Why climate action groups are calling for geothermal heating in Manitoba
Manitoba’s Climate Action Team (CAT) is calling on Manitoba Hydro to create a geothermal utility as a way to save residents money and reduce electricity demand. Read more
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For supporting the Manitoba Food Rescue and Emissions Reduction project! Their generous support will go towards the establishment of a low-cost freezer warehouse in Winnipeg! To help increase the capacity of our local food banks. Read more.
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Educating Manitobans on Climate Change
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We Really Can Live Without Fossil Fuels! Curt Hull, Director, Climate Change Connection presentation at Speaking Up October 19th, 2023 at X’Cues in Winnipeg.
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We’ve had 12 months of record-breaking global heat. How close are we to passing the 1.5 C limit?
July 8, 2024 – CBC News – While the last 12-month period globally reached 1.64 C above pre-industrial levels, according to the latest data from the Copernicus climate research program, that isn’t quite the same as breaching the 1.5 C limit set in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
But it’s a major alarm that we’re close, and that global warming has continued to speed up in the past few years.
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Climate Action Network created in Pembina Valley
July 6, 2024 – Winniipeg Free Press – The Discovery Nature Sanctuary on the eastern edge of Winkler will be a hive of activity this summer as a roster of volunteers take turns tending to its new pollinator garden. The promotion of that garden and its need for volunteers is just one of several eco-friendly initiatives recently undertaken by the Pembina Climate Action Network in Southeast Manitoba.
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Fossil fuel subsidies cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax
Apr. 1, 2024 – The Conversation Canada – The federal carbon tax increase is now in effect, and will raise gas prices by three cents per litre in most Canadian provinces. The hike prompted complaints from seven premiers and a recent parliamentary showdown, culminating in a failed vote of non-confidence in the Liberal government. Yet this ongoing debate overlooks a far costlier carbon tax: fossil fuel subsidies.
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Carbon Pricing
Want to understand how carbon pricing works in Manitoba? Or the impact various carbon prices would have on the price of fossil fuels that Manitobans typically buy?
Prepping for the 'unthinkable,' Norway is stockpiling 30,000 tons of grain
Years-long wait for curbside compost program 'disappointing' for Winnipeg homeowner
It’s crazy that this is barely being talked about in this general election and when it is it’s just about the cost of addressing it, lol. Even young people aren’t mentioning it much. Maybe it was all just a dream
and it’s isn’t happening at all. 😁
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