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Contest promoting nuclear energy in schools harms critical thinking
The nuclear industry has spread its tentacles everywhere, including in our school system. An open letter written by educators and published by the NB Media Co-op is critical of a contest promoted by the New Brunswick government to high-school students that promotes nuclear energy. “For educators, teaching students how to deconstruct bias and how to…
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CRED-NB at the New Brunswick legislature
On Feb. 14, our Coalition made our case against SMRs to the MLAs on the Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship committee of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Our presentation used the best scientific analysis to critique the “advanced” SMRs for development in New Brunswick. CRED-NB core member Susan O’Donnell presented on behalf of the…
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CRED-NB endorses the Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South
One of CRED-NB’s core guidelines is: “Support solidarity actions with communities experiencing harmful impacts of our energy choices in New Brunswick, across Canada and globally.” The transition to real clean energy has impacts that extend well beyond New Brunswick’s borders. This week, a coalition of groups from the Global South released the “Manifesto for an…
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Plutonium reprocessing is dirty and dangerous. So why do it beside the Bay of Fundy?
Plutonium reprocessing has never been done commercially in Canada – and it was informally banned in the 1970s. Now the New Brunswick government and NB Power are supporting a plan to reprocess plutonium at the Point Lepreau Nuclear site. Reprocessing operations are the most contaminated sites in the world. So why are we planning to…
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New Brunswick’s SMR plans finally get a public airing: webcast on Feb. 14 and 15
Finally. Finally! On Feb. 14 and 15, the public has a chance to learn more about plans by the NB government and NB Power to build two experimental nuclear reactors (SMRs) at Point Lepreau on the Bay of Fundy. The NB Legislature’s standing committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship is meeting that week, including…
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Video: Ban Plutonium Reprocessing in Canada
More than a dozen environmental groups including CRED-NB co-sponsored a webinar hosted by Nuclear Waste Watch: Ban Plutonium Reprocessing in Canada. The international expert panel included M.V. Ramana from the University of British Columbia, Ray Acheson Ray Acheson from Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and…
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Webinar – Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Turned Into a Nightmare
Tuesday, Feb. 28 @ 8pm Atlantic. NB Power and the NB government are supporting a plan to build a plutonium reprocessing plant at Point Lepreau on the Bay of Fundy. To inform the public about this development, CRED-NB is co-sponsoring a webinar featuring a conversation with international experts on plutonium reprocessing and nuclear weapons proliferation.…
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CRED-NB: Comments on NB Power’s proposed rate hike
CRED-NB representative Gail Wylie (Council of Canadians) prepared a comment to the Energies and Utilities Board (EUB) responding to the proposed NB Power rate hike. Read or download the submission HERE. The document outlines the choices available to NB Power moving forward and includes a history of NB Power’s nuclear activities and a critique of…
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Small modular nuclear reactors are unsafe
CRED-NB core member Ann McAlister, representing Council of Canadians Saint John, was featured in an NB Media Co-op article and video. Ann explained the history and outcome of CRED’s application to the federal Environment minister requesting that the SMRs planned for Point Lepreau in New Brunswick should undergo a federal impact assessment. Read the article…
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CRED-NB on CBC’s The Current
CRED-NB was represented on CBC’s The Current this morning by Susan O’Donnell. CRED-NB is fighting for a nuclear free renewable energy future. We unfortunately need to spend much of our time countering the misinformation spread by the nuclear industry (and their government collaborators). Have a listen to the interview with The Current’s Matt Galloway. The…
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