Author: CBG
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Trump’s $4 Trillion Plan to Raise Your Energy Bills (Rolling Stone)
“The Trump administration released three executive orders on nuclear energy on the Friday afternoon before the Memorial Day weekend — a time often used to dump bad news. And these...
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SSFL needs full cleanup (Simi Valley Acorn)
“New arrivals to Simi Valley might be surprised to learn about the history of the SSFL test site and the critical need for a complete cleanup.” Two letters on SSFL...
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NASA razes rocket engine test stands
“Towering more than 200 feet tall, the Coca Test Stands at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory once shook the hills of eastern Ventura County with the roar of rocket engines...
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CBG Comments on NASA’s Phase 1 Groundwater CMS & DTSC’s Statement of Basis
Beginning decades ago, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) site was used to develop civilian rockets, plus military missiles for delivering nuclear warheads that could end our world. Grossly irresponsible...
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NASA razes rocket engine test stands (Thousand Oaks Acorn)
“At the May 13 meeting, Daniel Hirsch, longtime nuclear policy watchdog and president of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, criticized the plan. Hirsch and his UC Santa Cruz students...
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In Memoriam: Dale Bridenbaugh
Dale Bridenbaugh, courageous figure in the fight for nuclear safety and longtime friend and colleague of Bridge the Gap, died on May 26, 2025. On February 2, 1976, Dale Bridenbaugh...
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Board stops California toxic waste regulators from weakening a hazardous waste rule (AP)
“California shouldn’t weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley and hazardous facilities in...
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Small nuclear reactors are no fix for California’s energy needs (LA Times)
“On Monday, the Natural Resources Committee of the California Assembly will consider a bill to repeal a longstanding moratorium on nuclear plants in the state, which was meant to be...
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Government seeks changes in field lab cleanup strategy (Simi Valley Acorn)
“Not all community members agree with the energy department’s new strategy. Haakon Williams, deputy director of the watchdog Committee to Bridge the Gap, criticized the DOE and accused the agency...
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CBG Response to DTSC’s SSFL MLE Proposal
Click here to read our comments opposing DTSC’s Multiple Lines of Evidence Proposal for the Santa Susana Field Lab
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From the Margins to the Ivy League: My Story by Tyrone D. Taborn
“For many kids like me, especially Black boys, the schoolhouse to a jailhouse pipeline wasn’t a theory—it was reality. My half-brother went to prison for 18 years. That could have...
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CBG-NRDC Joint Comments on DOE’s Proposed SSFL SEIS
Click here to read the CBG-NRDC joint comments on the Department of Energy’s proposed Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for SSFL
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Pete Hegseth Torched for “F**king Racist” Move on Recruitment (The New Republic)
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to withdraw Army recruiters from the nation’s top Black engineering event has ushered blunt criticism from military leadership. ‘It’s fucking racist,’ one active duty Army...
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Military backs out of recruiting at science and engineering conference as part of DEI purge (Stars and Stripes)
“Military organizations have backed out of an engineering, science and technology conference set for this weekend as part of a new Pentagon policy that bans diversity-focused events. The Becoming Everything...
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Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event (Military.com)
“The Army and other service branches are abandoning recruiting efforts at a prestigious Black engineering event this week, turning down access to a key pool of highly qualified potential applicants...