Tri-Valley CAREs
Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
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Tri-Valley CAREs Sues the Department of Energy to Compel Open Government, Enforce Public Right to Know
This morning, Tri-Valley CAREs filed a lawsuit in federal district court in San Francisco against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The suit alleges numerous violations of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the nation's key open government law enacted to ensure public access to federal government records.
Tri-Valley CAREs' Comments on the Final Complex Transformation SPEIS
Read our response to the Final Complex Transformation SPEIS, including comments on the Curatorship Alternative, Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), Kansas City Plant, and more...
Tri-Valley CAREs Volunteer Appreciation and Holiday Party!
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:30 - 7:30 PM 2582 Old First Street in Livermore We want to thank YOU for all the hard work you do! Drop in to enjoy food, music, fun, games and more. |
Tri-Valley CAREs 25th Anniversary Celebration
Thank you to everyone who attended our 25th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, October 26 at Livermore Library. We had a wonderful time sharing stories, eating, listening to music, and especially winning awesome raffle prizes.
Here's to another 25 years of activism for peace, justice and the environment!
Click here to see photographs from the event.
Press Release October 23th, 2008 - Energy Dept. Brushes Aside Record 100,000+ Public Comments, Releases Final Plan for Dangerous, Costly New Nuclear Bomb Plants at Livermore Lab, Other Sites
"Mixing Bugs And Bombs"
An analysis of the growing biodefense footprint within the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Complex and the Implications for Policy and Public Health
An analysis of the growing biodefense footprint within the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Complex and the Implications for Policy and Public Health
Testimony of Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CAREs,
before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces,
regarding modernization of the nuclear weapons complex, 7/17/08
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration
at the gates of Livermore Lab
at the gates of Livermore Lab
| Tri-Valley CAREs and allied groups' commemoration of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the gates of Livermore Lab on August 9. Read the article from the July, 2008 Citizen's Watch Newsletter. |
Public Comments on Hazardous Waste and Livermore Lab Site 300 Permit - Due August 18, 2008
Read the article from the July, 2008 Citizen's Watch Newsletter.
Download the sample letter, add any comments you wish, and sign and mail it to the address provided.
Read Tri-Valley CAREs Technical Comment Letter.
Our Man In Geneva
Urs Cipolat Reporting from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Preparatory Conference Meeting
The ice is melting, globally. To cope with the challenges of global warming, the UN has established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "To cope with today's equally serious nuclear weapons challenges, an Intergovernmental Panel on Nuclear Disarmament should be set up," a British disarmament advocate argued at this year's Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), echoing a Norwegian proposal.
Our "Bombplex" Comments
One: The Nuclear Weapons Complex-wide Impacts
Part Two: The Impacts of "Complex Transformation" on Livermore Lab and Surrounding Communities of TVC's Public Comments on the DOE's Draft Complex Transformation Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement DOE/EIS-0236-S4 (also known as the "Bombplex" plan).
Time Magazine: Security Flaws Exposed at Nuke Lab
By Adam Zagorin
"The fissile material simply cannot be made safe and secure," says Marylia Kelley, executive director of Tri-Valley CARES, a Livermore nuclear weapons watchdog group. "We in the community, which has 81,000 people, want to get rid of the plutonium and highly enriched uranium as soon as possible."
The Budget requests $6.618 billion for Weapons Activity within the Dept. of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). That is an increase of $320 M (5.1%) over the 2008 appropriation. However, bottom line adjustments to the 2008 appropriation reduce the 2008 total by $120 M. Thus, in the program-by-program comparisons, the budget shows Weapons Activities increasing by only $200 million or 3.1%. If the bottom line adjustments were spread throughout the programs (as they will have to be in the operating plan) the 2008 spending plan would appear to be $120 M smaller and the program-by-program increases, noted below for 2009 in comparison to 2008, would, on average, be larger.
Reliable Replacement Warhead Program
| The "Slippery Slope" to New Nuclear Weapons could cost billions, diminish U.S. security, result in new nuclear weapons designs less safe and reliable than the current arsenal. Read our: |
Then write a letter to Sen. Feinstein opposing Reliable Replacement Warhead and Complex 2030. Use these sample letters to craft your own and send it in to Sen. Feinstein (address included in the sample letters).
Help us stop Livermore Lab's Planned Open-Air Bomb Testing at Site 300 Using Radioactive and Toxic Materials
Print, sign and send this letter to help us keep our community safe.
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Update: Our bid was rejected. Read our The Final Bid Protest and the press release.
"Green, LLC" Proposes Shift To Civilian Science To Reflect New National Security Priorities
Read the press release here. Read the bid here: (transmittal letter, Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Org. Chart, Attachments 1, Attachments 2, Appendix)
Citizen's Watch Newsletter November/December, 2008, including:
- Tri-Valley CAREs holiday party. Drop in Wednesday, December 10 from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM for fun, food, friends, music and more.
- Litigation to stop new bomb plant. Peace and environmental groups, including Tri-Valley CAREs, file a lawsuit to prevent DOE from building a new bomb plant in a Kansas City, MO soybean field.
- Print Bites. Tri-Valley CAREs unveils its newly remodeled website, GAO releases a report on security at biodefense labs, LLNL unleashes new NIF hype, an Obama quote of the day, and more.
- Mark your calendar. Meetings and upcoming events.
- Take the next step for change. Stopping nuclear weapons, waste and pollution and winning disarmament in the new Administration.
Citizen's Watch Newsletter October, 2008, including:
- Livermore Lab Anthrax Release. We have documents and new, never before reported information.
- 25 Years and Counting Celebrate a quarter century of effective activism with Tri-Valley CAREs and win fabulous prizes, too.
- Strategic Planning. Get a "report back" from Tri-Valley CAREs' annual strategic planning retreat.
- Toxic Permit, Peace Poll and Bombplex Update. Our "print bites" give you all the news that fits to print.
- Meeting, Vigil, Rock Legend and More. Get your events news here.