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.
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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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
Sept. 2, 2026 – The Associated Press – In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say.
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Brandon Food Rescue Set for Another Move as Community Hub Vision Takes Shape
Aug. 31, 2026 – The Brandon Food Rescue is outgrowing its current location and is preparing for its next chapter. New space will include a cafe and community kitchen.
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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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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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