Climate Justice Forum: GTN Xpress Pipeline Resistance, LNG Export-Increased Gas Prices, Mountain Valley Pipe Test Rupture, Trans Mountain Oil Tankers, Compromised Pipeline Inspections 5-8-24


The Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on regional protests, presentations, litigation, and disruptions challenging GTN Xpress methane pipeline compressor station construction and federal approval, a Mountain Valley pipeline rupture during testing before operation, domestic methane consumer prices increased by liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, impending Salish Sea oil tanker traffic from Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion completion, and inadequate pipeline inspections by federal contractors paid by pipeline companies.  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.

We Don’t Want Your Pipeline, September 29, 2014 Richard Adams

GTN Xpress Pipeline Construction Protests and Talks, May 8, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT website and facebook posts forthcoming)

Natural Gas Is a Climate Scam and Consumers Are Paying for It, May 4, 2024 Truthout

Mountain Valley Pipeline Segment Ruptures during Test, May 8, 2024 Virginia Mercury

Washington’s Border Waters Are on the Cusp of a Major Rise in Oil Tanker Traffic, April 29, 2024 Washington State Standard

‘Everything’s on Fire’: Inside the U.S. Failure to Safeguard Pipelines, May 2, 2024 E&E News (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

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