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New petition: Build a Canadian east-west electricity grid powered by renewables
The David Suzuki Foundation is hosting a petition, ready to sign, asking the federal government to build an east-west electricity grid powered by renewables. We’re asking all CRED-NB Champions to please consider signing the petition, HERE. A massive build out of renewable energy, connected regionally and nationally, is the best way out of the energy…
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Stop Fossil Fuel Investments in New Brunswick!
NB Lung has an open petition to oppose plans to build new gas infrastructure in Tantramar, expand operations in Belledune, and potentially extend a pipeline from Quebec. The action alert will be sent to provincial politicians each time you sign. Please sign HERE.
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Get involved – the impact assessment for the proposed fossil gas plant
New Brunswick is proposing to build a new fossil gas plant, which has a lovely but deceptive project name: “Centre Village Renewables Integration and Grid Security Project.” Sounds great right? Don’t be fooled: fossil gas is not needed for grid security or to support variable renewable energy. The plan is to put this plant on…
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Wind energy agreements a potential move towards ‘reconcili-action’
CRED-NB Champion Emma Fackenthall published a story in the NB Media Co-op about the new wind energy projects led by Indigenous communities in New Brunswick. “In what could potentially be a pivotal step toward a just energy transition, NB Power has announced four wind energy agreements with Indigenous communities across the province. The new Power Purchase Agreements…
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Stop Canada’s $24 Billion Nuclear Privatization Deal!
A Parliamentary petition, now open for signatures, was developed by Ole Hendrickson, a CRED-NB ally in Ontario concerned about the link between civilian nuclear power and the nuclear weapons industry. We share his concern. Key info from the petition: Read the rest of the petition and sign it HERE. If you’ve never signed a parliamentary…
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Nation-building projects must recognize, address climate change
CRED-NB member New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance (NBASGA) spokesperson Jim Emberger published a commentary in the Telegraph Journal this week. “On Earth Day, “Seniors for Climate” rallied at the legislature to remind governments that solutions to recent economic turmoil must reflect climate science. “Unexpectedly, Premier Susan Holt visited the rally and delivered an enthusiastic address…
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Open letter: 105 groups call on PM Mark Carney to build Canada’s east-west electricity grid with renewable energy
105 environment, labour, Indigenous and community groups, including CRED-NB, released a letter today, July 3, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government to prioritize building out Canada’s east-west electricity grid with renewable energy, while upholding workers’ and Indigenous rights. The following is a summary of the priorities listed in the letter. The…
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Climate groups react: Bill C-5 becomes law, setting a dangerous precedent
CRED-NB is a member of the Climate Action Network Canada that condemns Parliament’s reckless passage of Bill C-5’s controversial Building Canada Act. The Act erodes democratic principles, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, shuts Canadians out of decisions that could affect them, and puts the environment at risk. Bill C-5 sets a dangerous precedent. It gives…
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As the G7 Leaders’ Summit concludes, Canada fails a test of climate leadership
CRED-NB is a member of Climate Action Network Canada that issued a statement condemning the glaring absence of climate change, and climate solutions, from any of the G7 statements released today. “The leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries published a statement on fighting wildfires that completely ignores climate change—the root cause that’s making wildfires so much…
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Tariff threats spur need for “east-west” electricity integration
Canada must focus on increasing our energy security. Unfortunately Ontario is increasing reliance on the U.S. by building four U.S. GE-Hitachi nuclear reactors which require U.S. enriched uranium fuel. This is not the time to increase our economic and energy dependency on the U.S. Sharing renewable electricity interprovincially can cut that dependency. As Prime Minister Carney has suggested, Canada can be…
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