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Public Comment Period Open and Virtual Hearings Scheduled in the Court Ordered Plutonium Pit Production Plan Programmatic Environmental Review!

Opportunity to offer alternatives and comment on the plutonium pit support work planned at Livermore Lab and elsewhere. Plutonium pits are the radioactive cores of every nuclear weapon. Congress has approved new plutonium pit production at the rate of up to 80-120 new pits every year. The physical production of plutonium pits...

Confronting the Call to Resume Nuclear Testing

The United States conducted 1,032 explosive nuclear weapons tests, with its last being conducted underground at the Nevada Test Site in 1992. Four years later, President Clinton signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and despite never ratifying the treaty, the country has maintained its moratorium on nuclear weapons...

Lawsuit Compels Nationwide Public Review of Plutonium Bomb Core Production

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced its proposal yesterday…

Tri-Valley CAREs is excited to invite you to our upcoming Tracy Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting May 27 at 5:30 PM

📍 Location: Tri-Valley CAREs Tracy Office, Workvine 209, 2311 North Tracy Blvd. Tracy CA 📍 Virtual Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/3YxKT5b TEAC is a space for Tracy residents to raise concerns about pollution and environmental health — and take action. Do you know about the Superfund sites in Tracy? What are your questions about...

Rooted in Community: Reflections from Tracy Earth Day

On Saturday, April 27, Tri-Valley CAREs joined our friends and longtime collaborators at the Tracy Earth Project for their annual Tracy Earth Day celebration. People of all ages came out to connect with one another, learn about local environmental efforts, and take action for a healthier, more just future. We were among the...

Celebrating Youth Voices: Tri-Valley CAREs 2025 Youth Video Contest Awardees

The Youth Environmental Video contest has been a meaningful part of our growing outreach in Tracy and surrounding areas, where we’re working hard to build awareness and community power around environmental health and justice. Over the past few months, we’ve been busy—tabling at local farmers’ markets, connecting with...

Tell Your Representative to Co-Sponsor House Resolution 317!

On April 10th, two US Members of Congress, Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-2), introduced H. Res. 317 laying out the common sense steps needed to reduce nuclear risks and move toward a world free of nuclear weapons. This official title of the bill is, “Urging the United States to lead the world back from the...

Good Friday Event at the Gates of Livermore Lab

What: An Interfaith Service of Worship and Witness @ Livermore Lab When: April 18th, 2025, Gather at 7:45am, Starts at 8am Where: Southwest “East Ave.” Gate, East Avenue at S. Vasco Road or online via Zoom Tri-Valley CAREs supports the annual gathering at the gates of the Lab on Good Friday, and this year our Executive...

New Administration’s Attack on Environmental Justice Begins to Take Effect

On Tuesday, March 25 2025, Tri-Valley CAREs joined allies in urgent action against the federal government’s escalating attacks on environmental justice. The rally, held in response to sweeping deregulation efforts, gathered community members, advocates, and organizers in defense of environmental protections and frontline...

New Environmental Justice Coalition Protests EPA Cuts

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS - By Audrey Mei Yi Brown, March 26, 2025 About 150 Bay Area residents and advocates for environmental justice gathered on the steps of an Environmental Protection Agency office in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental protections....