Tag: CRED-NB Action

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 HAUT
1027 Rue Principale • Memramcook
18h30 – 20h30

The Tantramar Gas Plant Isn’t About Grid Security OR The Health of New Brunswickers

To read NB Lung’s explanation, click HERE.

Sign NB Lung’s advocacy letter to stop fossil fuel infrastructure in New Brunswick, HERE.

Sign the letter from the Conservation Council of New Brunswick requesting a Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment for the project, HERE.

If you use Facebook, join the Stop The Tantramar Gas Plant! Facebook group, HERE. This group posts daily visuals of the realities of the destruction from the site. There are calls to protest onsite and many other ways to get involved / offer help through this page.

Read the article by CRED-NB core member Tom McLean, Yes, alternatives exist to more fossil gas in New Brunswick, HERE.

Letter: no public funds for the Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture pipeline and storage project

CRED-NB is one of 49 organizations that signed an open letter opposing the use of public funds for the construction and operation of the Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture pipeline and underground storage facility (CCS) — which is currently on the federal government’s list of proposed nation-building projects.

Pathways Alliance — a group of oil companies responsible for 95% of tar sands production — are trying to get $16.5 billion of our public dollars for a risky and ineffective CCS project. As people across Canada struggle with the climate and cost-of-living crisis, top polluters are asking us to foot the bill for their greenwashing scheme.

Read the letter with the signatories HERE.

CRED-NB submission to the NB Power Review

A review of NB Power is underway to address the many issues facing the troubled public utility. CRED-NB’s submission has eight recommendations to transition NB Power to a renewable energy utility with a sustainable future. Read it HERE.

We encourage CRED-NB Champions to send comments to the NB Power Review and make your voice count! Deadline: November 14. The email address is: NBPReview-ExamenENB@gnb.ca

You are welcome to echo any points made in the CRED-NB’s submission and mention that you support it.

Oct. 23 – Ralph Torrie: A renewable energy future for the Maritimes

CRED-NB and partners invited energy analyst Ralph Torrie to Fredericton to share with the public his analysis on a renewable energy future for the region. Ralph is an expert climate and energy strategist and Research Director of Corporate Knights.

Thursday, October 23 at 6 PM
Fredericton Public Library, 12 Carleton Street

Free, everyone welcome. Info page and partner information HERE.

CRED-NB at the Social Forum in Wolastokuk: Oct. 4-5

CRED-NB will present its plan, “A democratic, renewable electricity system for New Brunswick,” at the Social Forum in Wolastokuk in Fredericton on Saturday, October 4 at 11 AM, in a joint session on Energy Democracy with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Join us and meet the CRED core team! Details HERE.

On Sunday, October 5 at 1:30 PM, CRED-NB is co-hosting the final Social Forum session, The Many vs. The Money. Core member Susan O’Donnell will be speaking at the session opening panel. Details HERE.

The Social Forum host is the NB Media Co-op and co-organized by CRED-NB member the St. Thomas University CEDAR project. The venue is Cathedral Memorial Hall in downtown Fredericton. Open to everyone free of charge • No registration needed. Full schedule and details HERE.

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 full article by CRED-NB core member Tom McLean, published in the NB Media Co-op, HERE.

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 with antiquated oil or gas heating, residents of Canada would greatly benefit from homes that come equipped with high efficiency electric heat pumps or other low-carbon alternatives like high-efficiency direct electric or geothermal district heating. Read the letter HERE.

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 Prime Minister Mark Carney.

A new CANDU reactor for New Brunswick? It’s a puzzling thought, worth pondering.

Read the article by CRED-NB core member Susan O’Donnell and nuclear scientist Frank Greening in The Energy Mix, HERE.

A shorter version was published in French in Acadie Nouvelle, HERE.