CBG’s 2025 Newsletter
We’d like to share with you our annual newsletter. This was a difficult year for us due to the loss […]
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Revered nuclear safety advocate Dan Hirsch dies (Camarillo Acorn)
Hirsch, former director of the Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy at UC Santa Cruz devoted more than four decades to holding government agencies and corporations …
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Saying goodbye to Dan Hirsch (Melissa Bumstead in the Simi Valley Acorn)
Dan was a force of nature. He never compromised when it came to protecting our health and our children’s future. Even when it cost him time, energy and peace, he fought on
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Dan Hirsch Has Passed Away
With deep sadness but also with heartfelt gratitude for a life well lived, the Committee to Bridge the Gap announces the death of its founder, Daniel O. Hirsch
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U.S. Nuclear Energy Plans Could Proliferate Weapons (Scientific American)
Most Americans probably don’t realize that nuclear reactors originally were invented not for electricity or
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Implications of Weakening Radiation Protection Standards – Dan Hirsch Presentation to NRC
On July 16, 2025, Dan Hirsch, President of Committee to Bridge the Gap, gave a presentation to the NRC about
Legal brief alleges long term toxicity at Santa Susana field lab (The Acorn)
A coalition of environmental and public health groups has filed a new legal brief in
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Action needed to address Diablo Canyon safety risks
Mothers for Peace and Friends of the Earth have sent a letter to California Governor Newsom and other top California
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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 —
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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CBG Response to DTSC’s SSFL MLE Proposal
CBG Response to DTSC’s SSFL MLE Proposal After widely criticized actions in 2022 and 2023 breaking the longstanding SSFL cleanup
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From the Margins to the Ivy League: My Story by Tyrone D. Taborn
From the Margins to the Ivy League: My Story by Tyrone D. Taborn For many kids like me, especially Black
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CBG-NRDC Joint Comments on DOE’s Proposed SSFL SEIS
CBG-NRDC Joint Comments on DOE’s Proposed SSFL SEIS Read the CBG-NRDC joint comments on the Department of Energy’s proposed Supplemental
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Pete Hegseth Torched for “F**king Racist” Move on Recruitment (The New Republic)
Pete Hegseth Torched for “F**king Racist” Move on Recruitment (The New Republic) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to withdraw Army
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Military backs out of recruiting at science and engineering conference as part of DEI purge (Stars and Stripes)
Military backs out of recruiting at science and engineering conference as part of DEI purge Military organizations have backed out
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event (Military.com)
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event The Army and other service branches are abandoning recruiting efforts