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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

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

’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.  

News

  • Manitoba signs on for proposed east-west power plan

    Nov. 28, 2025 – The Winnipeg Free Press – The chair of Manitoba’s expert advisory council says the province’s work on various environmental projects, including creating a path to net-zero emissions and a review of its wildfire response, are well underway.

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  • Manitoba’s Climate Action Team raises concerns over Deep Sky project

    Nov. 27, 2025 – Discover Westman – In early October, the Montreal-based company, Deep Sky Climate, announced their intentions to build a facility that draws carbon dioxide out of the air using Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology here in the southwest corner of the province.

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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:
    🏆 $1,000 for 1st place
    🥈 $800 for 2nd
    🥉 $500 for 3rd
    Make a video. Make an impact. Win Prizes! Videos Due: Earth Month – April 10, 2026.  Read more!

  • 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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