Seniors take on climate change

Sept. 25, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – Oct. 1, unbeknownst to most people, is Canada’s Day for Seniors. It’s a day in which the federal government urges people to be kind to their elders. And a day to propose minuscule adjustments to seniors’ benefits. But this year, seniors are turning Oct. 1 into a day for Seniors for Climate Action.

Wind, ‘clean’ heat to green up Manitoba energy

Sept. 20, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – Manitoba’s new affordable energy plan promises “nation- to-nation” wind power partnerships with Indigenous governments, more financial incentives for ratepayers and a shift to “clean” heat, as outlined in a copy obtained by the Free Press.

Manitoba Builds Green

Sept. 14, 2024 – International Institute for Sustainable Development Report – Opportunities for transformational residential retrofits

Transitioning off of fossil fuels in Manitoba’s building sector will require transformative action on energy efficiency. This report investigates the potential to scale up a deep energy retrofit industry in Manitoba to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create good jobs, spur green industrial growth, and improve housing quality. The study draws on 15 interviews with labour, industry, policy, and finance experts engaged in the building sector in Manitoba.

Canada’s 2023 emissions edged lower but progress slow, report says

Sept. 19, 2024 – Reuters – Canada is aiming to cut climate-warming carbon emissions 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030. But an early estimate of national emissions, released by the institute seven months before the government’s official national inventory report, shows slow progress towards the target and that emissions from the oil and gas sector continue to rise.

‘She is dying’: Lawsuit asks Lake Winnipeg to be defined as a person

Sept. 19, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – A court has been asked to declare Lake Winnipeg a person with constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of person in a case that may go further than any other in trying to establish the rights of nature in Canada.

Will the Manitoba energy strategy include geothermal?

Sept. 6, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – Manitoba’s buildings have a massive opportunity beneath them — unused renewable energy. Incredibly, the technology exists to extract it via geothermal heating and cooling.

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