The "Energy Justice" site features photo galleries, fact sheets, timelines, interviews, and commentary on hot button issues related to hydro development in Manitoba.

Hydro-affected communities in northern Manitoba are invited to suggest photos and other material to add to the website.

"With Manitoba Hydro wanting to spend over $17 billion on new projects in the next 15 years, robust public debate is important," says Hugo Unruh, co-chair of the Task Force. "Healthy public debate means avoiding a simplistic slant that considers only the pros or only the cons of an issue," Unruh says. "We want to create a forum that encourages people to think carefully and deeply about various views."

The site also explores links between hydro development and spirituality, while seeking to avoid a polarized use of religion. "What does faith have to offer," the site asks, "other than just backing for arguments about who is right and wrong?"

The Interfaith Task Force on Northern Hydro Development consists of official representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran, Roman Catholic and United churches, as well as MCC Manitoba. Members of the Anglican church also participate. Interchurch involvement in hydro issues in Manitoba dates back to 1973 when southern church leaders took up the concerns of people in the South Indian Lake, prior to the Lake becoming a reservoir.