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Critical Analysis of LLNL’s 2024 Annual Site Environmental Report 

Executive Summary The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) 2024 Annual Site Environmental Report (ASER) describes effective groundwater remediation, shrinking contaminant plumes, and proactive protection of endangered species on its sites. However, a closer critical analysis reveals some gaps and concerns that merit...

Join Our House of Dynamite Watch Party on October 27!

Grab your popcorn and get ready for movie night! Tri-Valley CAREs is hosting a virtual watch party for the new Netflix thriller A House of Dynamite on Monday, October 27 at 7:00 PM, and you can join us from anywhere through Teleparty! About the Movie House of Dynamite is the latest film from director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt...

Celebrate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26!

September 26th is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, known as Nuclear Abolition Day. This day serves to increase public awareness and education on the threats posed by nuclear weapons and the necessity to pursue nuclear disarmament, and Tri-Valley CAREs invites you to join us in hopeful...

Special Hybrid Meeting in Tracy & Zoom 9/18

Tracy Environmental Advisory Committee Tri-Valley CAREs Meeting WHEN: September 18 at 7:30 PM LOCATION: Workvine 209, 2311 North Tracy Blvd. Tracy, CA VIRTUAL MEETING LINK: http://bit.ly/4mMiGBD We will be proudly launching the Environmental Contaminant Map of the Tracy Area, featuring data Tri-Valley CAREs has gathered on...

Tri-Valley CAREs Launches New Environmental Mapping Tool of the Tracy Area

In March of 2024, Tri-Valley CAREs was an inaugural recipient of the Environmental Justice Action Grant from the California Environmental Protection Agency (“CalEPA”) to support community member involvement in environmental and climate decision-making in San Joaquin County. Along with several other community-oriented...

Nuclear Safety Oversight Under Threat!

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB or Board) has safety oversight authority over the nuclear facilities at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), including Livermore Lab’s plutonium and tritium facilities.  Without urgent action in the Senate Armed Services Committee, the board will be reduced to...

Bay Area Representative Has Co-Sponsored House Resolution 317! Let’s keep up the momentum…

A team of Tri-Valley CAREs staff members, Scott Yundt, Tanvi Kardile, and Dash Orel (who is a constituent) teamed up with our colleague Maylene Hughes at Physicians for Social Responsibility to meet with Bay Area Representative Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10 Walnut Creek).  We briefed him on nuclear modernization and the proposal for...

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

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 nuclear weapons research in the Cold War and post Cold war...

Nuclear weapon opponents gather at Livermore Lab to declare: ‘Never Again!’

People's World August 15, 2025 By Marilyn Bechtel Marilyn Bechtel / People's World   LIVERMORE, Calif.—Among advocates for abolition of nuclear weapons mobilizing worldwide on Aug. 6 to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were over 100 peace protesters who gathered...

Plutonium Pit Lawsuit Recognized by the Nobel Peace Center! Check Out Our Video!

Tri-Valley CAREs, South Carolina Environmental Law Project, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Savannah River Site Watch, and the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition were honored to be featured at the Nobel Peace Conference held in Oslo, Norway on August 6th, the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Together, we...