The Manitoba government announced on Earth Day that it is restoring funding to three environmental non-profit organizations.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Tracy Schmidt said at a news conference Monday that funding for Climate Change Connection, the Green Action Centre and the Manitoba Eco-Network were cut under the previous Progressive Conservative government.
“Manitobans are seeing the impacts of climate change firsthand, and they want to know that our province is doing its part to protect our air, land and water for future generations,” Schmidt said in a news release.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Tracy Schmidt with Premier Wab Kinew at a news conference in February.
The Green Action Centre received a grant of $230,000. Climate Change Connection received $100,000, and the Manitoba Eco-Network received $60,000.
“We truly believe the only way to fight climate change and its destructive impacts is through collective action. Going green can be done at home, school, or at our workplaces, through composting, riding the bus or buying energy-efficient appliances, but in order to do this at an accelerated pace and have a bigger impact, we require support and resources,” Green Action Centre executive director Josep Seras Gubert said in the release.
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