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It is troubling that the province is pursuing new large consumers of power while NB Power is saying we are “running out of power”. In an open letter to Premier Susan Holt, Dr Chris Watson lays out his evidence for this bizarre situation as drawn from the results of his Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RTIPPA) requests.

Read the open letter here. (Note: This link opens a Facebook post with the letter. You do not need a Facebook account to read it. If a window titled “See more on Facebook” is covering the post then just click the “X” in the top right corner to close it.)

Dr Chris Watson is a member of the Save Lorneville community group, a CRED Champion, advocating against industrial encroachment and environmental destruction in Lorneville, located in west Saint John. Chris holds a doctorate in space physics and works as a research scientist at the University of New Brunswick.

Beverly Gingras, the Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick wrote about the costs of and alternatives to the power plant proposed for Tantramar.

You can read her piece HERE.

CRED-NB Champion Group Sierra Club Canada commissioned a poll that found most Canadians believe that made-in-Canada renewable energy is important for strengthening Canada’s national security, independence and resilience. The survey, conducted February 4-13, 2026 by polling firm Opinium highlights concern across Canada about the geopolitical risks linked to oil and gas reliance. Read the results HERE.

Jim Emberger, coordinator of CRED-NB Champion group New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance (NBASGA) published an op-ed in the Telegraph Journal arguing that NB Power’s case for the Tantramar gas plant does not make the grade. Read it on the NBASGA website, HERE.

CRED-NB Champion group the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University has been studying small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for years. CEDAR researchers Susan O’Donnell and M.V. Ramana are finishing up a report on SMRs in Canada. On March 18 at 2 PM Atlantic, they will discuss their research at a webinar hosted by Nuclear Transparency Watch in Paris. Everyone welcome, more info and registration link HERE.

Several groups in Alberta have organized a webinar to educate Albertans and all Canadians about what the nuclear industry isn’t telling us. Hosted by
Keepers of the Water and Peace River Environment Society, Presented by
REAC (High Prairie Regional Environmental Action Committee). The webinar will be livestreamed from the Keepers of the Water Facebook page on March 10 at 1 PM MT, 4 PM Atlantic, HERE.

Several CRED-NB members joined the more than 120 scientists and academics from all four universities in New Brunswick (Université de Moncton, University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University, Mount Allison University) signed a letter to Susan Holt, asking the Premier to intervene and stop NB Power’s proposal to build a fossil gas plant in Tantramar. The letter was published in the Telegraph Journal, Acadie Nouvelle and the NB Media Co-op. Read the letter HERE.

On Wednesday January 14 the Tantramar Climate Change Advisory Committee organized an public information session on the gas-fire power plant proposed by with NB Power. The session included a presentation by Brad Coady of NB Power followed several pointed questions. The questions included topics such as the potential impact on the environment and residents, why better options are not being pursued, and whether there is a need for such a plant.

Mira Dietz Chiasson, a Tantramar resident, wrote an open letter to Susan Holt about the event. See her letter at the NB Media Coop: We can do better: Cancel the Tantramar gas plant now and replace it with battery storage systems.

A House of Commons committee is currently studying the management of Canada’s nuclear laboratories at Chalk River. The nuclear research site is run by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL).

Under a new contract signed at the end of 2025, CNL is managed by a consortium of U.S. companies with ties to the weapons industry. CRED-NB outlined our concerns in a brief filed today with the Parliamentary committee. Read it HERE.

NB Power and nuclear industry partners want to build a radioactive waste pit in Northwestern Ontario. But they are hiding the risks of transporting the waste more than 2,900 km from Point Lepreau through communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

Current plans envision more than 2,100 transport packages of New Brunswick’s used nuclear fuel travelling approximately 2,900 kilometres, through public roads in the province and across Canada, over a period of 10 to 15 years.

Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO, including NB Power) – filed their official project plan but did NOT include the 2,900 km drive from Point Lepreau. Why? To stop the public from raising concerns about it.

Learn more and take action HERE.