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Tri-Valley CAREs has been reaching out to partner organizations working to challenge this "permitting reform” push. We recently joined an organizational advocacy letter, alongside various other environmental organizations, urging Congress to reject permitting reform legislation that weakens environmental protections and limits public participation.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is coming to Livermore on May 12 to hear public comments about its nationwide plutonium pit production plan, in which Livermore Lab will be doing plutonium pit support work.

The administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been released, and it is staggering.

What NNSA’s FY 2025 Performance Evaluation Report Tells Us About Lawrence Livermore Lab

On Friday, the Trump Administration began revealing its historically profligate Fiscal Year 2027 budget request to Congress. This is a summary of the “Top Line” numbers for “Defense,” which includes the Pentagon along with weapons programs in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.

This year, Tri-Valley CAREs had the privilege of hosting our first ever Youth Environmental Photo Contest! We invited young people ages 10-25 to share how they see and experience the environment and environmental justice issues in their communities.

Ecumenical Peace Institute (EPI) with Tri-Valley CAREs is once again hosting a Good Friday event on April 3!

At the beginning of February, the Department of Energy (DOE) released a notice of its new categorical exclusion for authorization, siting, construction, operation, reauthorization, and decommissioning of advanced nuclear reactors to DOE’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures.

Tri-Valley CAREs is pleased to share that our Environmental Program Manager, Anoushka Raj, has been invited to join the board of the California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC)! 

Tri-Valley CAREs organized a community event on Thursday, February 26, at Livermore Gardens, an apartment community located at 5720 East Avenue in Livermore, less than a block from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.