U.S. ICBM Test Launch Set for Election Day from California, Activists Denounce It As ‘Wasteful’ and ‘Dangerous’

by Scott Yundt | Nov 4, 2024 | Environmental Justice, Nuclear Weapons, Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday, November 4, 2024 For further information, contact: info@defusenuclearwar.org At 11:45 pm on Election Day, Nov. 5, activists from around the state will gather near Vandenberg Space Force Base to witness and protest the test of an...

Judge’s ruling seen as victory in fight to control nuclear weapons proliferation

by Sophie Stroud | Oct 11, 2024 | New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News

By Marilyn Bechtel A three-years’-long quest by four public interest groups has taken a major step forward with a federal judge’s ruling that the government agencies responsible for U.S. nuclear weapons must thoroughly examine environmental consequences and potential...

The Energy Department just made one plutonium pit. Making more is uncertain

by Sophie Stroud | Oct 10, 2024 | Blog, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News

“A federal court ruling: Coinciding with NNSA’s announcement of the first diamond-stamped pit, a US District Court ruled that the Energy Department and the NNSA violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to properly consider alternatives...

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Sites Violated Rules, Judge Finds

by Sophie Stroud | Oct 4, 2024 | New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News

By Matthew Impelli, Newsweek A federal judge ruled this week that some nuclear weapons sites in the U.S. do violate environmental regulations. On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that the National Nuclear Security Administration violated environmental regulations by...

‘Significant Victory’: Court Rules Planned Plutonium Pits for New Nukes Violate US Law

by Sophie Stroud | Oct 3, 2024 | New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News

“Public scrutiny is especially important because the activities at issue here, by their very nature, result in the production of dangerous weapons and extensive amounts of toxic and radioactive waste,” a plaintiffs’ lawyer said. By Olivia Rosane,...

US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules, federal judge decides

by Sophie Stroud | Oct 3, 2024 | New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News

A U.S. Judge has ruled that the National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at two sites in New Mexico and South Carolina in violation of environmental regulations MORGAN LEE Associated Press, ABC News...