This project was a real team effort! We at CAT helped secure a grant for the project, Efficiency MB provided rebates, Sustainable Brandon provided the vision, Riverbank Discovery Centre led the coordinator and Westman Solar Solutions installed. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/0...

“We think it’s quite hypocritical, and it just doesn’t line up,” said James Wilt, Climate Action Team Manitoba’s policy development manager. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

"The longer we rely on oil and gas for transportation, heating our homes, and growing food, the longer we will be on this price rollercoaster." Op-Ed out today from our Director Laura Cameron. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

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? Read our latest blog post for more info: climateactionmb.ca/whatis50-50t...

“The choice to double down on balancing the budget while further cutting taxes is pushing greater climate costs and devastation onto the next generation, while missing myriad opportunities to grow low-carbon industries and jobs." www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

MANITOBA GETS A NEARLY FAILING GRADE: MB's Government released their yearly budget. However, we noticed there was a lot missing - a complete lack of meaningful funding for climate action! Read more on our website: mbeconetwork.org/manitoba-bud... @climateactionmb.bsky.social @cpawsmb.bsky.social

"...these measures fall far short of the level of investment needed to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels and protect what’s precious amidst the escalating climate emergency." Read our full response to the MB budget here: climateactionmb.ca/manitobas-ne...

Climate group outlines megaproject concerns www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/0...

We partnered with students from Met schools in Winnipeg to create designs for posters about our transit campaign. We're calling on the Manitoba government to reinstate and expand the 50/50 transit funding agreement! winnipeg.citynews.ca/2026/03/15/w...

My piece in today's @winnipegfreepress.com - the shills for fossil fuels are using the war to argue for more pipelines. Nonsense. We should be headed in the opposite direction as fast as possible: more #renewables, more decarbonization, more energy security. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

There are many obvious reasons for governments to properly fund transit...But funding transit is also an essential climate policy. Read James Wilt's full op-ed here (originally published in the Winnipeg Free Press): climateactionmb.ca/funding-publ...

Manitoba Hydro has finally published its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which provides a 10-year plan for the province’s electricity and fossil gas needs. We looked into the lengthy report and unpack three major issues with this IRP. Read the full blog post: climateactionmb.ca/manitoba-hyd...

After a year of severe wildfires and drought, a group of Manitoba organizations is calling on the province to focus on climate solutions in its 2026 budget. @jsrutgers.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-cli...

"The risks to federalism, Indigenous reconciliation, and our ability to navigate a hostile global trading environment make it clear that this is a profound strategic error." www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

COP30 was largely a failure. But one huge development came out of it: 24 countries including Mexico, Kenya, Colombia, Spain, Nepal, and Australia signed an agreement recommitting to the 1.5°C goal and developing a fossil fuel phase-out plan. Read more: climateactionmb.ca/a-new-progre...

Op-Ed in the Winnipeg Free Press today: "We don’t need fossil gas energy" www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Manitoba is choosing new gas plants to meet its energy needs. Wind, solar and batteries could close the gap instead. @climateactionmb.bsky.social have a roadmap for Manitoba’s clean energy future⬇️

The MB government’s decision to support a new fossil gas-fired power plant—announced in today’s throne speech—is a major disappointment that undercuts its recent commitments to emissions reductions, affordability and economic development. Read our full response: climateactionmb.ca/new-provinci...

Manitoba is an extremely sunny and windy province. Our new special report shows how we can foster renewable energy to move away from fossil fuels: climateactionmb.ca/the-immense-...

James presented at this town hall yesterday. Over 170 people attended! Residents air concerns about Deep Sky carbon-capture facility. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1...

Winnipeg-based Canada Water Agency is being scaled back — just two years after being established. ECCC shrinks as support for Canadian oil and gas production remains strong, said James Wilt, Climate Action Team Manitoba’s policy development manager. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

This morning, Deep Sky—a Montreal-based direct air capture (DAC) start-up founded by executives of the travel app Hopper and the former CFO of Airbnb—announced that it will build a major DAC facility in southwestern Manitoba.

CAT's James Wilt on CBC's Up to Speed this afternoon talking about our response to Manitoba's Pathway to Net-Zero released today: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....

On the heels of a summer devastated by wildfires, smoke, and evacuations, the Manitoba government released its new Net-Zero Roadmap today. www.manitoba.ca/asset_librar...

"We were hoping to see a strong 2030 emissions reduction target and a 2035 target," CAT's Laura Cameron said. "We need to know where we want to be in five years, and that's important for to drive government policy...also so that we can have some accountability."

Karina Cardona has asthma and a spinal cord injury, so she wasn’t able to breathe when the air quality was particularly bad. After a summer on fire, Manitoba needs a climate plan that protects what’s precious. Tell the MB govt to act now to protect what’s precious: climateactionmb.ca/plan-to-prot...

Climate change is threatening people’s ability to be out on the waters in Manitoba for harvesting, recreation and sacred cultural activities. This doesn’t have to be our new normal. Tell the MB gov't to act now to protect what’s precious: climateactionmb.ca/plan-to-prot...

Many sacred annual ceremonies and community gatherings were cancelled this summer in Manitoba because of climate-change-fuelled wildfires. But this doesn’t have to be our new normal. Tell the MB gov't to act now to protect what’s precious: climateactionmb.ca/plan-to-prot...

Chris Scott knows when you invest in transit, you invest in people. He's tired of seeing it underfunded. Public transit is a climate solution we want to see included in the province’s upcoming climate plan. Tell the MB gov't to act now to protect what’s precious: climateactionmb.ca/plan-to-prot...

Dr. Ann Loewen, CAPE Manitoba chair: "Our health is worth it. All that we are fighting for and advocating for is essential to a life well lived."

Dr. Ann Loewen is a family and emergency medicine physician. This spring and summer she saw the ways the wildfire smoke impacted people’s health and is worried about the long term impacts. Tell the MB gov't to act now to protect what’s precious: climateactionmb.ca/plan-to-prot...

Phil, a beekeeper from Starbuck, MB, spent much of the summer lifting heavy hives in the wildfire smoke. #climatechange is threatening people’s health, livelihoods, homes, recreational and cultural activities. Tell the MB gov't to act now to protect what’s precious climateactionmb.ca/plan-to-prot...

Little Udatli reaches out to give her mom a high-five. Many children in Manitoba (Treaty 1-5 territory) spent a lot of the summer indoors because of toxic air quality caused by climate-change-fuelled wildfires. Write the MB gov't to tell them to act now to protect what’s precious: lnkd.in/gyDz3jUf

Ben Linnick’s friends and family were evacuated from their home in Flin Flon, Manitoba this summer because of climate change-fuelled wildfires. Write the Premier and your MLA to tell them Manitoba needs a climate plan that protects what's precious. lnkd.in/gyDz3jUf

I'm pleased to join 20 other movement leaders in issuing this public invite to come on out this Saturday to DRAW THE LINE – for People, for Peace, for the Planet. ✊☮️🌎 👇 There are about 70 actions taking place across the country. Find the one closest to you here: drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&...

📆September 20th: Join us and allies like the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition and @climateactionmb.bsky.social in Winnipeg as we demand a better world and a better future! ✊ We deserve better. Nature deserves better. #DrawTheLine #ClimateEmergency

Check out this great letter ahead of the cross-country "Draw the Line" actions on Sept. 20! "We need to unite across our movements because that is the only way we win." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation members in Manitoba reject share in proposed silica sand mine. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

ICJ says failing to curb fossil fuels may be an “internationally wrongful act.” Canada faces a choice: end oil & gas supports now or risk huge climate compensation claims later. @michael-byers.bsky.social: Carney "can no longer justify including fossil fuel projects among his infrastructure goals."

An energy revolution is underway in this century, though it’s unfolded in ways slow enough and technical enough for most people not to notice (and I assume it’s nowhere near finished). It is astonishing – a powerful solution to the climate crisis... [Wrote it a while ago; came out yesterday.]

Manitoba-Eco Network invites you to attend our upcoming event, where we will present the results of our survey “Cold Weather, Hot Weather, and Your Hydro Bills”, with policy research on protecting people from unsafe heat. August 11th, 2025 @ 11AM. West End Commons, 365 McGee St. See you there!

Meghan Mast, our communications manager, was on CBC's Up to Speed this afternoon talking about the (over 500!) postcards we've received from the public, addressed to the Premier. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

"Maybe it’s time for our leaders to halt the fool’s errand of looking to the past for short-term, carbon-heavy solutions, and start talking to Canadians about a just transition to clean energy." www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Governments could be violating international law if they continue subsidizing fossil fuels and issuing new licenses for oil and gas production, the International Court of Justice said in a new advisory opinion.

This article has been making the rounds. Unfortunately, we shouldn't claim this as any kind of win. The "pipeline deal" in question is simply an agreement between provinces to work on a project. There isn't a formal proposal from a company to "walk away from." winnipegsun.com/news/kinew-w...

New blog post from our Policy Development Manager that explains why the proposal of an "Arctic trade corridor" through Hudson Bay "would entrench economic volatility, expensive public subsidies, and environmental risks for little public benefit." climateactionmb.ca/why-an-arcti...

“I am not going away, I will see this through.” Watch this powerful delegation from Wendy Van Loon.

Manitoba is having a bad fire season in 2025 with over 300 fires burning over 1.25 M ha thus far. www.gov.mb.ca/conservation... Looks like there may be a rash of new lightning-caused fire starts with lots of lightning today and duff fuel moisture is very receptive to lightning starts.