The Wednesday, July 19, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features some lead speakers at the February 13 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress, hosted by a Northwest coalition to gather testimony from community members threatened by Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline expansion.  We also share news, interviews, and reflections on Boise, Idaho, goals for reduced carbon emissions, a weeks-long, southern U.S., climate crisis heat dome, a Union Pacific Railroad push for one-person crews with support trucks, a proposed federal rule requiring hazmat information provision to fire and first responders, delayed town reconstruction, lawsuits, and unreleased reports on a suspected train-caused, British Columbia wildfire, and Canadian government failure to respond to First Nation claims of human rights violations.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →