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October 3 – 80 years of the Nuclear Age: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki + M.V. Ramana
On Oct. 3 at 3 PM at the Fredericton Public Library: The opening of the poster exhibit: 80 years of the Nuclear Age: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki will feature a talk by M.V. Ramana, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the University of British Columbia. The exhibit, which will run…
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Confusion about a second repository for radioactive wastes
CRED-NB is a member of the network that publishes a monthly bulletin about small reactors and related issues. The bulletin is sent to all federal MPs and elected representatives in several provinces, including New Brunswick. This month the topic is: Confusion About a Second Repository for Radioactive Wastes. In June, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)…
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Join us at Draw the Line events in New Brunswick on Saturday, Sept. 20
CRED-NB and hundreds of civil society groups across the country are inviting their members to join the Sept. 20 mass day of action for people, for peace, for the planet. Join with hundreds of other people in the province who want more action on climate change, at one of the three actions in New Brunswick.…
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CRED-NB joins NGOs across Canada to name radionuclides as chemical of concern
CRED-NB joined dozens of other NGOs across Canada and the US to urge the US and Canadian governments to accept/pass radionuclides as a Chemical of Mutual Concern (CMC) under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). Read the letter HERE.
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Yes, alternatives exist to more fossil gas in New Brunswick
NB Power claims the province needs a new fossil (‘natural’) gas-fired power plant. If built, the new power plant would be the largest new energy generator on the grid in decades. It would emit new greenhouse gasses – just when we desperately need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Much better alternatives do exist. Read the…
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CRED-NB supports the Build Canada Homes initiative
CRED-NB joined with more than 100 groups across Canada to sign a letter to the Prime Minister asking to ensure that the Build Canada Homes initiative includes sustainability guidelines. The letter we signed asked that these new homes use the most modern technologies for heating and cooling air and water. Rather than building these homes…
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Invitation to sign Federal E-Petition: Centre Village Renewables Integration Security Grid Project
This invitation to sign a federal E-Petition is from Juliette Bulmer, a very concerned resident of Midgic, NB. Email: sjbulmer@eastlink.ca Juliette is a CRED-NB Champion and one of the three organizers along with Terry Jones of Centre Village, NB and Kristen LeBlanc of Midgic, NB. Invitation to sign Federal E-Petition: Centre Village Renewables Integration Security…
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Local residents oppose NB Power’s proposed gas plant
CRED-NB Champion Juliette Bulmer and her colleagues Terry Jones and Kristen LeBlanc live near NB Power’s proposed gas plant. They organized a community meeting in August in Midgic, the community just south of the proposed site. About 80 people from local communities and the wider region, including Moncton, showed up on the hot August evening…
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A second CANDU for Point Lepreau?
Over the summer, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt mused to journalists about building a second CANDU reactor at the Point Lepreau nuclear site on the Bay of Fundy. “A second CANDU is not far-fetched,” she told the Telegraph Journal. On the weekend, Holt enthused about the idea in a CBC story about the Eastern Energy Partnership pitch to…
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Proposed Centre Village fossil (natural) gas plant – comments posted
Opposition is building to NB Power’s proposal for a fossil gas plant with diesel storage backup north of Sackville. The utility will sign a long-term power purchase agreement with a U.S. company, PROENERGY, that will build and operate the plant. Stories by Bruce Wark (New Wark Times) about the project are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE…
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