Author: CREDNB

CRED-NB and nearly 100 other groups and prominent individuals signed a letter to express concern that Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has decided to consolidate radioactive waste at the Chalk River Laboratories site without consultation with First Nations or the public, and without parliamentary debate. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is only a private contractor, not a government agency. Read the letter HERE.

CRED-NB is one of 128 Indigenous groups and organizations across the country that signed a letter in support of the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs in British Columbia who oppose a proposed LNG project in their homeland.

The letter alerts banks and pension funds about the significant negative impacts and risks posed to the Gitanyow people and the natural resources on which they rely from the proposed Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project. Read the letter HERE.

Uranium, when disturbed, dissolves readily in water thus contaminating wells and aquifers. When ingested, uranium is chemically toxic, affecting the kidneys, bones and other organs.

Uranium mine wastes contain 85% of the ore’s radioactivity and continue to generate new radioactive byproducts for thousands of years.

Uranium mining is hidden away in marginalized or Indigenous areas. The health effects on affected citizens remain understudied and are best described by them. Read the full December bulletin from the SMRs Information Task Force, HERE.

Ralph Torrie presented his renewable energy plan for the Maritimes in Fredericton in late October. The NB Media Co-op published a video of his talk, HERE. His visit to New Brunswick was co-hosted by a coalition of groups, including CRED-NB.

Torrie’s work on energy in the Maritimes is part of a major Corporate Knights project, Climate Dollars, which shows that solving the climate emergency would cost less than perpetuating the polluting, 20th-century energy system we have today. The Climate Dollars project report is expected to be published soon.

The high cost of subsidizing Ontario’s nuclear power generation and the exorbitant cost of plans for new nuclear development are good reasons for NB Power to abandon plans for more nuclear development in New Brunswick.

Here are two recent articles in the NB Media Co-op with the Ontario story:

Ford’s nuclear push could backfire with higher bills, US gas reliance: report

Ontario electricity supply costs jump 29 per cent as nuclear spending rises

On Nov. 26, CRED-NB and 40 other civil society organizations across the country signed a joint declaration to secure a safe climate system, protect marine and freshwater and uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty.

We stand with Coastal First Nations who oppose a northwest coast crude oil pipeline and tankers project. The north Pacific coastal ecosystem is globally significant and a major economic driver in the region. The waters oil tankers would navigate are treacherous and the consequences of a catastrophic oil spill are unacceptable.

The Oil Tanker Moratorium Act is the result of decades of work by Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities to protect the marine environment and stands as a legal symbol of Crown-Indigenous reconciliation.

Read the full statement HERE.

Yes, another U.S. gas plant is proposed for New Brunswick, in addition to the one in Tantramar.

CRED-NB supports Save Lorneville’s opposition to a data centre and 190-megawatt gas plant proposed for the Spruce Lake Industrial Park.

Join the Save Lorneville facebook page for news and actions, HERE.

There’s a lot more to this Lorneville story, and the info is starting to come out. Read: Green leader links Centre Village gas/diesel plant to Lorneville data centre, by Bruce Wark, HERE.

In November, CRED-NB joined the Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition (PCIC) to fight a 500-megawatt gas/diesel plant for Tantramar.

December 1 is the date of the next Public Information Meeting about the Tantramar Gas/Diesel Plant (en francais)
Lundi 1 dec. • CLUB D’AGE D’OR DE PRE D’EN HAUT
1027 Rue Principale • Memramcook
18h30 – 20h30

The Tantramar Gas Plant Isn’t About Grid Security OR The Health of New Brunswickers

To read NB Lung’s explanation, click HERE.

Sign NB Lung’s advocacy letter to stop fossil fuel infrastructure in New Brunswick, HERE.

Sign the letter from the Conservation Council of New Brunswick requesting a Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment for the project, HERE.

If you use Facebook, join the Stop The Tantramar Gas Plant! Facebook group, HERE. This group posts daily visuals of the realities of the destruction from the site. There are calls to protest onsite and many other ways to get involved / offer help through this page.

Read the article by CRED-NB core member Tom McLean, Yes, alternatives exist to more fossil gas in New Brunswick, HERE.

On November 18, Climate Action Network International awarded Canada the Fossil of the Day award at the COP30 gathering in Brazil.

“Canada receives the award because the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has flushed years of climate policies down the drain, and is completely ‘Missing In Action’ at a COP where multilateralism needs to be saved. In addition to the backsliding on policies tackling Canada’s climate-destroying pollution, his Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin has chosen inaction and silence where leadership was urgently needed.”

Read the full media release HERE.

CRED-NB Champion, the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University, submitted its critique of NB Power to the NB Power Review team. CEDAR researchers believe NB Power needs a complete overhaul. Key messages:

• The energy system – climate system connection is missing
• There is a strong case against nuclear power as a climate-friendly supply option
• Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is “moral and economic madness”
• Global energy systems are transitioning to renewable energy, and NB Power needs to do the same
• Renewable energy investments are already signalling the way forward in New Brunswick
• Customers expect a public electrical utility they can trust; they are getting the opposite.
• NB Power is frozen in the past. The utility needs a fundamental change of direction.
  
  Read the full submission HERE.