Climate Justice Forum: GTN Xpress Gas Pipeline Expansion Hearing, Federal Approval, Legal Challenges, & Protests, Shot Spokane Activist Updates, American Climate Corps 10-25-23


The Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features speakers at the February 13 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress, hosted by a Northwest coalition to gather testimony from community and tribal members threatened by Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline expansion. We also share news, music, and reflections on recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of GTN Xpress, Spokane and Idaho news coverage, upcoming legal challenges, and inland Northwest protests of the FERC decision, updates and a benefit for Spokane indigenous activist Jacob Johns shot in New Mexico, and a Sunrise Movement explanation of the American Climate Corps. 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.

Rich People by Carsie Blanton – Official Live Video, November 23, 2022 Carsie Blanton

GTN Xpress Approved and Soon Challenged!, October 19, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

FERC Approves GTN Xpress Despite Opposition from Communities, Tribes, U.S. Senators, West Coast Governors, October 19, 2023 Rogue Climate

See also: FERC Approves GTN Xpress: Legal Challenges to Come, October 19, 2023 Columbia Riverkeeper

Thanks to KREM reporter Shannon Moudy for contacting WIRT…, October 20, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

See also: Feds Give Green Light to Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion in the Pacific Northwest, October 19, 2023 KREM

Federal Regulators Approve Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion through Oregon, Washington, and North Idaho, October 20, 2023 Idaho Capital Sun

Inland Northwest GTN Xpress Weeks of Actions, October 25, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Spokane television updates on recovering friend/fellow activist Jacob Johns…, October 21, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

See also: Spokane Artist Recovers from New Mexico Shooting, Friends Hold Benefit in Peaceful Valley, October 20, 2023 KREM

The American Climate Corps Explained, September 20, 2023 Sunrise Movement

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

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