Manitoba signs onto Ontario-led proposal to create national energy grid

Manitoba has signed onto an Ontario-led proposal to expand and modernize interprovincial transmission lines, and establish a national energy grid. The plan would help secure power grids across the country and strengthen Canada’s energy security.   Read more
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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

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

’Let’s do something’: city to consider study to phase out natural gas

The city could soon study how to phase out natural gas heat at all Winnipeg buildings and swap in greener alternatives. The city’s Climate Action and Resilience Committee will debate the motion on Oct. 28.  

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  • How extreme weather makes life more expensive for Canadians

    July 4, 2026 – Catastrophic events ‘a dominant force shaping insurance market’: StatsCan.

     

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  • Methane from landfill biggest driver behind rising City of Winnipeg carbon emissions

    June 25, 2026 – CBC – The City of Winnipeg reports that total greenhouse gas increased by 1.6% in 2025.

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  • Global Warming of 1.6C Now Best Case Scenario, New Research Shows

    Aug. 19, 2024 – New Scientist  -Humanity’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which has been totemic in climate policy for the past decade, is now almost certainly out of reach.

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