CRED-NB core member Susan O’Donnell and lawyer Kerrie Blaise discuss the future of nuclear energy in the province. The interview with CHCO-TV is 28 minutes, HERE.
Author: CREDNB
Boosting nuclear power is not nation-building
CRED-NB is a member of the national SMRs Information Task force which produces bilingual monthly bulletins sent to elected officials. The topic of the October bulletin is “Boosting nuclear power is not nation-building.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney has released his priority “nation-building projects,” including the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) in Ontario. He claims this project will “build Canada strong,” but nuclear power is the slowest, most expensive way of providing electricity, far greater than the costs of renewables and energy storage.
Read the full bulletin, in both official languages, HERE.
Setting the standard: Burchill Wind
CRED-NB Champion Emma Fackenthall published an article about the Burchill Wind project near Lorneville, a significant milestone in sustainable energy development and Indigenous collaboration. It should serve as inspiration when we plan our energy future. Read it HERE.
Oct. 23 – Ralph Torrie: A renewable energy future for the Maritimes
CRED-NB and partners invited energy analyst Ralph Torrie to Fredericton to share with the public his analysis on a renewable energy future for the region. Ralph is an expert climate and energy strategist and Research Director of Corporate Knights.
Thursday, October 23 at 6 PM
Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carleton Street
Free, everyone welcome. Info page and partner information HERE.
CRED-NB at the Social Forum in Wolastokuk: Oct. 4-5
CRED-NB will present its plan, “A democratic, renewable electricity system for New Brunswick,” at the Social Forum in Wolastokuk in Fredericton on Saturday, October 4 at 11 AM, in a joint session on Energy Democracy with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Join us and meet the CRED core team! Details HERE.
On Sunday, October 5 at 1:30 PM, CRED-NB is co-hosting the final Social Forum session, The Many vs. The Money. Core member Susan O’Donnell will be speaking at the session opening panel. Details HERE.
The Social Forum host is the NB Media Co-op and co-organized by CRED-NB member the St. Thomas University CEDAR project. The venue is Cathedral Memorial Hall in downtown Fredericton. Open to everyone free of charge • No registration needed. Full schedule and details HERE.
Canada’s absence from UN high-level climate summit sows confusion and uncertainty
CRED-NB is an active member of Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac). During the United Nations meetings in New York, CAN-Rac issued a statement on Sept. 24, after Prime Minister Carney withdrew last-minute from the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit.
Calling Canada’s action’s “embarrassing,” Caroline Brouillette, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, said: “This absence only sows more confusion and doubt, amid recent uncertainty over whether the federal government is still committed to Canada’s climate targets and to key emissions-reductions policies. Prime Minister Carney and his team need to get their act together and close the gap between words and actions before COP – both at a national and international level. Is Canada in, or out? Climate Action Network Canada and its members are watching.”
October 3 – 80 years of the Nuclear Age: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki + M.V. Ramana
On Oct. 3 at 3 PM at the Fredericton Public Library: The opening of the poster exhibit: 80 years of the Nuclear Age: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki will feature a talk by M.V. Ramana, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the University of British Columbia.
The exhibit, which will run for the month of October, is organized by CRED-NB Champion the CEDAR project in partnership with four departments and programs at St. Thomas University. More info HERE.
Confusion about a second repository for radioactive wastes
CRED-NB is a member of the network that publishes a monthly bulletin about small reactors and related issues. The bulletin is sent to all federal MPs and elected representatives in several provinces, including New Brunswick.
This month the topic is: Confusion About a Second Repository for Radioactive Wastes. In June, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) posted a “discussion paper” outlining their intention to site a second deep geological repository (DGR) for radioactive waste.
The NWMO announcement of an additional DGR has caused confusion. MPs are having trouble keeping the story straight among the various nuclear waste schemes. Read the complete bulletin HERE.
Join us at Draw the Line events in New Brunswick on Saturday, Sept. 20
CRED-NB and hundreds of civil society groups across the country are inviting their members to join the Sept. 20 mass day of action for people, for peace, for the planet. Join with hundreds of other people in the province who want more action on climate change, at one of the three actions in New Brunswick.
Sackville
We believe Sackville will be the largest of the three New Brunswick actions. The Sackville Draw the Line host is Seniors for Climate. CRED-NB will have a table at this one. If you participate in the Sackville event, drop by our information table to meet CRED-NB Chair, Ann McAllister.
The Sackville event poster is HERE. (en français ICI) The Draw the Line event is held in conjunction with the Sackville Fall Fair. The Draw the Line info tables will be at the Climate Corner of tables on Dufferin Street from 10:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.
Saint John
The host of the Draw the Line – Menahkwesk (Saint John) event is People United Saint John. Meet at 11:00 AM at Liberation Square (Queen Square). The hosts have made more info available about their event and are asking everyone to register HERE for details.
Fredericton
The Fredericton Draw the Line event poster is HERE. The event hosts are the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change and the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre. Participants will meet at 1 PM at Fredericton City Hall, corner of Queen Street and York Street. The event will open with Wolastoqiyik cultural protocols from Wolastoqewi Kci-Sakom spasiqisit possesom – Ron Tremblay – (Wolastoq Grand Chief Morning Star Burning), followed by speakers. After a march to the New Brunswick Legislature, light refreshments will be offered.
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CRED-NB is a member of the Climate Action Network Canada who shared this info sheet to explain what the massive Draw the Line Day of Action on September 20th is all about. In addition to three flagship demonstrations in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver, there are more than 60 actions taking place in cities, towns, and villages from coast to coast to coast.
CRED-NB was asked to share with you a letter signed by 21 social movement leaders published in the independent news outlet The Tyee: Draw the Line: Tell the Carney Government to Pick a Side.
CRED-NB joins NGOs across Canada to name radionuclides as chemical of concern
CRED-NB joined dozens of other NGOs across Canada and the US to urge the US and Canadian governments to accept/pass radionuclides as a Chemical of Mutual Concern (CMC) under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). Read the letter HERE.