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:
Climate Action Network Canada issued a media release from COP30 negotiations in Belém, Brazil today.
“Canadian civil society is sounding the alarm about the latest batch of “nation building” projects. The major projects list includes the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal, which faces legal challenges from the Lax Kw’alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation. Ksi Lisims would be supplied by the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline, which also faces opposition from Indigenous land defenders.”
The new project list also includes the Sisson Mine project. The media release includes a quote from CRED-NB member NBASGA:
Jim Emberger, NB Anti-Shale Gas Alliance:
“Carney could have announced something transformational like the Confederation Bridge or the CN Rail that could have truly changed the lives of people in New Brunswick. People and politicians in New Brunswick and the Atlantic region have been calling for rapid investments in renewable energy, and the grid to support it. Instead, he resurrected a mine that’s been languishing without investment for 15 years, and only because the US Department of War has recently invested in it. So much for elbows up.”
CRED-NB is a member of Climate Action Network Canada. Read the full media release HERE.
Prime Minister Carney is giving two billion dollars of taxpayers’ money to a “nation-building” project that already has three strikes against it.
Touted as the western world’s first small modular nuclear reactor, to be built in Ontario, the BWRX is an American design, requiring enriched uranium fuel that must be purchased from a non-Canadian supplier, and is too expensive to be sold abroad. Three strikes.
CRED-NB is a member of the SMRs Information Task Force that publishes monthly bulletins sent to all MPs and MLAs in New Brunswick. Read the November bulletin, A costly way to depend on others, HERE.
After the release of the federal budget on Nov. 4, Climate Action Network Canada issued a statement outlining details of how the government’s new direction tackles the climate crisis. Summary: we are not impressed. The executive director of the national organization said: “We were looking for much-needed clarity on how Ottawa would diversify the economy away from volatile fossil fuels, meet our international climate obligations, and steer Canada towards a safer and more affordable clean energy future. We’re still waiting.“
The statement includes quotes from member climate groups across the country, including CRED-NB. Read the full statement HERE.
CRED-NB is one of 49 organizations that signed an open letter opposing the use of public funds for the construction and operation of the Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture pipeline and underground storage facility (CCS) — which is currently on the federal government’s list of proposed nation-building projects.
Pathways Alliance — a group of oil companies responsible for 95% of tar sands production — are trying to get $16.5 billion of our public dollars for a risky and ineffective CCS project. As people across Canada struggle with the climate and cost-of-living crisis, top polluters are asking us to foot the bill for their greenwashing scheme.
Read the letter with the signatories HERE.
A review of NB Power is underway to address the many issues facing the troubled public utility. CRED-NB’s submission has eight recommendations to transition NB Power to a renewable energy utility with a sustainable future. Read it HERE.
We encourage CRED-NB Champions to send comments to the NB Power Review and make your voice count! Deadline: November 14. The email address is: NBPReview-ExamenENB@gnb.ca
You are welcome to echo any points made in the CRED-NB’s submission and mention that you support it.
The G7 Energy and Environment Ministerial concluded in Toronto with no clear progress on raising climate ambition ahead of COP30. Climate Action Network Canada calls this a wasted opportunity for leadership from Canada, and a failure of responsibility from the world’s wealthiest countries. Read the analysis HERE.
CRED-NB is a member of Climate Action Network Canada.