Livermore, CA- The Administration’s budget, released today, contradicts President Obama’s pledge to reduce the nuclear weapons threat by working toward their elimination, according to a national network of groups in communities downwind and downstream from U.S. nuclear sites. Instead, the spending plan boosts funding for nuclear weapons production facilities by $625 million from last year.
What to Look for in the U.S. Dept. of Energy FY 2011 Budget Request--Coming out on Monday 2-1-10
The FY 2011 budget request will be released on Monday, February 1, 2010. The Obama administration has laid out an aggressive nonproliferation agenda that includes deep reductions in nuclear stockpiles, ratification of a nuclear test ban, and decreased prominence for nuclear weapons in US defense policy.
Livermore Group Files Motion to Stop Further Operation of a Biological Weapons Research Lab at LLNL
LIVERMORE - This morning, Livermore based non-profit Tri-Valley CAREs filed a motion for summary judgment in the Northern District of California under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) aiming to stop the operation of a bio-warfare agent research facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) main site in Livermore, California. The Dept.
Broad Alliance Expresses Concern With House Legislation and Demands Improvements
WASHINGTON -- A broad coalition of more than 300 faith, human-rights, social justice, and environmental groups sent a letter to U.S. senators today calling for energy and climate legislation that is much stronger than the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House of Representatives June 26. That bill contained massive giveaways to polluting special interests and would fail to ensure a rapid transition to clean energy.
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration and Protest
7:30 a.m. at the Livermore Lab, corner of Vasco Rd. and Patterson Pass Rd.
March to the West Gate at 8:45 a.m.
Livermore, CA - Thursday, August 6, the 64th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, communities of conscience will gather at the gates of Livermore Lab to commemorate victims of nuclear carnage and call for the global elimination of nuclear weapons by 2020.
Who: Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
What: NIF Truth Telling Exhibit with 7 ft. x 4 ft. NIF poster and "evidence table" with government and other documents on NIF's weapons applications, plutonium use, technical problems and other key facts not being told at the official NIF ceremony.
When: 9 AM - 2 PM, Friday, May 29, 2009
Where: Lawrence Livermore National Lab, corner of Vasco Rd. & Patterson Pass Rd.
Tri-Valley CAREs recently received documents that the group had long been seeking under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding Livermore Lab’s biological agent programs.
The records we received show that Livermore Lab violated federal regulations by conducting “restricted experiments” without the proper approval. These illegal experiments were discovered during an inspection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in August 2005. However, the information was not made public until now.
A seven-member team from the Livermore, CA-based Tri-Valley CAREs will visit Washington, DC from April 26 through 29 to meet with members of Congress and Obama Administration officials to press for more funding for radioactive waste cleanup at nuclear weapons facilities. The increased spending would be offset by cuts in weapons programs and reactor subsidies.
The report, summary, and map are all embargoed until after their public release on Wednesday, April 8, at 11 AM EST.