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A Preventable Health Crisis – the toll of uranium mining
Uranium, when disturbed, dissolves readily in water thus contaminating wells and aquifers. When ingested, uranium is chemically toxic, affecting the kidneys, bones and other organs. Uranium mine wastes contain 85% of the ore’s radioactivity and continue to generate new radioactive byproducts for thousands of years. Uranium mining is hidden away in marginalized or Indigenous areas. The health…
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Ralph Torrie’s renewable energy plan – video
Ralph Torrie presented his renewable energy plan for the Maritimes in Fredericton in late October. The NB Media Co-op published a video of his talk, HERE. His visit to New Brunswick was co-hosted by a coalition of groups, including CRED-NB. Torrie’s work on energy in the Maritimes is part of a major Corporate Knights project, Climate…
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Ontario’s pricey nuclear power should give pause to NB Power
The high cost of subsidizing Ontario’s nuclear power generation and the exorbitant cost of plans for new nuclear development are good reasons for NB Power to abandon plans for more nuclear development in New Brunswick. Here are two recent articles in the NB Media Co-op with the Ontario story: Ford’s nuclear push could backfire with…
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Statement from 41 Civil Society Organizations Opposing a Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline and Tanker Project
On Nov. 26, CRED-NB and 40 other civil society organizations across the country signed a joint declaration to secure a safe climate system, protect marine and freshwater and uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty. We stand with Coastal First Nations who oppose a northwest coast crude oil pipeline and tankers project. The north Pacific coastal ecosystem…
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Support Lorneville’s fight against the proposed gas plant!
Yes, another U.S. gas plant is proposed for New Brunswick, in addition to the one in Tantramar. CRED-NB supports Save Lorneville’s opposition to a data centre and 190-megawatt gas plant proposed for the Spruce Lake Industrial Park. Join the Save Lorneville facebook page for news and actions, HERE. There’s a lot more to this Lorneville…
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CRED-NB joins the Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition
In November, CRED-NB joined the Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition (PCIC) to fight a 500-megawatt gas/diesel plant for Tantramar. December 1 is the date of the next Public Information Meeting about the Tantramar Gas/Diesel Plant (en francais)Lundi 1 dec. • CLUB D’AGE D’OR DE PRE D’EN HAUT1027 Rue Principale • Memramcook18h30 – 20h30 The Tantramar…
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Canada wins ‘Fossil of the Day’ award at COP30
On November 18, Climate Action Network International awarded Canada the Fossil of the Day award at the COP30 gathering in Brazil. “Canada receives the award because the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has flushed years of climate policies down the drain, and is completely ‘Missing In Action’ at a COP where multilateralism needs…
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CEDAR project: NB Power needs a complete overhaul
CRED-NB Champion, the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University, submitted its critique of NB Power to the NB Power Review team. CEDAR researchers believe NB Power needs a complete overhaul. Key messages:
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Latest batch of “nation-building” projects threatens climate and communities
Climate Action Network Canada issued a media release from COP30 negotiations in Belém, Brazil today. “Canadian civil society is sounding the alarm about the latest batch of “nation building” projects. The major projects list includes the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal, which faces legal challenges from the Lax Kw’alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation. Ksi…
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A nuclear project with three strikes against it
Prime Minister Carney is giving two billion dollars of taxpayers’ money to a “nation-building” project that already has three strikes against it. Touted as the western world’s first small modular nuclear reactor, to be built in Ontario, the BWRX is an American design, requiring enriched uranium fuel that must be purchased from a non-Canadian supplier,…
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