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Will you be our Valentine?
Valentine’s Day reminds us not only of romantic love but also of our love for peace, justice, our neighbors, and our beautiful earth. This is an abiding love we know you share. Here at Tri-Valley CAREs, we want to offer you our deepest appreciation for all you do –...
Ivana Nikolić Hughes Appointed to Marshall Islands Experts Group
Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, have been appointed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands to serve on an Environmental Experts Group supporting the country’s Changed Circumstances Petition related to the legacy of U.S....
EPA’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding contradicts their mission and threatens health
Physicians for Social Responsibility will sue the Trump administration to protect health Contact: Miah Hornyak, mhornyak@psr.org EPA has made a decision to neglect the health and safety of the American people through today’s rollback of the endangerment finding for...
Mind-boggling $1.5 trillion military budget request
From: Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action: Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” It is clear that the United States is...
Iran’s right to the bomb?
Which countries are allowed to have nuclear weapons? The nuclear-armed nations say only they are. This includes Israel, which is officially an “undeclared” atomic state, even though the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution every year asking Israel to disarm. Iran...
Registration open for Hanford site contractor symposium
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Nuclear bombs were once planned to dig a U.S. harbor. Hanford’s role
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Tri-Valley CAREs le Invita a Nuestra Reunión Mensual de Febrero
Únase a nosotros virtualmente a las 7:00 p. m. el jueves 19 de febrero de 2026. Descubra los últimos avances sobre el complejo de armas nucleares, uno de los desafíos más apremiantes de nuestro tiempo, y explore cómo puede contribuir a la justicia social y ambiental...
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Concerning the Expiration of the Russia-US New START Treaty
mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2076815/ February 5, 2026In February 2023, the Russian Federation suspended the New START Treaty against the backdrop of the unsatisfactory state of affairs with the implementation of certain aspects of the Treaty, as well as due to the...
4 things to know about the end of the U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty
By Austin Headrick, American Friends Service Committee | February 4, 2026 afsc.org The world changed forever in August 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing an estimated 110,000 to 210,000 people . Scientists, activists,...
At Nuclear Deterrence Summit, Lab Directors Frame Regulatory Reform As Key To Modernization
By MARLENE WILDEN marlene@ladailypost.com, Submitted by Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post | February 5, 2026 ladailypost.com(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
New lease of life for US legacy nuclear sites
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Proposed Milestones and Approach Towards Final Cleanup
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Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons
The following article was originally published in The Nation on January 28, 2026. Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons At a time when nuclear dangers are not just rising, but multiplying, we need all hands on deck in sounding the alarm and advocating for...
The Doomsday Clock
The Independent February 5, 2026 The alarm is once again sounding, and it’s louder than ever. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock has reached 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it’s ever been. For those who may not know, Bulletin of the...
The Doomsday Clock
The Independent February 5, 2026 The alarm is once again sounding, and it’s louder than ever. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock has reached 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it’s ever been. For those who may not know, Bulletin of the...
Now is the Time for Arms Control Agreements
The Independent February 5, 2026 The 2010 New Strategic Arms Control Treaty (New START), the last remaining arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals, is set to expire Feb. 5, 2026, with little likelihood that any of its...
Now is the Time for Arms Control Agreements
The Independent February 5, 2026 The 2010 New Strategic Arms Control Treaty (New START), the last remaining arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals, is set to expire Feb. 5, 2026, with little likelihood that any of its...
New START Has Expired: What’s at Stake and What’s Next
Today, New START, the last remaining arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia, expired. These two countries, hosting 80% of the world’s nuclear weapons, have not been unconstrained since 1972. This lack of agreement between the two states shapes a new era of...
On the road to nuclear war
It’s 85 seconds to midnight. The collapse of the New START Treaty hasn’t helped but there is still time to turn things around, writes Lawrence S.Wittner On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday...
Hulking, forgotten building at WA nuclear site could get new life shaping AI
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DOE partners with company for potential use of dormant Hanford facility to create nuclear fuel
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DOE, General Matter team up for new fuel mission at Hanford
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Actúa: ¡Salva el Nuevo START! Detén una nueva carrera armamentística entre Estados Unidos y Rusia.
Nuclear Weapons El último tratado de control de armas nucleares que queda entre Estados Unidos y Rusia, el Nuevo Tratado START, expirará el 5 de febrero de 2026, ¡precisamente esta semana! Firmado en 2010, el Nuevo Tratado START limita el número de ojivas y lanzadores...
Senator Ed Markey Addresses Peace Action on New START
New START, the arms control treaty negotiated by President Barack Obama and extended by President Joe Biden, will expire on February 5, 2026. Senator Ed Markey takes the time to give a brief address to Peace Action supporters about what we can do now to maintain...
Enviro coalition defends EJ against NWMO DGR!
[Photo from We the Nuclear Free North newsletter, summer 2025] An environmental coalition — Beyond Nuclear, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) — has defended Environmental Justice (EJ)...
Yet MORE safety-significant SNAFUS at Palisades!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future–Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Press Advisory Public Meeting to Discuss Holtec Relief Request on Palisades Pressure Spray Nozzles Monday, February 9th @ 2:00 pm ET. ...
Trump nixes nukes from environmental reviews
White House Executive Order & DOE set rule for “categorical exclusion” of new reactors from NEPA environmental impact statements On February 2, 2026, the American Nuclear Society’s NuclearNewsWire headlined the US Department of Energy (DOE) announcement for the...
No Nuclear “Study”
Photo Credit: Alex Milan Tracy Nuclear “study” bill? No thanks! By Kelly Campbell, Policy Director In 2025, nuclear-boosters unleashed an unexpected onslaught of 13 pro-nuclear bills in the Oregon Legislature. Columbia Riverkeeper and our partners quickly rallied...
Does anybody know what time it is?
The following article was published in the Santa Maria Times on January 28, 2026, and authored by Scott Fina, NAPF Board Member. As I was walking down the street one day A man came up to me and asked me What the time was that was on my watch Yeah, and I said…. … Does...
Hanford Site Crews Move First Radioactive Capsules to Dry Storage
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Hanford Site may be used to power artificial intelligence
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Senator Ed Markey Addresses Peace Action on New START
New START, the arms control treaty negotiated by President Barack Obama and extended by President Joe Biden, will expire on February 5, 2026. Senator Ed Markey takes the time to give a brief address to Peace Action supporters about what we can do now to maintain...
Trump Is Dragging the World Into a New Arms Race
Among the critical issues facing our country today, nuclear arms control is seldom top of mind for most people, understandably, given our myriad political, social, and economic crises. Recent books and films such as Annie Jacobsen’s 2004 non-fiction tome Nuclear War:...
Los Alamos confirms UMich data center to be used for nuclear weapons research
By Glenn Hedin, The Michigan Daily | January 30, 2026 michigandaily.comPatrick Fitch, deputy laboratory director for science, technology, and engineering at Los Alamos, was present at the University’s open house on the project in Ypsilanti Thursday. When The Michigan...
Take Action: Save New START! Stop a New U.S.- Russia Arms Race
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia – the New START Agreement – is set to expire on February 5, 2026, just this week! Signed in 2010, the New START Agreement limits the number of strategic (long-range) nuclear warheads...
Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race
By Mark Trevelyan and Jonathan Landay | REUTERS, January 29, 2026 reuters.comLONDON/WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The United States and Russia could embark on an unrestrained nuclear arms race for the first time since the Cold War, unless they reach an eleventh-hour...
REGARDING NUCLEAR MORATORIA REPEALS…
As a critical component of advancing the nuclear power juggernaut on an ill-informed public, for several years now pro-nuclear cheerleaders have been working feverishly to get state legislatures to repeal state-mandated moratoria on new nuclear plant construction....
It is now 85 seconds to midnight.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board (SASB), which sets the Clock, called for urgent action to limit nuclear arsenals, create international guidelines on the use of AI, and form multilateral agreements to address global biological...
US Department of Energy looks into ammonia leaks at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant
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Hanford Advisory Board seeks new members
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Nuclear Waste Transformed: PNNL Scientists Solidify History With Glass
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Disturbing push for nuclear energy
From Kristin Scheer I participated in the 2025 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) fall meeting, and one of the largest take-aways for me was how disturbing this current push for nuclear energy is. Kevin Kamps is a waste specialist with Beyond Nuclear, an...
ACURA Symposium: Mr. President, Renew New START for the Sake of Peace.
The following article was published in American Committee for US-Russia Accord (ACURA) Exclusive on January 28, 2026. ACURA Symposium: Mr. President, Renew New START for the Sake of Peace. The New START Treaty expires on February 5th. As of this writing, little is...
Trump slashing reactor safety and security rules
Department of Energy executes White House Executive Order Radical changes to nuclear safety and security of new reactors withheld from public review In response to White House Executive Order 14301 issued on May 23, 2025, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is...
TVC Celebrated 5 Years of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons!
January 22, 2026 marked the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)! On January 22, 2021, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. The TPNW makes all facets of...
Surviving 2025
Photo credit: Conrad Gowell How Columbia Riverkeeper brought change to the hydrosystem, and what it meant to salmon. By: Miles Johnson, Legal Director In 2025, Columbia Riverkeeper’s advocacy caused the federal government to change dam operations to cool the Lower...
Billions for Missile manufacturers living in a non-competitive environment
https://www.twz.com/nuclear/troubled-sentinel-icbm-program-still-being-restructured-nearly-two-years-after-cost-breach The post Billions for Missile manufacturers living in a non-competitive environment appeared first on The Colorado Coalition.
Take Action: EPA Administrator Zeldin has to go!
No Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator in history has so brazenly corrupted the agency’s core mission. The EPA’s foremost purpose is to “protect human health and the environment”. With Administrator Lee Zeldin at the helm, the EPA is doing the...
¡Tri-Valley CAREs Lo Invita a Nuestra FIESTA de Amplificación Mensual!
Nos reuniremos virtualmente (a través de Zoom) para diseñar estrategias sobre cómo podemos usar individualmente el poder de nuestras cuentas de redes sociales (a través de Facebook, X, Threads, Linkedin, etc.) y medios impresos (a través de Cartas al editor, secciones...