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.

So, How is Boise Doing with Those Ambitious Carbon Neutral Goals?, June 12, 2023 Boise State Public Radio News

‘An Absolute Crisis’: Millions in U.S. Southwest Stare Down Weeks of Brutal Heat, July 14, 2023 Grist

Union Pacific Railroad to Renew Push for One-Person Crews by Testing Conductors in Trucks, July 17, 2023 Yahoo! News

USDOT Proposes Requirements for Real-Time Hazmat Information for Firefighters and First Responders to Improve Freight Rail Safety, July 18, 2023 Washington Military Department (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Lytton’s Long Road Home, June 30, 2023 Tyee

Canada Fails to Respond to Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Claims in Hearing at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, July 11, 2023 Amnesty International

People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress – 2/14/23, February 14, 2023 Rogue Climate

(Recording also available as part of the May 3, 2023 Climate Justice Forum)