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Fire at LLNL Sparks Community Concern Over Safety, Climate Risk

by Anoushka Raj, Environmental Program Manager | July 29, 2025 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Homepage, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

On Monday, July 21, a grass fire broke out around 1:00 p.m. near the intersection of Greenville Road and Patterson Pass Road on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Main Site in Livermore, CA. According to the Watch Duty app, the fire spread across five acres before being contained. The weather was breezy with a...

Report Out: Tri-Valley CAREs Meets with Livermore Lab Cleanup Staff and Regulatory Agencies

by Anoushka Raj, Environmental Program Manager and Scott Yundt | July 29, 2025 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Homepage | 0 Comments

In early July, Tri-Valley CAREs convened a meeting that brought together the Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. EPA, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, contractors, and community members from Tri-Valley CAREs. These meetings are about the Superfund cleanup at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) main site in...

Stand with the Hibakusha and Stop Nuclear Weapons on August 6th at Livermore Lab

by Marylia Kelley | July 24, 2025 | Blog, Events, Homepage, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

On August 6, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, we invite you to Livermore to stand with the Hibakusha (survivors) to say “Never Again.” This is an historical moment - the last living witnesses of the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945 and the Nagasaki bombing on August 9, 1945 are passing the torch...

Tri-Valley CAREs’s Comments on Scoping of Plutonium Pit Production Plan Programmatic Environmental Review

by Samantha Hawley, Tri-Valley CAREs 2025 Legal Intern | July 16, 2025 | Blog, Comments, Homepage, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

After several years of litigation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Tri-Valley CAREs and our co-plaintiffs (Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Savannah River Site Watch, and the Gullah Geechee Sea Island Coalition) were victorious in winning a full, “programmatic” environmental impact statement (PEIS) covering the...

90% of Livermore Lab Budget Now for Nuclear Weapons Activities; Renewable Energy Program Abolished – $0 Requested

by Scott Yundt | June 27, 2025 | Blog, Homepage, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

The Trump Administration’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) for Livermore Laboratory has been released and it tops $2.9 billion for the first time! The Lab’s overall budget is up 16% from last year. Tri-Valley CAREs has long been advocating for Livermore Lab to grow its civilian science mission and shrink its...

“Never Again”: Mark the Solemn 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with Us at Livermore Lab

by Marylia Kelley | June 18, 2025 | Blog, Events, Homepage, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

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Tri-Valley CAREs Heads to DC! Take action to support our team…

by Scott Yundt | June 5, 2025 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Homepage, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

Dear Tri-Valley CAREs member, We are on our way to make "good trouble" in Washington, DC and the timing is... critical! The White House is seeking a TRILLION DOLLARS for so-called national "defense" in the coming year! Yes, you read that right, for just one year! And its just released Nuclear Weapons Activities budget request...

“Scoping” Public Comment Period in First Step of the Court Ordered Plutonium Pit Production Plan Programmatic Environmental Review Now Complete

by Scott Yundt | May 14, 2025 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Homepage, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

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…

Confronting the Call to Resume Nuclear Testing

by Tanvi Kardile and Dasha Orel | May 14, 2025 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Homepage, Nuclear Weapons | 0 Comments

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

by Scott Yundt | May 9, 2025 | Environmental Justice, New Bomb Plants, Nuclear Weapons, Press Releases | 0 Comments

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced its proposal yesterday…

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