Winnipeg councillor frustrated after committee rejects motion to study natural gas alternatives

Nov. 22, 2024 – CBC – A Winnipeg councillor is questioning the city’s commitment to its climate goals after a committee voted to take no action on a motion that would have led to a study on ways to phase out natural gas.

Manitoba Hydro Considers Utility-Owned EV Charging Network

Nov. 22, 2024 – The Energy Mix – Manitoba Hydro is considering building a public network of electric vehicle chargers, Electric Autonomy Canada reports. The new network, recommended in the province’s Affordable Energy Plan, released in September, could make EVs viable at longer distances—crucial for connecting rural and Northern communities.

Winnipeg Ponders Gas Phaseout for All Buildings

Nov. 21, 2024 – The Energy Mix – Two years after Winnipeg began implementing its net-zero focused Community Energy Investment Roadmap, a citizen-led committee is pushing the city to study exactly how to implement one of the Roadmap’s core pillars: phasing out natural gas use in all buildings, existing and new.

True North Foods plant expansion draws energy from waste

Nov. 14, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – The latest expansion includes the first commercial installation of another made-in-Manitoba solution: Rapid Organic Converter (ROC) technology by local company Innovative NRG. The technology developed and patented in Manitoba processes organic waste through a gassification process — it vaporizes the waste — and turns it into thermal energy True North Foods will use to heat the water it needs for its sanitation protocols.

Snow in short supply in Winnipeg despite the city’s Winterpeg nickname

Nov. 13, 2024 – CBC News – Christmas decorations are installed across downtown Winnipeg and shopping mall Santas are set to show up in some stores as soon as this weekend, but one key element of the season is missing: snow. “There was a little bit of snow reported by a few people in Winnipeg, I think it was yesterday morning, but obviously it didn’t stay. We haven’t had snow accumulating in Winnipeg since sometime earlier last winter,” said Natalie Hasell, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada.

“Generally speaking, we haven’t had a whole lot of snow since the beginning of January, really.”

Canada Failing to Deliver Its Fair Share of Global Climate Finance

Nov. 5, 2024 – The Energy Mix – As the United Nations’ COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan approaches, researchers are urging Canada to take meaningful action on global climate finance that reflects its historical greenhouse gas emissions.

What an effort to preserve Cree homelands in northern Manitoba means to the people behind it

Nov. 7, 2024 – The Narwhal – Kitaskeenan Kaweekanawaynichikatek, the land we want to protect: members of five Cree nations reflect as they seek to protect land devastated by hydroelectricity.

5 takeaways from Canada’s draft rules for an oil and gas emissions cap

Nov. 5, 2024 – The Narwhal – Canadian government ministers introduced new details of their oil and gas emissions cap plan on Monday. If the federal draft rules are finalized as expected next year, they would represent the first time Ottawa has imposed binding obligations on the sector to slow its rising carbon emissions. The oil and gas sector is already Canada’s biggest polluter, and Canada is the fourth-largest oil producer and fifth-largest natural gas producer in the world. On Monday, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said the move would set the country apart from its fossil fuel competitors.

Oil, gas companies told to cut emissions by one-third under planned cap

Nov. 4, 2024 – The Canadian Press – OTTAWA – Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.