NEWS AND UPDATES
Sustainable Agriculture: Fact and Fancy
Agriculture contributes 8 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, so we need to change how we farm. Climate change will also reduce the quality and quantity of our food. Addressing climate change, then, will help save the rural prairie economy. Of course, we...
International Disappointment Parties: COP vs. the Road to Resilience
Representatives from around the world converged in Glasgow for COP26 in November (after being delayed one year due to the global pandemic), to check in again on who’s responsible for stopping climate change. I’m going to go ahead and spoil the main outcome right now:...
Road to Resilience: Energy Solutions Fact Sheet
Energy Solutions for Manitoba is the a groundbreaking study to examine in detail how a Canadian province can replace its fossil fuels with low-carbon electricity. In Manitoba, all fossil fuels are imported and account for roughly 60% of annual climate pollution. In...
A Just Transition— a good idea. Tell the Feds on March 12th
On February 28th, the leading climate scientists of the world (270 of them from 67 countries) told us (again) that if we don’t rapidly transition away from fossil fuels now, our future is unfathomably difficult—it is hungry, it is sick, it is war-torn, it is...
Winter Cycling 101
As the snow falls and the temperatures drop, many cyclists put away their bikes for the season. We are here to tell you that cycling doesn’t have to be a seasonal sport! Cycling is for all-year-round commuting, transportation, and leisure – even in Manitoba. Cycling...
Green Your Workplace
Now is a great time to implement sustainability initiatives at the workplace. With the changing of seasons, you may be thinking of office cleaning... or perhaps you're inspired to finally put some plans to action! Either way, with change in the air, don't forget to...
Take the Just One Trip Pledge!
Take the Just One Trip Pledge!Gas is expensive, parking is a hassle and traffic keeps getting worse. What if there was a less stressful way to travel? At GoManitoba, we’re here to help! This October, we invite all Manitobans to take the pledge to convert Just One...
Government Fails to Fund Manitoba’s Climate Future
Manitoba needs to move on after Supreme Court rules Federal Carbon Tax constitutional
TREATY 1, WINNIPEG: The Supreme Court ruling today on the federal government’s constitutional authority to lever a price on carbon pollution is welcome news for those seeking climate action. The Manitoba government should accept this ruling and move on to address the...
The Painful Face of Climate Change is Glaring at us in Manitoba
The Painful Face of Climate Change is Glaring at us in ManitobaAn unprecedented news release on Canada Day showed the glaring impacts of our unfolding climate catastrophe, the swollen Little Saskatchewan River in western Manitoba is threatening to break its dam at the...