Citizens’ Climate Lobby Winnipeg chapter

Thanks to Colin Reynolds, MP for Elmwood Transcona and his staff for meeting with Citizens’ Climate Lobby to discuss our environment and solutions to keeping our planet liveable.

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.”

YouTube video by Charlie Angus WHY MEIDAS CANADA IS STEPPING UP

In September CCL Canada turns 15 years old. We never imagined living through a pandemic and an attack on our right to exist as a nation. Our solution for the climate crisis is democracy which requires a robust media landscape. This is a step in the right direction m.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JP...

Build a People’s Power Grid We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a People’s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.

It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg

Opinion: Youth show us how to face climate crisis with courage Climate activist Cathy Orlando urges the public to sign an open letter to the federal government pushing for stronger climate change policies in the upcoming budget

Greater Sudbury’s young people have shown us what it looks like to honour evidence 🥼 with action 💪.
Let’s not let them stand alone 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👨‍👧‍👧.
There is a quick action at the end of this OpEd
Almost 400 🍁Canadians have joined them. ✌️
www.sudbury.com/columns/gues...

👀 Oil 👇 -34% in the past decade

“Oil and gas extraction currently contributes only three percent to Canada’s GDP and provides less than one percent of government revenues and jobs.”

Budget 2025: Nation‑Building in a Climate Emergency - Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada

We are facing both a climate emergency and an affordability crisis—driven in part by the fossil fuel industry and compounded by record-high income inequality. Sign our open letter to support evidence-based, socially just climate policies:
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/budget-2025-...

We support this! Please sign and share.

Solar’s the way! Good job!

YouTube video by Alan Weiner On the Sun Day Side of the Street

Amazing short video about the sun’s power. Watch! youtu.be/odGlJ0PkwCs

And maybe Carney!

IEA: Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’ - Carbon Brief Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new IEA forecasts.

www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl.... Meanwhile the Trump
Government goes all out for fossil fuels.
Money for nothing.

HAPPY #CANADADAY LONG WEEKEND
We are a country that embraces multiculturalism and we are walking the path of Reconciliation. Internationally, we are known for our politeness and our stand for human rights.
CCL Canada is committed to building a stronger, more just, and climate-safe future for all.

Two foxes in dry grass in early morning sun in London's Burgess Park

Without our continued burning of fossil fuels, the current heat in London & most of the UK would not have been a heatwave: www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan... Heatwaves are dangerous. Drink water, lots of it, stay cool, even if you feel invincible, you're probably not.

📢 Sign the Open Letter to the Senate: Democracy is a climate solution. Say no to Bill C-5’s fast-tracking of “national interest” projects without public input or Indigenous consent. Sign by June 25! #cdnpoli #ClimateAction #BillC5
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Searching for the best question. All good problem-solving begins with a good question.
We don’t have time to guess.
The climate emergency is upon us. Our PM is a climate and finance expert. This question keeps seems close :
Why is Carney building pipelines and believes in the fairytale of CCS?

Oil and gas (including LNG) are the biggest contributors to overheating the planet.

YouTube video by The Goose More Pipelines Could Make Canada’s Problems WAY Worse | The Goose 🇨🇦

ICYMI - More Pipelines Could Make Canada’s Problems WAY Worse

youtu.be/XNXqnRWgSZM
#canada #canadian

CCL Canada's Position on Carbon Capture and Sequestration. CCS is not a climate solution. Planning for new fossil fuel infrastructure on the premise GHGs will be reversed by CCS is indefensible. Given the inequitable and catastrophic impact that exceeding a global temperature rise of 1.5 °C will have on everything and everywhere, planning for any new fossil fuel infrastructure on the premise ...

We have been following the CCS saga in Canada for over a decade. Here is the latest with updates
- CCS impacts on water in Alberta (April 2025)
- Bjorn Lomberg, recently spoke at a Fraser Institute meeting said “It’s not going to happen.”
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/laser-talk-c...

We stand with the billions not the billionaires.
One would have to save $250,000 a year for 4000 years to become a billionaire.
This level of wealth is a danger to democracies and all human rights.
Just because you can accumulate wealth doesn’t mean you will do the right thing.
#G7 #Canada

Alberta separatism plan is really about oil | The Narwhal The Free Alberta Strategy has driven Danielle Smith’s government from the outset, a plan to back oil and gas even if it means breaking up Canada

Why is Danielle Smith miring Alberta in dirty energy when sustainable energy is cheaper and better. Ready for a summer of wildfires? thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CCL Canada's Changemakers Hour Post-Election Version - Wednesdays 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joini... ✨ CCL Canada's Changemakers Hour - Post-Election Version✨ - Wednesdays throughout May to mid-June - 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET At Citizens' Climate Lobby, our mission is simple yet profound: to build the pol...

Canada is at a crossroads.
If you believe in citizen-powered climate leadership, you can volunteer with us. Introduction to CCL Canada every Wednesday evening called the Changemakers Hour. Register. citizensclimate.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Let’s get our facts straight.

Background photo of an LNG tanker on the horizon. Text reads “LNG Industry Lie: "Many Indigenous communities stand to benefit from LNG production." Fact: LNG is often touted as an example for economic reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, even though the International Energy Agency 2024 World Energy Outlook has said no new LNG projects are needed to meet global demand. If these projects become stranded assets, participating First Nations will have to live with the abandoned industrial sites on their territories and the debt that comes with them, while the LNG industry will leave town.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.

Background photo of pipelines. Text reads “LNG Industry Lie: "Fast-tracking the approval of new LNG terminals and pipelines will help to fight Trump's tariffs."Fact: Building LNG terminals and pipelines takes many years. For example, LNG Canada - the terminal that is closest to starting operation - has already been under construction for six years. That means that an LNG project approved today is not going to go into operation before Donald Trump leaves office.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.

Black background. Text reads “Don't believe the lies peddled by the LNG industry. LNG is a fracked gas. It's not green, it's not clean and it's far from renewable. Join us in calling out LNG for what it is: a dangerous distraction from real climate solutions like wind and solar.”

TLDR: it's not clean, it's not safe, it's not a climate solution. #SayNoToLNG

Learn more here: stand.earth/insights/lng...

Glad to see and hear lots of youth urging us to protect biodiversity and power up renewables here in Manitoba on Earth Day. Some Winnipeg CCLers taking part.

The Climate Impact of Your Vote - A Case Study from Canada's 2019 Election If you were a pro-climate voter in 2019, your vote had the equivalent of taking 14 cars off the road for an entire year! In this and every election, get out and vote!

HAPPY EARTH DAY
Voting for the climate in an election is the equivalent of taking over 30 tonnes of GHGs out of the atmosphere. It is the single most powerful individual action you can do to protect future generations and be a good ancestor canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/the-climate-...

Voting in the Election: How to find candidates, voter cards, early voting and more - Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada

Voting in the Election: How to find candidates, voter cards, early voting and more canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/voting-in-th...

I wish Manitoba would take heed and get going on solar too.