CRED-NB sent a letter today to the federal Minister of Natural Resources, Seamus O’Regan, inviting him to hold public consultations in New Brunswick on his new national radioactive waste policy. You can read the letter here.
The original letter signed by CRED-NB and 100 other groups across Canada about the lack of a national radioactive waste policy is here.
CRED-NB published the video of our webinar on solar energy in New Brunswick. The event brought together experts and policy makers on the topic in the province and across Canada. An excellent start to a much-needed ongoing conversation on renewable energy development!
Watch the video from the Video tab on this website.
The Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick hosted a webinar today organized by MJM Solar Solutions.
We gathered solar experts and leaders from New Brunswick to discuss how we can work together to increase NB’s Green Energy. The webinar participants discussed solar installations, job creation, community engagement, technical and real world applications of solar in NB, training, and policy.
The panel:
Mark McCann (MJM Solar Solutions)
Chris Williamson (Solar Installers Canada)
Greg Macpherson (Senior Financial Advisor Manulife Securities)
Andrew Harvey (MLA for Carleton-Victoria)
Jenica Atwin (MP for Fredericton)
Pascal Giasson (Sustainable energy advisor for Minister Mike Holland)
Moderator: Dennis Atchison
We recorded the event and will post the video next week.
The Coalition today launched our first campaign to raise awareness of the issues involved in nuclear energy that are unreported by the mainstream media, the Government of New Brunswick, and NB Power: More Nuclear, No Thanks! We have a better idea. Read the media release here.
The link to the campaign website with further information is here.
CRED-NB sent a letter today to Jeff Carr, Minister of Environment and Local Government for the Government of New Brunswick. The letter thanks the Minister for recognizing that raising the carbon footprint in New Brunswick is not an option at Belledune with the proposed Maritime Iron reprocessing plant. You can read the letter here.
Today CRED-NB also signed on to a joint letter to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission written by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). You can read the letter here.
CRED-NB sent a letter today to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to note our interest in the scope for the Environmental Assessment of the proposed micro nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario. Our letter also supports the comprehensive submission from the Canadian Environmental Law Association. You can read our letter here.
Today our coalition sent a letter to Jonathan Wilkinson, federal Minster of Environment and Climate Change. We expressed our concern with the exemption granted to all new small modular nuclear reactor projects from any Environmental Impact Assessment.
You can also read here an article by David Thompson, one of the letter signatories, and Paula Tippett, about the problem with the EIA process.
Our new coalition is a signatory to a letter from 100 groups across Canada to the federal minister of Natural Resources. The letter expresses our strong support for the development of comprehensive policies and strategies for the long-term management of radioactive waste in Canada that will protect the environment and current and future generations of Canadians. You can read the letter here.
Today our Coalition sent a letter to Catherine McKenna, federal Minister for Infrastructure and Communities, expressing our disagreement with the request by Premier Higgs to spend federal Infrastructure funding on the development of small modular nuclear reactors. You can read the letter here.
