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2026:

Bulletin 374: (02/27/2026) LANL required to at least double plutonium pit production, new plutonium facility planned, Zoom meeting Monday March 2 10 MST to discuss, strategize

Bulletin 373: (02/02/2026) NNSA to leave "life extension," "stewardship" paradigm to build new weapons; LANL pit aspirations triple; LANL rad exposure standards loosened fivefold; Zoom discussion this Thursday noon MST

Bulletin 372:(01/21/2026) Movie/discussion nights, challenge coins, working with the Study Group, Trump's foreign "policy"

Bulletin 371b: (01/08/2026) Some background and talking points in support of no further illegal military action in Venezuela and beyond

Bulletin 371a: (01/07/2026) Please call or write the members of your state's delegation TODAY, ASAP, asking support for Senate Joint Resolution 98 ("To direct the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela...")

2025:

Bulletin 370: (12/30/2025) Fundraising reminder!

Bulletin 369: (12/24/2025) Solstice greetings; letter to Congress re pits; fundraising reminder

Bulletin 368: (12/9/2025) Fundraising reminder, new "advertorial"

Bulletin 367: (11/21/2025)We seek your support; issue updates on pits, nuclear testing, "A House of Dynamite," more

Bulletin 366: (09/15/2025) Letter to Congress and the Administration re plutonium pit production in the pending defense authorization bill; pit reuse study; the scary journey to work at LANL

Bulletin 365: (07/25/2025) Russiagate exposed / WORK WITH US DURING HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI WEEK / Congress requires two pit pit factories; other updates / History of broken pit promises at LANL

Bulletin 364: (07/15/2025) Reminder: "Trinity at 80: Leaving the Jornada del Muerto," panel discussion in Santa Fe TOMORROW, July 16, 6 pm

Bulletin 363: (07/01/2025) "Trinity at 80: Leaving the Jornada del Muerto," speakers and discussion in Santa Fe, July 16, 6 pm / Help grow the Call for Sanity!

Bulletin 362: (06/22/2025) Initial comment on the new U.S. war

Bulletin 361: (06/17/2025) Please call or write your senators and congresspersons immediately, asking them to support the bipartisan War Powers Resolution to prohibit direct U.S. involvement in the attack on Iran

Bulletin 360: (06/01/2025) Five Russian strategic airfields attacked, planes destroyed; possible Putin assassination attempt, terrorist attack on Russian passenger train, call Congress and the President

Bulletin 359: (05/22/2025) Slides, video from recent pit webinar; LANL pits support LLNL's weapons identity and budget

Bulletin 358: (05/19/2025) Reminder: pit webinar Tuesday May 20, 6 pm MDT; NNSA pit ambitions modest for next 2 years, other pit news; rest in peace, Damon

Bulletin 357: (05/13/2025) Ukraine and the urgent need for a peace orientation in nuclear disarmament; pit webinar Tuesday May 20, 6 pm MDT (come one, come all); "What should U.S. pit policy be?"

Bulletin 356: (02/09/2025) LANL SWEIS presentation, talking points

Bulletin 355: (02/03/2025) Francis Boyle, RIP / New START countdown

2024:

Bulletin 354: (12/23/2024) Thank you! / Fundraising drive continues / "How New Mexico Ranks";

Bulletin 353: (12/04/2024) Ways to help support our work & volunteer opportunities; help us prevent nuclear war and halt the nuclear arms race in its tracks

Bulletin 352: (11/20/2024) Please help support the Study Group!

Bulletin 351: (10/11/2024) TOMORROW: Community briefing, volunteer training: U.S.-Russian relations & the Ukraine War, the criminality of nuclear weapons

Bulletin 350: (09/25/2024) Ad with "Call for Sanity" endorsers published; upcoming New Mexico events; fresh warhead core ("pit") cost analyses

Bulletin 349: (08/29/2024) Please help us gain organizational and business endorsements to our national call to halt plutonium pit production

Bulletin 348: (07/26/2024) Sentinel rumors

Bulletin 347: (07/10/2024) Plutonium pit/Sentinel warhead overview and discussion by Zoom 7/15/24, 1 pm MDT // NNSA/DOE Santa Fe Town Hall July 22, please come
    — NNSA Jill Hruby, and DOE-EM Candice Robertson Town Hall Meeting, images and videos

Bulletin 346: (06/16/2024) Momentous events, and two op-eds

Bulletin 345: (05/25/2024) Ukraine strikes Russian early-warning radar against nuclear attack

Bulletin 344: (05/09/2024) Pit production, the largest nuclear warhead infrastructure project in 7 decades / interesting news

Bulletin 343: (04/27/2024) "Russophobia" panel discussion video; upcoming presentation in SC, "Overview of Pit Production Challenges at LANL"

Bulletin 342: (04/10/2024) Russophobia, the Ukraine war, and nuclear weapons," panel discussion in Santa Fe Tuesday April 16, 6 pm / Pit production: myths and contradictions

Bulletin 341: (03/04/2024) Pit seminar materials available; Russophobia seminar postponed; big jump in FY24 warhead spending as arms race takes hold; Ukraine losing war sparking panic in West

Bulletin 340: (02/22/2024) "Year in Pits;" Zoom update & discussion on pits 2/27; rich opportunities in the land of nuclear (dis)enchantment; end the Ukraine carnage and genocide in Gaza

Bulletin 339: (01/01/2024) Meetings this month, starting tomorrow (in person) and this Thursday (Zoom); join NM list if interested; please endorse the "Call for Sanity"

2023:

Bulletin 338: (12/31/2023) If you haven't done so, please consider a one-time or monthly donation to the Los Alamos Study Group!

Bulletin 337: (12/21/2023) Please oppose producing new-design ICBM warheads and the new arms race, by (at least) endorsing the "Call for Sanity, Not Nuclear Production"

Bulletin 336: (12/12/2023) Precis on pit production for NM newspaper; Zoom seminars last week (video) and next week (scheduled); Sentinel missile warheads; Santa Fe resolution against pit production; impeachment

Bulletin 335: (12/04/2023) Zoom seminar on plutonium pit production, December 7, 11 am MST; trainings; the Year of Resistance is coming; help us financially if you can (thank you)

Bulletin 334: (12/04/2023) Thank you for your support, please help support our work in 2024; please join our NM activist mailing list if local or interested; quick note on events & developments

Bulletin 333: (11/12/2023) In-person & webcast discussion this Thursday 11/16/23 of the new plan being briefed on Capitol Hill to increase U.S. nuclear forces

Bulletin 332: (10/26/2023) Mark your calendars: Nov. 16 forum on the proposed U.S. program to build up the U.S. nuclear arsenal, centrally reliant on LANL's proposed "pit" factory

Bulletin 331: (10/20/2023) NNSA plutonium warhead core ("pit") production update 10/20/23: Stumbling along, early-to-need, sans schedule and cost estimates, maximizing cost, jeopardizing other programs

Bulletin 330: (07/07/2023) "'The real purpose in making the bomb was to subdue the Soviets.'* Now it's happening again, on a vast scale. WHY?" A conversation with acclaimed historian Peter Kuznick and Greg Mello in Los Alamos, July 22

Bulletin 329: (06/17/2023) Russia rules out nuclear disarmament negotiations; second week of Ukrainian offenses fail; what will US and NATO do? Build 60 projects in LANL's Pajarito Corridor?

Bulletin 328: (06/14/2023) Toward a better pit production policy, part 2 (of interest to some); Zoom discussion on pits tomorrow 6/15/23 5 pm MDT

Bulletin 327: (06/12/2023) Virtual presentation and discussion this Thursday 5 pm MDT; fundraising; new publications

Bulletin 326: (04/26/2023) Update, fundraising, town hall, Ukraine, pit production now to cost more than the whole Manhattan Project

Bulletin 325: (02/18/23) Understanding the Nordstream sabotage and punishing those responsible

Bulletin 324: (02/06/23) Opposition to Ukraine war gains visibility in New Mexico and via our web site, more broadly

Bulletin 323: (02/04/23) "Nuclear Hotseat" interview / Ukraine war updates

Bulletin 322: (01/25/23) Right and Left To Join in D.C. Protest: ‘Not One More Penny for War in Ukraine’ / Bulletin of Atomic Scientists resets clock, blames Russia

2022:

Bulletin 321: (12/31/22)Last day for 2022 donations! / A few quick updates

Bulletin 320:(12/29/22) Neocon humiliation -- or nuclear exchange / The centrality of war resistance in moral politics / 3 days left for 1:1 donation match!

Bulletin 319:(12/21/22) Ukraine; NDAA: omnibus appropriations bill; fundraising --thank you; some matching funds still available

Bulletin 318:(12/14/22) Speak out now against further U.S. escalation in Ukraine; daily updates for your use;

Bulletin 317: (12/14/22) Internships available

Bulletin 316: (12/12/22) Fundraising appeal; THANK YOU

Bulletin 315: (11/27/22) Urgent fundraising request, matching grant available! Also: near-daily selected Ukraine updates; updated pit policy recommendations; legislative testimony

Bulletin 314: (11/11/22) Reminder re next week's antiwar, disarmament, & nuclear safety events: come if you can or tune in, outreach needed; pit interview on KNME tonight 7 pm; fundraising drive continues; erratum

Bulletin 313: (11/07/22) Important meeting about Ukraine next week; DNFSB hearing in Santa Fe; more

Bulletin 312: (10/06/22) LANL's pit production to be delayed with cost increases; new resources, news; Zoom discussions; critical fundraising outreach needed -- we need you!

Bulletin 311: (10/05/22) Break the spell, denounce growing U.S. war

Bulletin 310: (09/25/22) Speak up! We urge you to take up the call for peace in Ukraine

Bulletin 309: (09/22/22) The moment of maximum danger

Bulletin 308: (09/11/22) NNSA "scoping" process at LANL designed to legitimate nuclear weapons, mislead, and distract; best to steer clear, step up real resistance and constructive actions

Bulletin 307: (08/28/22) Secret master plan for nuclear weapons design, production complex entails massive investments, on top of those revealed to Congress; call for opposition; press conference Tues 8/30/22

Bulletin 306: (08/21/22) Please recruit allies in 1) the "Call for Sanity, Not Nuclear Production," 2) our fundraising drive, 3) nuclear careers (ours, not theirs); pitpourri

Bulletin 305: (08/09/22) Can we make Archbishop Wester's call for nuclear disarmament real, for us?

Bulletin 304: (08/03/22) Your support is requested! / "US nuclear weapons since 2020: continuity and change" / Whither disarmament?

Bulletin 303: (07/27/22) Fire safety deficiencies at LANL plutonium facility

Bulletin 302: (07/26/22) Mid-year fundraising drive: please help support our work!

Bulletin 301: (05/16/22) Oppose the war! Demand and create accountability for lawmakers who fund and promote more war in Ukraine

Bulletin 300: (05/03/22) NNSA: early pit production a "hedge," not strictly necessary; is there a "pit gap?"

Bulletin 299: (04/28/22) Emergency call to action: stop Biden's proposed $33 billion war escalation

Bulletin 298: (04/25/22) Talk on pits & renewed U.S. nuclear weapons production Tuesday evening 4/26/22; antiwar billboard; what you can do

Bulletin 297: (04/11/22) LANL pit production is incapable of meaningfully contributing to production requirements

Bulletin 296: (03/26/22) The troubled logistics of LANL pit production: how will LANL staff and contractors get to work?

Bulletin 295: (03/23/22) "The core debate"

Bulletin 294: (03/23/22) Please consider forwarding this fine statement from UNAC re Ukraine

Bulletin 293: (03/05/22) Ukraine conflict: If you want a ceasefire (as we do), stop firing

Bulletin 292: (03/01/22) Statement on the Ukraine conflict and war with Russia

Bulletin 291: (01/26/22) Don't enable a crash program for new ICBM warheads!

2021:

Bulletin 290: (12/31/21) Please help support our work in the coming year; positions available; good news for 2022

Bulletin 289: (12/23/21) NNSA lukewarm about plan to produce plutonium pits at LANL; new NDAA requires reporting on changing costs, risks, pit requirements, and a real waste plan

Bulletin 288: (12/07/21) US nuclear weapons since 2020: continuity and change

Bulletin 287 (11/22/21)
Nov 5 demonstration and workshops; NM greenhouse gas emissions have risen by about half under the current administration; legislative testimony on plutonium pit production

Bulletin 286 (10/28/21)
Demonstration and workshops Nov. 5 in Santa Fe; LANL estimates $18 billion in pit costs this decade, ≥$80 million/pit

Bulletin #285 (09/22/21)
NNSA: LANL pits critical for new warhead; full page ads; why LANL can't make enough pits; join us in Santa Fe Sept. 30

Bulletin #284 (09/17/21)
How deep a ‘pit’ will the new administration dig at Los Alamos before stopping?

Bulletin #283 - followup (07/25/21)
Working links to photos; outreach orientation Thursday pm in Santa Fe

Bulletin #283 (07/23/21)
Interesting new aerial photos of LANL

Bulletin #282 (07/21/21)
New billboard: "One bomb core: $50 million -- or 1,000 teachers. Choose."

Bulletin #281 (07/16/21)
LANL pit production: fifth failure in progress

Bulletin #280 (01/25/21)
Human survival, and nuclear disarmament, require revolutionary change

Bulletin #279 (01/17/21)
Thank you; no Capitol demonstration 1/19/21 obviously; Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; more

2020:

Bulletin #278 (12/31/20)
Last 2020 fundraising reminder; "coming attractions" January 18-22; the year ahead

Bulletin #277 (12/21/20)
Solstice; gratitude; please support our work; the coming year; Congress all but fully funds massive increase in NNSA warhead programs

Bulletin #276 (12/13/20)
Zoominar Wednesday 3 pm MST: Strategy discussion for disarmament activists; Congress punts pit deadlines to STRATCOM if DOE can't predict construction costs within 15%

Bulletin #275 (12/07/20)
Reminder: Zoominar today 3 pm MST: "Pits and warheads"; background

Bulletin #274 (12/03/20)
Please support our work! Zoominar Mon, Dec 7, 3 pm MST: "Pits and warheads, in Congress and otherwise"

Bulletin #273 (11/10/20)
New resources on pit production; more

Bulletin #272 (07/24/20)
Public webinar Saturday July 25, 1 pm EDT: "What Every Global Citizen Needs to Know About the Decision to A-Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki," discussed by the best scholars; a lot more news

Bulletin #271 (06/10/20)
Reminder: Thursday, June 11 Zoominar: Plutonium pits, failures of reform, and the war on the poor, RSVP required

Bulletin #270 (06/06/20)
Thursday, June 11, (formerly June 9), Zoominar: "Plutonium pits, failures of reform, and the war on the poor" (RSVP for details)

Bulletin #269 (03/11/20)
Coronavirus: hidden cases; why we must shut everything down NOW

Bulletin #268 (02/25/20)
Special alert: the novel corona virus is rapidly changing the world; it will change your life too

Bulletin #267 (02/08/20)
US plutonium pit production plans advance, part II: at least $25 billion in LANL life cycle costs omitted in past comparisons; more

Bulletin #266 (01/31/20)
US plutonium pit production plans advance, with new requirements (part I)

2019:

Bulletin #265 (12/23/19)
Please help us work this coming year! Also: important meetings Jan 2 & 8 in Santa Fe; Pope Francis and The Bomb

Bulletin #264 (11/26/19)
LANL expansion, new mailing list, staff position available, news and views you can use

Bulletin #263 (09/27/19)
Unfolding fiasco: Los Alamos doubles down on plutonium and growth overall

Bulletin #262 (07/24/19)
New Mexico Democrats push Trump nuclear weapons agenda regardless of environmental costs, suborn NM Environment Department to blackmail DOE into more LANL pit production and warheads

Bulletin #261 (07/18/19)
Public discussion: “The Steepest Time: Youth and Crisis at the End of an Age,” Thursday July 25, 2019, Santa Fe

Bulletin 260: Trinity: “The most significant hazard of the entire Manhattan Project,” (07/15/19)
Trinity: “The most significant hazard of the entire Manhattan Project,”

Bulletin #259 (06/18/19)
Peace leader in Albuquerque, almost 96 years old, begins fast against US sanctions and sieges, calls for solidarity

Bulletin #258 (06/11/19)
Administration announces plan to conduct environmental analysis of plutonium warhead core (“pit”) production in SC, no comparable commitment in NM

Bulletin #257 (05/10/19)
Pentagon pit study: The Trump plutonium pit schedule is impossible. NNSA: 2 warheads are delayed

Bulletin #256 (05/08/19)
The Great Transformation: Nuclear Weapons Policy Considerations for Congress

Bulletin #255 (05/07/19)
Special Report: "Draining the Nuclear Swamp"

Bulletin #254 (01/28/19)
Preview of problems to come with Los Alamos pit production

Bulletin #253 (01/25/19)
Emergency climate mobilization; a “green new deal”

Bulletin #252 (01/01/19)
Fundraising reminder; why LANL cannot be any kind of plutonium factory, in a nutshell

2018:

Bulletin #251 (12/11/18)
Converging resource, climate, and social crises compel broad, deep transformation -- far more than usually envisioned

Bulletin #250 (12/07/18)
Help us continue and expand our work; what we aim to do

Bulletin #249 (08/03/18)
Worker safety; pit fever; “Beyond Hiroshima” Aug 6; lab power grab fail

Bulletin #248 (06/26/18)
Santa Fe "Atomic Summer;" monument celebrating plutonium bomb installed at Convention Center; if local please come to SF City Council tomorrow evening to protest

Bulletin #247 (04/16/18)
Update on US nuclear weapons; pit memorandum to NNSA

Bulletin #246 (04/13/18)
US attacks Syria in contravention of international law

Bulletin #245 (03/08/18)
Bingaman, Domenici, Udall, Richardson, LANL, UC, and NNSA have all argued against Los Alamos becoming a larger, permanent plutonium "pit" production site

Bulletin #244 (02/24/18)
Nuclear budget bites

Bulletin #243 (02/22/18)
NNSA Issues Draft Environmental Assessment for One Part of Its Proposed Plutonium Factory Complex at LANL

Bulletin #242 (01/04/18)
Thank you; upcoming meetings; why is NNSA such a messed-up federal agency?

2017:

Bulletin #241 (12/28/17)
The US Navy is sinking the "Interoperable" warhead

Bulletin #240 (12/28/17)
The New Year calls us to action; tax law update and our last 2017 funding request

Bulletin #239 (12/10/17)
Excellent Nobel award ceremony video; more

Bulletin #238 (12/05/17)
Normative plutonium policies as we see them – a quick sketch

Bulletin #237 (12/04/17)
NNSA doubts LANL pit production; Nobel peace prize get-togethers Sunday Dec. 10 (Santa Fe & Albuquerque)

Bulletin #236 (11/17/17)
Defense bill on Trump's desk contains Heinrich/Udall amendment seeking fresh mandate for plutonium pit factory at LANL

Bulletin #235 (10/01/17)
Fall fundraising request; news and quick updates

Bulletin #234 (08/12/17)
Quick update

Bulletin #233 (07/29/17)
Please take action: Congress, White House, nuclear industry renew effort to store, process, and dispose of various nuclear wastes in New Mexico and Nevada

Bulletin #232 (07/19/17)
Nuclear power for your home and business

Bulletin #231 (07/17/17)
Dr. Strangelove and the Los Alamos Nuclear Fiasco

Bulletin #230 (06/20/17)
Center for Public Integrity publishes important (but mis-titled) series on lax safety at Los Alamos

Bulletin #229 (02/20/17)
Overview of some NNSA issues

2016:

Bulletin #228 (12/27/16)
Trump Tweet Hysteria

Bulletin #227 (12/20/16)
Year of the Ban

Bulletin #226 (12/01/16)
Please help support our work

Special Post-Election Bulletin 225 (11/09/16)
President-Elect Trump; letter to colleagues in government

Bulletin #224 (11/04/16)
New directions in nuclear disarmament – Nov. 11 talk and discussion in Santa Fe

Bulletin #223 (10/23/16)
Historic UN vote to mandate negotiation of treaty banning nuclear weapons

Bulletin #222 (10/05/16)
UN debate on banning nuclear weapons begins; 127 or more countries in favor so far

Bulletin #221 (09/27/16)
Discussions with Dr. Frank von Hippel in Santa Fe and Albuquerque this week: "New Directions in Disarmament;" other important events

Bulletin #220 (06/15/16)
Emergency phone calls to Congress needed NOW to delay new, stealthy nuclear cruise missile: call your rep at 202-224-3121

Bulletin #219 (05/28/16)
“Doomsday forum” in Albuquerque June 20-21, all invited; MORE

Bulletin #218 (05/15/16)
UN Working Group builds momentum among large majority of world's countries toward treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons

Bulletin #217 (03/08/16)
Local events; Obama's nuclear weapons policy legacy

Bulletin #216 (02/11/16)
More on the budget; the mountain of misinformation

Bulletin #215 (02/04/16)
Internships, fellowships available


2015:

Bulletin #214 (12/31/15)
Funding appeal (last day); what is to be done; will Udall and Heinrich push new nukes? (more)

Bulletin #213 (12/21/15)
News you can use: the era of LANS at LANL is closing

Bulletin #212 (12/21/15)
The turning? It depends, and partly on us. Also: critical fundraising appeal

Bulletin #211 (12/08/15)
Support us financially if you can; “Coffee Club” opens; our plans; framing the issues

Bulletin #210 (11/17/15)
Fundraising soirée this Sunday afternoon in Santa Fe, with guest speakers

Bulletin #209 (10/28/15)
Help wanted; NNSA infrastructure plans presume a new Cold War

Bulletin #208 (10/10/15)
Local meetings; NM Dems break with White House to support military, nukes; U.S. oil production in decline

Bulletin #207 (09/20/15)
Serious challenges need serious responses – food for thought

Bulletin #206 (06/09/15)
Desultory NPT conference ends in division, a good thing; 108 countries pledge to help ban nuclear weapons

Bulletin #205 (05/18/15)
Congressional study shows multibillion-dollar underground factory “modules” for plutonium not needed at Los Alamos

Bulletin #204 (04/24/15)
Nuclear weapons modernization: assuring destruction forever

Bulletin #203 (04/24/15)
NPT Review Conference circus begins

Bulletin #202 (04/21/15)
Earth Day tomorrow: truth or consequences – about oil, which is politically central

Bulletin #201 (03/08/15)
Ban bomb, save planet; stewards of the apocalypse; more

Bulletin #200 (02/08/15)
Warhead budget bloat; U.S.-caused Ukraine catastrophe at the brink; hello peak oil

Bulletin #199 (01/24/15)
Back from Vienna and speaking tour; new approach to bulletins

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2014:

Bulletin #198 (12/17/14)
Vienna Conference vigorously advances efforts to ban nuclear weapons

Bulletin #197 (11/30/14)
Moment of truth for Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS)?

Bulletin #196 (11/16/14)
LANL incompetance, coverup; fundraising appeal

Bulletin #195 (10/08/14)
Emergency meetings in NM; despite world crises, Administration likely to seek massive increase in nuclear weapons spending

Bulletin #194 (08/31/14)
Plutonium is not your friend

Bulletin #193 (07/21/14)
“Remember your humanity, and forget the rest”

Bulletin #192 (07/04/14)
New Mexico meetings; season of the witch

Bulletin #191 (07/01/14)
New Mexico meetings; LANL plutonium issues

Bulletin #190 (05/28/14)
Swarm of issues plagues LANL plutonium operations (Part I)

Bulletin #189 (04/18/14)
Summer disarmament intensive in New Mexico

Bulletin #188 (04/01/14)
Study Group summer intensive action and training program announced: “Humanity at the Crossroads: Disarmament, Human Security, and Environmental Sustainability”

Bulletin #187 (03/12/14)
Obama seeks more warhead money than Reagan; nuke pension subsidies; MOX dying?; plutonium pit infrastructure

Bulletin #186 (03/03/14)
Please call your senators and ask them to intervene to halt dangerous U.S. rhetoric vis-à-vis Ukraine

Bulletin #185 (02/19/14)
Movement to ban nuclear weapons gains ground; events; more

Bulletin #184 (02/06/14)
Thank you; short update; and 25th anniversary!

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2013:

Bulletin #183 (12/28/13)
Please contribute if you haven’t yet this year

Bulletin #182 (12/23/13)
Critical fundraising reminder, and *important* news

Bulletin #181 (12/18/13)
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) unfolding fiascos: a teachable moment?

Bulletin #180 (12/07/13)
Good news: Obama’s nuclear modernization plan is collapsing; Los Alamos underground plutonium factory briefed; fundraising drive continues

Bulletin #179 (12/04/13)
If you aren’t already a Study Group donor, it’s time to become one. The annual Study Group fundraising drive is here! 

Bulletin #178 (11/13/13)
In the steep time, seek real political discourse

Bulletin #177 (09/09/13)
What road to Damascus – war or peace? NM Democrats disappoint so far, except Udall; more actions and background

Bulletin #176 (09/08/13)
Syria: moment of truth, or door to perpetual war. PLEASE ACT NOW.

Bulletin #175 (07/10/13)
Congressman Lujan: 6 votes against renewable energy yesterday

Bulletin #174 (07/09/13)
Last two “In My Lifetime” screenings with discussion; Study Group issue and strategy meetings

Bulletin #173 (07/06/13)
Reminder: “Nuclear Abolition Week” events in NM, starting TONIGHT in Los Alamos

Bulletin #172 (06/10/13)
Fundraising drive; upcoming meetings and film screenings; more

Bulletin #171 (05/16/13)
Invitations

Bulletin #170 (05/07/13)
REMINDER: Quash the "Obama nuclear surge": campaign roll-out in NM THIS WEEK; please come or otherwise help. Briefings and public discussions

Bulletin #169 (05/03/13)
Quash the Obama nuclear surge: campaign roll-out in NM next week; please come or otherwise help. Briefings and public discussions

Bulletin #168 (04/09/13)
Obama administration to request major increase in NNSA Nuclear weapons spending

Bulletin #167 (03/27/13)
Whither New Mexico, world capital of weapons of mass destruction?

Bulletin #166 (03/21/13)
Public Discussion in Santa Fe, March 28, 2013

Bulletin #165 (02/27/13)
Reflections on the Deterrence Summit

Bulletin #164 (02/15/13)
Thank you

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2012:

Bulletin #163 (12/28/12)
Invitation

Bulletin #162 (12/26/12)
Thank you for your support this year; good news

Bulletin #161 (12/03/12)
Brief report from DC

Bulletin #160 (11/08/12)
Election over. Challenges same. Opportunities better? We want you.

Bulletin #159 (10/17/12)
Elect yourself

Bulletin #158 (10/01/12)
CMRR-NF is no longer feasible. Why, and what now?

Bulletin #157 (09/24/12)
Public talk & discussion this coming Wednesday in Santa Fe

Bulletin #156 (09/16/12)
Washington Post Misleads in Major Article Addressing Nuclear Weapons Complex

Bulletin #155 (08/21/12)
Apparent calm hides ongoing nuclear policy struggles; for we citizens, what next?

Bulletin #154 (07/25/12)
Reminder about tonight’s solar energy presentation

Bulletin #153 (07/17/12)
Reminder about tonight's meeting; concerns re the Senate version of Defense Authorization Act

Bulletin #152 (07/11/12)
Upcoming public meetings and issue discussions!

Bulletin #151 (06/13/12)
Invitation to solstice dinner fundraiser & discussion in Santa Fe; congressional update

Bulletin #150 (05/31/12)
Your help is wanted immediately: nuclear warhead spending amendments are being considered on the House floor tonight and tomorrow

Bulletin #149 (05/07/12)
Reception & open house this Friday May 11th, 3 – 5 pm, for Mika Armenta, departing Study Group intern

Bulletin #148 (04/25/12)
Part I: CMRR update

Bulletin #147 (04/11/12)
“Twilight of the nuclear gods:” talk tomorrow (4/12/12) in Albuquerque

Bulletin #146 (03/10/12)
Fundraising request (donors – thank you!); new developments and press coverage; next steps

Bulletin #145 (02/17/12)
Study Group meetings in Albuquerque (Tues), Santa Fe (Wed) and Taos (Thurs), Feb. 21, 22, 23

Bulletin #144 (02/14/12)
CMRR Nuclear Facility delayed “at least 5 years,” budget for next year zeroed

Bulletin #143 (02/12/12)
Tomorrow's budget request: the CMRR-NF is in trouble

Bulletin #142 (01/22/12)
Trade journal: “massive cut” to CMRR expected

Bulletin #141 (01/18/12)
POGO releases excellent CMRR report; DC trip report: tide against CMRR running stronger than ever

Bulletin #140 (01/08/12)
Administration Hints at Smaller Nuclear Force Amid Wider Defense Cutbacks

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2011:

Bulletin #139 (12/31/11)
NNSA, LANL “tight-lipped” re spending $170 M on CMRR-NF this year; thank you all; what you can do TODAY

Bulletin #138 (12/23/11)
Study Group named one of top ten small green groups in U.S.

Bulletin #137 (12/21/11)
Solstice greetings: on CMRR, real progress but a long way to go; our plans for 2012; please help financially if you can, and thank you for all your support

Bulletin #136 (12/16/11)
Appropriations bill slashes funding for new plutonium lab at Los Alamos, disallows construction in FY2012

Bulletin #135 (11/28/11)
Toward defeat of CMRR: progress and portents

Bulletin #134 (11/13/11)
Public talk and Q&A Wednesday, November 16, 7 pm, Santa Fe

Bulletin #133 (10/31/11)
Making some headway -- Request for help

Bulletin #132 (10/22/11)
Study Group files second lawsuit to halt proposed $6 billion bomb factory

Bulletin #131 (09/27/11)
Q&A on proposed new plutonium warhead complex, tomorrow (Wed. 9/28/11), 8:00 am MDT on KSFR and streaming

Bulletin #130 (09/18/11)
Report from Washington, in Santa Fe on Wednesday evening: NNSA sailing straight into fiscal hurricane while spreading more sail than ever; fate of Los Alamos production complex uncertain amidst overall folly

Bulletin #129 (09/11/11)
Rep. Heinrich asks Obama to increase warhead spending, bypass pending cuts

Bulletin #128 (09/08/11)
Senate funders would (re-)start construction of $6 billion plutonium fortress in Los Alamos but cut back next year's budget somewhat

Bulletin #127 (09/06/11)
PLEASE ACT NOW, as the Senate moves toward cutting Obama’s proposed increases in warhead spending

Bulletin #126 (08/29/11)
Thanks to many, we had a wonderful benefit evening last week; the next events are September 27 (Santa Fe) & 28 (Albuquerque)

Bulletin #125 (08/22/11)
What can I do to help?

Bulletin #124 (08/17/11)
Invitation to fundraising event; please reach out to your friends for political action and material support; another CMRR resource

Bulletin #123 (08/07/11)
Public talk and discussion Tuesday August 9, "The Meaning of Nagasaki," with Dr. Hugh Gusterson

Bulletin #122 (07/25/11)
Work session tomorrow evening in Santa Fe (Tuesday, July 26th) re the proposed plutonium warhead factory at Los Alamos

Bulletin #121 (07/17/11)
Study Group to host discussion Tuesday evening in Los Alamos regarding proposed plutonium facility

Bulletin #120 (07/01/11)
Study Group Resumes Litigation against Proposed $6 Billion LANL Plutonium Facility

Bulletin #119 (06/27/11)
Las Conchas Fire; Business as usual is over for our society; Public discussion tomorrow

Bulletin #118 (06/15/11)
House Appropriations Committee slashes $100 million from huge proposed plutonium facility at Los Alamos

Bulletin #117 (06/06/11)
No meeting tomorrow; new CMRR resources; House likely to propose warhead spending cut

Bulletin #116 (05/23/11)
Federal Judge Rules In Favor of Continuing Los Alamos Nuclear Project Without Applicable Environmental Impact Statement, Dismisses Environmental Lawsuit

Bulletin #115 (05/22/11)
XSEIS the SEIS -- why not try democracy? -- and some new resources

Bulletin #114 (05/15/11)
Santa Fe meetings continue Tuesday pm; Albuquerque meetings discontinued (please volunteer with us instead!); boycott the sham SEIS "hearings," take REAL action instead

Bulletin #113 (05/06/11)
Report on the recent hearing; the need for discernment

Bulletin #112 (05/01/11)
Hearing continues tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Bulletin #111 (04/17/11)
Seminars tomorrow (Albuquerque) and Tuesday (Santa Fe): “What you can do to stop the proposed LANL plutonium complex” – speaking of which: please come to the federal courthouse in Albuquerque Wednesday, April 27, 8:30 am.

Bulletin #110 (04/10/11)
Seminars this Monday and Tuesday evenings: Status of the proposed plutonium storage, processing, and manufacturing complex at Los Alamos, citizens' roles.

Bulletin #109 (04/03/11)
Weekly seminars resume (“Converging crises, shared responses”).

Bulletin #108 (03/25/11)
Helen Caldicott presentations, fundraising, more.

Bulletin #107 (03/21/11)
Seismic, value engineering questions grow over CMRR-NF at LANL.

Bulletin #106 (03/16/11)
Obama toadies up to NM labs in special NM TV interview; Dr. Helen Caldicott soon here; more.

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2010:

Bulletin #105 (12/17/10)
Partial update, new resources, and request for your financial support.

Bulletin #104 (11/29/10)
Reminder! Important! Santa Fe County takes up question of environmental impact analysis for plutonium complex TOMORROW (11/30), 11 am.

Bulletin #103 (11/23/10)
Now is the time to ask your local government and congressional delegation to think before embracing Obama’s nuclear weapons juggernaut.

Bulletin #102 (11/13/10)
LASG files motion to halt CMRR-NF; procurements suspended; White House promises $820 M/year more to nuke labs, plants.

Bulletin #101 (11/07/10)
Local governments, tribes, and Los Alamos residents are beginning to question the $6 billion nuclear factory proposed for Los Alamos.

Bulletin #100 (10/22/10)
Study Group attorneys file response to DOE effort to quash lawsuit; DOE Secretary to initiate new study of LANL nuke facility.

Bulletin #99 (10/18/10)
The illegitimate scoping hearings for the big new nuke weapons plant are upon us, tomorrow and Wednesday. Please go, or comment, or both – but the real action is elsewhere.

Bulletin #98 (09/28/10)
Administration admits environmental analysis of LANL weapons facility is insufficient

Bulletin #97 (08/22/10)
CMRR litigation: One simple thing you can do to help

Bulletin #96 (07/16/10)
We can and must stop LANL's proposed plutonium lab, and here's how

Bulletin #95 (06/07/10)
Please RSVP and attend LANL’s public discussion of its proposed plutonium warhead core (“pit”) factory annex

Bulletin #94 (05/12/10)
Historical surge in weapons spending does not disarmament make and other news

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2009:

Bulletin #93 (02/10/09)
-- Hey, Where have you Study Group guys been?
-- Economic Stimulus through nuclear warheads?
-- More detailed comments (from 2-2-09) on three small parts of the Senate version of the proposed economic stimulus bill (S336, the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan”)

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2008:

Bulletin #92 (11/17/08)
-- We are requesting some financial support for our work
-- Other ways to express your solidarity
-- Help halt efforts to build a new nuclear weapons factory in Albuquerque
-- Help stop the CMRR Nuclear Facility
-- It is time for a big push to cut nuclear weapons spending

Bulletin #91 (11/07/08)
Kansas City update; fall fundraising drive begins

Action Alert #90 (08/25/08)
NRDC and others seek to move nuclear weapons factories to NM: more details

Action Alert #89 (08/17/08)
NRDC, a New Mexico nonprofit, and others seek to move nuclear factory to NM

Action Alert #88 (06/24/08)
House Committee considers halting LANL pit production tomorrow --what will Udall do? Also: International status of nuclear weapons: UNM talk tomorrow

Action Alert #87 (06/17/08)
June public discussions continue

Action Alert #86 (06/09/08)
June public lectures, discussions; internships; more

Action Alert #85 (04/16/08)
LANL Nuclear Disposal Public Relations Event "Pre-Mortem" (?)

Action Alert #84b (03/10/08
Complex  Transformation “hearings:” schedule

Action Alert #84 (03/07/08
Upcoming NNSA Complex Transformation “hearings:” diversion, spectacle, or opportunity

Action Alert #83 (02/05/08
Bush nuclear weapons budget seeks end-run

Action Alert #82 (01/07/08
Congressional actions, late 2007; meetings this week; disarmament walk report, more

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2007:

Action Alert #81 (12/10/07)
Solstice disarmament walk; breakfast seminars this week; end-of-year fundraising drive

Action Alert #80 (11/26/07)
End-of-year fundraising drive; congressional update; upcoming events

Action Alert #79 (10/29/07)
Los Alamos in Crisis – the Decline and Fall of a Nuclear Weapons Laboratory?

Action Alert #78 (09/20/07)
Important opportunity tomorrow, at noon in Santa Fe to oppose expansion of pit production at LANL

Action Alert #77 (06/09/07)
Udall aids Bush nuclear agenda; what you can do about it

Action Alert #76 (06/03/07)
What we've been up to!

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2006:

Action Alert #75 (12/23/06)
Key nuclear warhead decisions pending, more

Action Alert #74 (11/09/06)
Two “stealth” NNSA projects aim to preempt U.S. nuclear warhead decisions

Action Alert #73 (10/05/06)
UNM Regents Mtg - Tuesday!

Action Alert #72 (09/30/06)
Bob Anderson's arrest & aftermath of RRW panel "discussion

Action Alert #71 (09/29/06)
Discussion TODAY of whether to start giant new weapons program -- be there

Action Alert #70 (09/24/06)
Two big opportunities to speak against nuclear genocide, past and planned

Action Alert #69 (09/05/06)
Urgent: Call Jeff Bingaman TODAY to stop low-yield nuclear simulation explosion, pit production

Action Alert #68 (08/22/06)
There's a good opportunity to demonstrate tomorrow (Wednesday) against the resumption of U.S. nuclear weapons and plutonium pit production

Action Alert #67 (08/12/06)
Potluck Sunday 4 pm; plutonium "pit" production hearings create new opportunities

Action Alert #66 (08/04/06)
Important nuclear updates and events

Action Alert #65 (06/26/06)
Short article on pit production available

Action Alert #64 (06/26/06)
Fake peace conference planned by Governor

Action Alert #63 (06/20/06)
News you can use, help wanted, & news bits

Action Alert #62 (06/09/06)
What you can do: lots o' news

Action Alert #61 (04/18/06)
Yard billboards; study of historic LANL pollution

Action Alert #60 (04/12/06)
Small billboard campaign underway - choose from current designs

Action Alert #59 (04/07/06)
The campaign for & against plutonium manufacturing & new weapons is heating up

Action Alert #58 (03/27/06)
Los Alamos at the crossroads – what can we do?

Action Alert #57 (03/05/06)
Press Conference 11am Monday, State Capitol: 100+ NM Organizations Call for Nuclear Disarmament

Action Alert #56 (02/24/06)
Helpful tips on spreading the Call for Nuclear Disarmament

Action Alert #55 (02/11/06)
Los Alamos County is concerned over LANL nuke waste

Action Alert #54 (02/04/06)
NM Senate Memorial, more

Action Alert #53 (01/27/06)
Invitation to listserve; dollars welcome; two things you can do for nuclear disarmament

Action Alert #52 (01/19/06)
Opportunity to meet Los Alamos manager, request nuke dump closure

Action Alert #51 (01/18/06)
Special meeting in Santa Fe Friday

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2005:

Action Alert #50 (12/24/05)
Los Alamos Disarmament Center opens, more

Action Alert #49 (11/04/05)
Five ways to eliminate nuclear weapons

Action Alert #48 (08/08/05)
Report on August 6 commemoration at Los Alamos and related activities

Action Alert #47 (08/01/05)
Final preparations for commemoration of 60th anniversary of atomic bombings by U.S. -- Volunteers needed

Action Alert #46 (07/29/05)
60th Anniversary of Hiroshima at Los Alamos

Action Alert #45 (07/13/05)
Events through August 6 -- Please Come!

Action Alert #44 (07/12/05)
Writers Address the Nuclear Age

Action Alert #43 (06/20/05)
Organizing opportunities and new staff positions

Action Alert #42 (05/19/05)
Los Alamos: The end of an era

Action Alert #41 (05/10/05)
Report-back from Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) conference

Action Alert #40 (04/27/05)
Nuclear waste dump expansion meeting planned; local nuclear opposition growing

Action Alert #39 (04/12/05)
Come to Santa Fe City Council Meeting Wed. 4/19, 7 pm

Action Alert #38 (04/04/05)
Santa Fe Disarmament Resolution, August 6 Update

Action Alert #37 (04/04/05)
Events this week

Action Alert #36 (03/07/05)
Study Group Calendar Update

Action Alert #35 (03/06/05)
Los Alamos Study Group Calendar - March 7 update

Action Alert #34 (01/20/05)
Events NEXT WEEK and in August; disarmament declaration

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2004:

Action Alert #33 (12/14/04)
Invitation to Hiroshima Day in New Mexico

Action Alert #32 (12/07/04)
Canvassing Day in Santa Fe

Action Alert #31 (12/23/04)
Announcement of August 6th Event in Los Alamos

Action Alert #30 (10/14/04)
Petition Gaining Momentum

Action Alert #29 (9/07/04)
Petition Launched, Los Alamos waste disposal, Citizen Inspection successful

Action Alert #28 (7/18/04)
Citizen Inspection Update

Action Alert #27 (7/01/04)
Citizen Inspection Events on Aug. 4th, 5th and 7th

Action Alert #26 (6/01/04)
Welcome to Subscribers, Upcoming events, Call for Volunteers

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2003:

Action Alert #25 (11/11/03)
Missiles of Empire and More

Action Alert #24 (10/29/03)
Upcoming Event- Talks with Andy

Action Alert #23 (6/19/03)
Press Conference and Public Gathering to appeal to Governor Richardson

Action Alert #22 (3/19/03)
Call to Close Area G Waste Dump- Letter to Gov. Richardson

Action Alert #21 (3/13/2003)
Peace Demonstration and the Can-Paign

Action Alert #20 (2/17/03)
Radio Ads against the War

Action Alert #19 (2/04/03)
Various Ways to Oppose the War in Iraq

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2002:

Action Alert #18 (7/20/02)
Environmental Regulation at Los Alamos Failing, What You Can Do

Action Alert #17 (7/17/02)
Want to Help LASG?

Action Alert #16 (5/09/02)
NM Congressional Delegation

Action Alert #15 (4/02/02)
Understanding President Bush's Nuclear Strategy

Action Alert #14 (3/21/02)
NM Oversight of Los Alamos Labs

Action Alert #13 (3/19/02)
Opportunities to stop LANL nuke dumping

Action Alert #12 (2/28/02)
Forum on the Future of Local Nuke Dump

Action Alert #10 (1/24/02)
Update: chance to influence discussion and debate about Environmental Impact of Labs

Action Alert #9 (1/18/02)
Come to the Press Conference at the State Capitol

Action Alert #8 (1/17/02)
Event at State Capitol- Press Release

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2001:

Action Alert #7 (11/30/01)
Citizen Inspection Scheduled

Action Alert #6 (11/15/01)
Can-Paign, Citizen Inspection, Response to 9/11

Action Alert #5 (9/27/01)
Town Meeting with Tom Udall

Action Alert #4 (9/25/01)
Domenici, Bingaman request $399M more for nukes

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