| Manitoba GHGs Rise Again | 10 June 08 |
 Between 2005 and 2006, Manitoba's greenhouse gas emissions rose by more than 150,000 tonnes (0.15 megatonnes (mt)) to 21.77 mt - one of the highest amounts for the province on the books.The 2006 emissions were nearly 13% above 1990 levels, while the Kyoto Protocol target - which the Manitoba government has been committed to since 2002) - is to bring emissions to 6% below 1990 levels by 2012. Energy Minister Jim Rondeau says green measures introduced by the government over the past couple of years should still allow Manitoba to achieve its Kyoto goal. Manitoba GHG details are not yet available on the Environment Canada website. The executive summary of GHG trends in Canada currently posted contains only aggregate data. As a result, up to date, detailed sectoral information about Manitoba GHG emissions trends over time is not readily available - either from Environment Canada or the Manitoba Government. Manitoba Wildlands Director Gaile Whelan Enns says lack of information would not be an issue if Manitoba had a system in place for reporting greenhouse gas emissions. "We really don't have much information and we don't have a reporting system in Manitoba," she said. "We're dealing with a national system that isn't good enough." View June 5, 2008 Winnipeg Sun articles: one and two View May 16, 2008 Environment Canada Summary of Trends, Canada's 2006 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (pdf) Visit Environment Canada's Greenhouse Gas website View June 5, 2008 Manitoba government press release Sources: Winnipeg Sun, Environment Canada |
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