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Petition: Hampton High School Climate Action Team supports Wolastoq Grand Council Resolution
The Climate Action Team in Hampton High School, New Brunswick, is gathering signatures for a petition that supports the Wolastoq Grand Council Resolution against nuclear energy and nuclear waste at Point Lepreau. The students are asking for your help to gather signatures for the petition. They will need to be received by New Brunswick MLA…
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Roundtable with Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin on Canada’s nuclear policy
Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin (Green Party) has made several statements about the need to focus on renewable energy end the federal government’s plans to fund new nuclear infrastructure, which will only delay climate action. On April 14, Atwin hosted a roundtable to discuss nuclear issues with CRED-NB member Susan O’Donnell (RAVEN project) and Gordon Edwards,…
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Groups urge feds to ban polluting nuclear technologies
Selon des groupes environnementaux : Le Fonds canadien pour les énergies propres ne doit pas financer la pollution nucléaire! Le français suit OTTAWA, April 7, 2021 – Citizen and environmental groups urge the federal government not to fund polluting nuclear technologies in the upcoming budget, and to instead invest in truly clean and renewable energy solutions across the…
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Hey New Brunswick government, check your carbon tax facts!
The Sierra Club and CRED-NB member Greg Goubko published a commentary today in the NB Media Co-op: Hey New Brunswick! Check your carbon tax facts. You can read it here.
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More info about why the SMRs are a bad investment for New Brunswick
Another article in the NB Media Co-op about the bad investment of public funds into the new nuclear reactors. This one was published as well in all the Brunswick News dailies in Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton. “More nuclear reactors (SMRs): A bad investment for New Brunswick” by Susan O’Donnell, Gordon Edwards and M.V. Ramana.…
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Sign A Petition to Urgently Increase Canada’s Climate Ambition and Action
We invite everyone concerned about the climate crisis to sign a petition urging the federal government to take bold action with significantly increased climate ambition. Canada’s federal government is rolling out its’ emissions targets, sectoral action plans and legislation (Bill C-12 Short title “Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act”). These plans fall far short of meeting…
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Vidéo « Les réacteurs nucléaires modulaires »
Saviez-vous que le gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick finance deux entreprises privées pour construire des réacteurs nucléaires au bord de la baie de Fundy ? Susan O’Donnell du projet RAVEN de l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick a fait une présentation à ce sujet en mars, à l’Ecofestival de la péninsule acadienne. Vous pouvez regarder la vidéo ici, y compris…
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Nuclear Reaction April 2021
Today CRED-NB published its first edition of Nuclear Reaction (April 2021)! We are excited to announce that the digital edition is available for download from our Nuclear Reaction page, here. You are welcome to print and distribute this edition. We are publishing and distributing 2,400 hard copies across New Brunswick. If you would like to…
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Fact sheet: New Brunswick does not love nuclear!
The nuclear industry has conveniently taken the “N” for “nuclear” out of SMR. It refers to them as SMRs: small modular reactors. Ask yourself, why don’t they want you to know these reactors are nuclear? By the way, they’re not so small either. It’s a bargain! The industry is suggesting that this is the time…
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CBC radio interviews with CRED-NB
The day after the federal taxpayer $50.5 million gift to Moltex Energy for their new nuke in New Brunswick, CRED-NB’s Susan O’Donnell was interviewed by the CBC morning radio programs in Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John. Listen to the interviews below. Fredericton – 6 minutes Moncton – 10 minutes