The Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) is fighting for a renewable energy future. New Brunswick can meet its future energy needs with renewable energy and storage technologies, without fossil fuels or nuclear energy on our electricity grid.
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Our CRED-NB mission is to advocate for responsible energy development to address the climate crisis using four guidelines:
- Reduce the demand for energy in New Brunswick by eliminating energy waste and maximizing energy efficiency.
- Increase the electricity generated in New Brunswick by low cost renewable energy with storage.
- Eliminate the development of fossil fuel energy and phase out nuclear energy in New Brunswick. Non-renewable energy is not required because renewable energy with storage is ready now.
- Support solidarity actions with communities experiencing harmful impacts of our energy choices in New Brunswick, across Canada and globally.
We want everyone in our province to reap the benefits of the emerging global low-carbon nuclear-free renewable energy economy:
- energy solutions which are less harmful to people and the earth
- less expensive affordable energy
- local employment and community prosperity
In 2021 our coalition formed in response to the decision by the New Brunswick government and our public utility NB Power to promote and invest in next generation nukes, so-called “small modular nuclear reactors,” or “SMRs.” Peer-reviewed research by experts not funded by the nuclear industry has found that SMRs are not climate crisis solutions and are likely to be far more expensive than even existing nuclear energy. We want residents of New Brunswick to avoid exposure to toxins from fossil fuels and radioactive waste and emissions that can also expose others outside the province, and to avoid having our public funds and other resources wasted on experimental nuclear technology.
Now, in 2026, the government and NB Power are promoting a new fossil gas plant development in the province and, again, sidelining less expensive solutions using renewable energy and storage.
Through our website and Champions newsletter, we invite you to learn about the drawbacks of polluting nuclear and fossil fuel energy and the advantages of the healthier and less expensive solutions using energy efficiency, renewable energy, smart grid technologies and energy storage.
CRED-NB is a member of the New Brunswick Environmental Network and Climate Action Network Canada and Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition.