News & Updates
Comparing to China’s Emissions: A False and Inappropriate Rhetoric
By: Mathew Scammell Measuring total emissions without taking into account population is inaccurate There are several ways to measure a society’s contributions to the carbon emissions currently accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere. Misrepresenting the data can cause...
75% of Manitobans want our government to Consider Climate
In March 2023, Manitoba's Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Office, Climate Reality, and Manitoba's Climate Action Team commission a poll through Probe Research in an effort to learn how involved Manitobans think our provincial government should be in addressing...
Review of Manitoba’s emission reduction report card: we’re lagging behind
No further emission increases are tolerable. Any more half-baked measures will half-bake us.
Advice to my younger self
“Hope is short-lived unless coupled with a desire for future worlds that are not depressing but instead so enticing that they might lead us to yearn for a new way of being.”
Launch of Affordable Energy Policy Solutions in Manitoba
The first section of Road to Resilience: Volume 3, Policy Solutions is here
The 2023 provincial budget is too sparse on climate spending
Climate spending creates jobs, saves households money, and creates healthier, more equitable communities
Tackle ‘fossilflation’ with local clean energy
Renewable energy is locally generated energy, not exposed to corporate profit-taking or market swings.
Manitoba’s new climate target aims low, puts province further behind
A climate target is more than just a number. It is about vision, leadership, and planning, and the government’s target reveals a lack of all three.
2023 Provincial Budget Recommendations
You have the chance to demand the government take more meaningful action on climate now by participating in pre-budget consultations.
Climate Action Plans: Part 3
Climate-Shlimate… make whatever plans you want