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Shouldn’t a new and experimental nuclear reactor for New Brunswick deserve a federal impact assessment?
The Hill Times and the NB Media Co-op published a commentary this week outlining some of the reasons why CRED-NB requested an impact assessment for NB Power’s SMR demonstration project. Federal Environment and Climate Change minister Steven Guilbeault rejected the request in December. You can read the NB Media Co-op article HERE, written by CRED-NB…
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Jan. 19 @ 8pm AT: Webinar – Ban Plutonium Reprocessing in Canada
The new nuclear reactors (SMRs) planned for New Brunswick propose plutonium reprocessing as part of their designs. Plutonium reprocessing – extracting plutonium from used nuclear fuel – was informally banned in Canada in the 1970s because of concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. Plutonium reprocessing is a dirty, dangerous distraction from real climate action, a ridiculously expensive…
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‘My burning shame’: George Monbiot on wood-burning stoves
Prominent UK environmental writer George Monbiot writes in The Guardian this week about his shame and regret for converting his home to heat with wood-burning stoves. “Wood burners are incredibly bad for the environment – and flood our homes with toxins, too… Every time you open the stove door to refuel, your home is flooded with…
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Clean Energy or Weapons? What the ‘Breakthrough’ in Nuclear Fusion Really Means
In contrast to the hype about nuclear fusion and its promise of limitless energy, experts have been analyzing the recent ‘breakthrough’ announcement. For example, UBC professor M.V. Ramana wrote this piece in Z Network, HERE. For another perspective, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists interviews Bob Rosner, a physicist at the University of Chicago and a…
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ARC-100 SMR: Does the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada do anything other than recommending not to do impact assessments?
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) recommended to Minister Guilbeault to NOT grant CRED-NB’s request for a federal impact assessment of the ARC-100 nuclear reactor project for Point Lepreau. Our request included a letter of support from the group Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area. After the Minister’s rejection, the Renfrew County group…
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Federal environment minister rejects impact assessment for small modular nuclear reactor on the Bay of Fundy
December 23, 2022 Federal environment minister rejects impact assessment for small modular nuclear reactor on the Bay of Fundy SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK – In a deeply disappointing decision for the environment and public oversight, Steven Guilbeault, federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has ruled against a full federal Impact Assessment (IA) for a small modular…
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CRED supports call for public hearings into future of Point Lepreau nuclear plant
On Friday, Dec. 15, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick did the right thing: they called for public hearings into the future of the Point Lepreau nuclear plant. Read the media release HERE. Following the latest outage at the Point Lepreau nuclear plant on the Bay of Fundy on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 14,…
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Canada’s new policy on radioactive waste must ban reprocessing
For immediate release December 15, 2022 Canada’s new policy on radioactive waste must ban plutonium reprocessing Ottawa – Today, a national alliance of civil society organizations launched a campaign to formally demand that Canada includes a ban on plutonium reprocessing in its radioactive waste policy. Canada will release its policy on managing radioactive waste in…
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Conservation Council of New Brunswick adopts resolution opposing nuclear power as future energy source
At its AGM at the end of November, the province’s flagship environmental organization, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, adopted a motion opposing nuclear power as a future energy source and promoting instead investment in real climate solutions. The resolution was proposed by Dr. Janice Harvey, a CRED-NB core member. Read or download the CCNB…
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COP27 shows Higgs is out of touch with reality
Is our premier Blaine Higgs out of step with global trends for climate change mitigation? Read the analysis comparing the current reality reflected in the recent COP27 and the NB government’s shale gas ambitions. Commentary by Jim Emberger, CRED core member with the New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance (NBASGA) published by the NB Media Co-op,…
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