Climate Justice Forum: CR McGary & Eclectrix at 13th WIRT Celebration, Pipeline Talk, Protest, & Blast Zone, Paradise Ridge Walk, NW Military Trains, Blockades for Gaza, Zenith Energy Plans 4-10-24


The Wednesday, April 10, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features CR McGary and the Eclectrix duo of Jessica Amy Cowitz and Fiddlin’ Big Al Chidester performing music at the 13th anniversary celebration of WIRT in Moscow on March 29.  We also share news and reflections on a Moscow talk and Seattle blockade of Amazon headquarters, protesting the GTN Xpress methane pipeline expansion, inaccurate federal agency formulas for calculating gas pipeline rupture blast zones, a Paradise Ridge walk mourning Highway 95 construction, a month increase in Northwest military trains, coordinated global economic blockades to free Palestine, and opposition to Zenith Energy plans to expand Portland fuels storage and rail terminal operations.  Broadcast for twelve years on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow, every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm Pacific time, on-air at 90.3 FM and online, the show describes continent-wide, grassroots, frontline resistance to fossil fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.

Protests at Amazon Headquarters Object to Use of Fossil Fuels in Oregon, March 27, 2024 KIRO

‘Troublemakers’ Block Amazon HQ over Plan to Link Data Centers With Gas Pipeline, March 27, 2024 Common Dreams

See also: Protesters Block Entrances at Amazon Headquarters, Objecting to Planned Use of Fossil Fuels in Oregon, March 27, 2024 GeekWire

See also: Protesters Obstruct Access to Amazon Headquarters in Protest of Proposed Use of Fossil Fuels in Oregon, March 27, 2024 Globe Echo

See also: Seattle Climate Protesters Blockade Amazon Corporate Headquarters Building, March 27, 2024 Seattle Times

GTN Xpress Gas Pipeline Expansion Talk, April 1, 2024 Extinction Rebellion Palouse and Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Feds Fall Short in Oversight of Pipeline ‘Blast Zones’ — Watchdog, April 4, 2024 E & E News (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Mo(u)rning Walk on Paradise Ridge, April 1, 2024 Extinction Rebellion Palouse

20 Northwest Military Trains in One Month!, April 8, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Coordinated Economic Blockade to Free Palestine, April 9, 2024 Civil Liberties Defense Center (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Zenith Energy’s Plan to Expand Operations Brings New Threats to Public Health and Safety and the Environment, April 7, 2024 Columbia Riverkeeper

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