Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Test Site) to join experts and activists from around the country in a display of...

Site 300 Hazardous Waste Permit Renewals Need Your Input

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...

U.S. Tests ICBM Nuclear Warhead Delivery System from Vandenberg After Trump Amps Up Nuclear Testing Rhetoric

by Scott Yundt | Nov 6, 2025 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons

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...

Trump’s Vague Call for New Nuclear Testing, Livermore Lab’s Potential Role, and the Burgeoning Opposition

by Scott Yundt | Oct 31, 2025 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons

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...

Just 100 Days Until US – Russia Nuclear Weapons Limits Agreement Expires

by Scott Yundt | Oct 27, 2025 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons

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...

Lawrence Livermore Lab Main Site: Critical Environmental & Health Concerns (2022 Five-Year Review)

by Anoushka Raj, Environmental Program Manager and Scott Yundt | Aug 29, 2025 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Nuclear Weapons

Overview: A Legacy of Contamination in a Community’s Backyard Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s main site in Livermore, CA has a decades-long legacy of toxic and radioactive pollution. Past operations, from a Naval air station in the 1940s, plus decades of...