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Ahead of Trump’s tariffs, civil society groups call for a response that puts people first and builds resilience
CRED-NB is a member of Climate Action Network Canada. Today we joined with groups across the country to issue a statement: Ahead of Trump’s tariffs, civil society groups call for a response that puts people first and builds resilience. Trump’s first weeks in office have been marked by appalling decisions across numerous fronts—from exiting the…
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First Nations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by ‘nuclear-is-green’ deception
William ‘Eric’ Altvater’s article was published by The Hill Times and the NB Media Co-op which is open access, HERE If you missed it, Eric took the beautiful photos of the Bay of Fundy included in the recent report co-published by the Passamaquoddy Recognition Group and the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University, “Indigenous Views…
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Webinar: The Scientists Who Alerted us to the Dangers of Radiation
CRED-NB is co-hosting a webinar and book launch, The Scientists Who Alerted us to the Dangers of Radiation, with the authors Dr. Ian Fairlie and Cindy Folkers. Thur. Jan. 16, noon – 2 p.m. Atlantic Register: HERE. This book reveals that the harmful effects of radiation exposure – especially from the nuclear sector and especially…
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Will New Brunswick choose a ‘small, modular’ nuclear reactor that’s not small at all (among other problems)?
NB Power seems determined to build at least two experimental reactors at the Point Lepreau nuclear site, but their chosen designs are running into big problems. One possible alternative is the reactor design Ontario Power Generation (OPG) hopes to build at the Darlington nuclear site on Lake Ontario. OPG is promoting it as a “small,…
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New study highlights Indigenous nations’ opposition to nuclear projects
A new study released in New Brunswick this week analyzed statements about nuclear energy and radioactive waste by Indigenous communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, the only provinces with nuclear power reactors. The 18 power reactors in Ontario and the one in New Brunswick, as well as the one in Quebec shut down in…
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COP 29: A band-aid on a bullet wound
CRED-NB is a member of Climate Action Network Canada, an organization representing more than 100 groups across the country advocating for climate action. Several Climate Action Network Canada staffers participate every year in the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings to find global solutions to the climate crisis. Today Climate Action Network Canada issued…
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Can climate action be decolonized?
To help environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) make radical change within their organizations, practices and actions, a coalition of Indigenous and settler activists created “Decolonizing Climate Action: A Tool Kit for ENGOs in So-called Canada.” The Tool Kit resource begins from the unsettling standpoint of challenging the system of capitalism, a root cause and driver of…
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Will Susan Holt’s new government continue New Brunswick’s nuclear fantasies?
Successive New Brunswick governments have been bewitched by two nuclear fantasies: first, its beleaguered public utility NB Power can connect two experimental reactors to the electricity grid, and second, the small province can successfully run a nuclear power reactor. Holt plans to re-convene the New Brunswick Legislature before the end of November. At that point…
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End Canada’s thermal coal exports!
CRED-NB is a signatory with 35 other groups, led by Ecojustice, to a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau asking for a ban on thermal coal exports. Thermal coal is one of the dirtiest fossil fuel contributors to climate change. Coal power generation is the largest single source of global greenhouse gas emissions and one of…
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CRED-NB and collaborators challenge nuclear industry’s false claims
Representatives from CRED-NB and collaborators across Canada filed a complaint to the federal Competition Bureau under Section 9 of the Competition Act, asking the Bureau to stop the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) and its members from falsely promoting nuclear energy as “clean” and “non-emitting”. The complaint demonstrates that claims by the Canadian Nuclear Association and…
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