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Environment Minister to decide fate of impact assessment for ‘first of its kind’ nuclear reactor in New Brunswick
ROTHESAY, NB – In a long hoped-for decision, the federal Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has begun reviewing a formal request from the Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) to subject the small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) proposed by NB Power for Point Lepreau on the Bay of Fundy to a…
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Handout: SMRs are Dirty, Dangerous Distractions
CRED-NB is one of 120 groups (and counting) across Canada that have signed on to a public statement calling out SMRs as dirty, dangerous distractions to real climate action. The Ontario Clean Air Alliance made a handout with the statement and the list of signatory groups as of June 2022. Download and share at your…
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ICYMI: Mark Jacobson in conversation
“What if the wind doesn’t blow?” CRED-NB was co-host in the Sierra Club’s webinar conversation with internationally renowned renewable energy expert Dr. Mark Jacobson in September. The video of the event is HERE.
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Nuclear power is not needed for modern medicine!
Did you know that modern medicine does not depend on nuclear power? All electricity producing reactors in Canada and around the world could be shut down permanently with little or no impact on best medical practices. Hospitals do not need nuclear power, and never have. Any isotopes (radioactive materials) that are considered medically required can…
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CRED-NB responds to SMR plan in Saskatchewan
The CBC Saskatchewan radio program Blue Sky invited CRED-NB representative Susan O’Donnell to a call-in show on Sept. 22 on the issue of SMRs in the province. Susan shared her knowledge about SMR development, including New Brunswick’s current experience with nuclear power at the Point Lepreau reactor. Listen to the portion of the show including…
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What if the wind doesn’t blow?
Join us for a webinar with internationally renowned renewable energy expert Dr. Mark Jacobson, Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 8pm Atlantic by zoom. Register HERE. NB Power executives and their friends in the nuclear industry like to diss renewable energy with the tiresome phrase: “the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow” –…
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Fracking again? An LNG export terminal? Facts please
Premier Blaine Higgs has hinted he would like to end the moratorium on fracking in the province. The premier is also pushing a private-sector company, Repsol, to convert its Saint John LNG (liquefied natural gas) import terminal into an export terminal to help Germany with its energy woes. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick and…
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SMRs riddled with high costs, among other ‘unresolved problems’
M.V. Ramana, a professor at the University of British Columbia, is one of Canada’s foremost authorities on nuclear energy and “small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).” In this two-part article published by the NB Media Co-op, Ramana analyzes the cost factors related to SMRs. Read it HERE. The second part of the article, “Slow deployment, safety…
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NB’s English-language newspapers regularly favour industry, pro-nuclear perspectives on small modular reactors
UNB’s Harrison Dressler wrote two stories this month about coverage of nuclear issues by corporate media in New Brunswick. The first, HERE, analyzed how the media incorporated Indigenous perspectives. Dressler’s second article looked at how the newspapers he analyzed relied on pro-industry sources for their articles. Read it HERE.
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Environmental groups support call for review of new model for NB Power’s transformation
Today the environmental organization New Clear Free Solutions asked for a review of its model to transform NB Power to a renewable energy utility in a way that will keep electricity rates low and achieve its required equity goals. The request is supported by the Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB). On…
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