The Wednesday, May 1, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Kate Murphy of Columbia Riverkeeper and Mary Stites of Northwest Environmental Defense Center, talking about deceptive Zenith Energy plans and public opposition to its expansion of Portland volatile fuels storage and rail terminal operations.  We also share news, music, and reflections on widespread campus occupations resisting U.S. support of Israel genocide of Palestinians, regional litigation, protests, and presentations challenging GTN Xpress federal approval and gas compressor station construction, a fiery Alberta rupture of the NGTL methane pipeline supplying GTN, and the first 2024 north Idaho thunder and lightning.  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.

“Boycott, Sanction, and Divest” Video, April 27, 2024 David Rovics

The first thunder and lightning of 2024 arrived in downtown Sandpoint…, April 29, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Input Needed for Urgent GTN Xpress Protests and Talks, April 25, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

GTN Xpress Construction Protests and Talks, May 1, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Rupture on TC Energy’s NGTL Gas Pipeline Sparks Wildfire in Alberta, April 16, 2024 Reuters

See also: Fiery Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture West of Edmonton Prompts Alberta Wildfire Response, April 17, 2024 Global News

See also: Wildfire Sparked by Rupture on TC Energy’s NGTL Gas Pipeline under Control; Investigation Continues, April 17, 2024 Globe and Mail

FERC Won’t Rethink Pacific Northwest Gas Project Approval, April 17, 2024 Law360 (excerpts, WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Litigation Update: States Filed Motion to Dismiss on April 18, April 22, 2024 Columbia Riverkeeper (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

See also: Petition for Review Filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of Gas Transmission Northwest, LLC re April 16, 2024 Order under CP22-2 (Case No. 24-60197), April 19, 2024 Gas Transmission Northwest

See also: States of Washington and Oregon Office of the Attorney General Submit Notice Regarding Further Requests for Rehearing re the 04/16/2024 Order under CP22-2, April 24, 2024 Attorneys General of Washington and Oregon

See also: Petition for Review of Columbia Riverkeeper, et al., Filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit re 04/16/2024 Order under CP22-2 (Case No. 24-1096), April 24, 2024 Columbia Riverkeeper and Rogue Climate

Zenith’s Planned Expansion Brings New Threats, April 29, 2024 KBOO Locus Focus