News & Updates
If Battery Storage Works in Ontario, Why Not in Manitoba?
Original op-ed published by Winnipeg Free Press | Monday, Jul. 13, 2026 | Image credit biletskiy Grid-scale battery storage has fundamentally changed the global energy landscape — and Manitoba needs to get on board. Battery systems store large amounts of excess...
How Manitoba Municipalities Can Cut Climate Emissions
With municipal elections coming up this Fall, now is a key time for Manitobans to be pushing candidates to make ambitious commitments on climate. Much of our work at Climate Action Team is on climate action (and inaction) at the provincial level, but many emissions...
Exporting LNG Through Churchill Would Be A Climate Disaster
Image credit: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Key Points Prime Minister Mark Carney and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew are pushing to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Churchill by 2030. LNG is extremely high-emitting due to a combination of...
Manitoba’s Support for New Pipeline Overshadows Earth Day Celebration
Image Credit: Adrian Wyld | The Canadian Press The Government of Manitoba’s celebration of Earth Day at the Legislature is contradicted and overshadowed by its ongoing campaign for a new fossil gas pipeline and export terminal through Hudson Bay. The nominal...
Energy Security, Not More Gas Tax Cuts
*This article was published on Monday, Apr. 20, 2026 by Winnipeg Free Press. In the wake of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, oil and gas prices have surged, triggering what’s widely expected to be the worst energy crisis on record. Amid ongoing affordability...
What is 50-50 Transit Funding—And How Much Might it Cost the Province?
There's been a lot of talk about the need for the Province to restore the 50-50 transit funding agreement. But what does this raffle-sounding policy actually mean? And how much might it cost the Province? The 50-50 funding agreement was a partnership between the...
Youth Free Transit a Good Start but We Also Need Service Improvements.
Following months of advocacy from Manitobans for increased provincial funding of public transit, the Province has announced that it will commit $10 million to eliminate fares for youth in five municipalities with fixed-route service: Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson,...
Manitoba Budget’s Incremental Climate Measures Lack Ambition, Fail to Meet Commitments.
Image Credit Jeff Stapleton/CBC Manitoba’s Budget 2026 includes several incremental supports for emissions reductions but ultimately fails to make adequate investments in climate solutions to back up the commitments in Manitoba’s Path to Net Zero. While we are pleased...
Why Building AI Data Centres Would Threaten Manitoba’s Clean Energy Future
It’s now impossible to avoid hearing about “artificial intelligence” (AI), a broad category of automation in which computers process large amounts of data to detect patterns, build models, and complete tasks without specific programming (often referred to as “machine learning”). AI is most commonly encountered through chatbots (like ChatGPT and Gemini) and image generators (like Midjourney and DALL·E), but is also being applied at far larger scales, such as in the oil and gas industry and military operations.
‘Critical Minerals’ in Manitoba’s Energy Transition
This article discusses the current critical minerals rush and how the climate movement might approach it. There are no easy answers, but we advocate for transition pathways that require fewer critical minerals to limit mining impacts. Stronger impact assessments, land-use planning processes, industry regulations and standards, and public consultation are also needed to curtail risks—but that is not the focus of this post.