We don’t need fossil gas energy
Nov. 26, 2025 - Winnipeg Free Press - The announcement in last week’s throne speech of a new $3-billion fossil gas-fired power plant to meet growing peak electricity demand is a major disappointment that undercuts the government’s recent commitments to emissions reductions, affordability and economic development. Read more
Youth Video Challenge
The Climate Change Connection Youth Video Challenge is back for 2025 - 2026. Open to all students in Grades 5-12. Make a video. Make an impact. Win prizes for your school! Learn more
Manitoba Food Rescue & Emissions Reduction
Let's Feed People Not Landfills. We are working to establish a new freezer warehouse in Winnipeg that will store large volumes of rescued food and get it to those in need. Good food is ending up in our landfills, when it rots it produces methane gas, which quickly heats up the planet. Learn more.
Emissions in Manitoba 4.8% above 2005 levels
Emissions data for Manitoba, as reported in the National Inventory Report, reveal that our province continues to fall behind in the global initiative to reach net zero. Manitoba and Alberta are the only provinces in Canada where emissions have not decreased below the 2005 levels, the baseline year used to track progress. Read more
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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UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss
Dec. 9, 2025 – Associated Press – Running out of time. Ten years ago, almost 200 nations signed the Paris Agreement with the goal of limiting future warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since preindustrial times to avoid or lessen the most catastrophic effects of climate change. But on the current trajectory, the climate could warm by 2.4 degrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, Watson said.
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Is This Polar Bear Town Canada’s Key to the Arctic?
Dec. 3, 2025 – The New York Times – The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region.
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Youth Video Challenge is Back!
Think you’ve got a story that can spark change? 🌎🎥 Enter the Youth Video Challenge for your chance to win:
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Onion Lake Cree Nation aims to be solar power ‘pioneer’
Oct. 1, 2025 – CBC News – Onion Lake Cree Nation wants to lead the way into a new era of solar power for Indigenous communities. The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan border about 50 kilometres north of Lloydminster, is installing rooftop solar panels on 123 homes in the community of about 7,000 people. The $1.28-million project is being paid for by federal grants and more than $500,000 from Raven Outcomes, which helps Indigenous communities find funding for projects.
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