The Wednesday, January 17, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Mason Leavitt with Beyond Toxics and Aya Cockram with Fossil Free Eugene, talking about dangerous, toxic emissions from methane gas kitchen cooking stoves and attempts by gas companies to mislead consumers and lawmakers about “natural” gas health impacts.  We also share news, music, and reflections on diminished north Idaho and Northwest fossil fuels and overall train traffic, environmental groups’ case against BNSF Railway-caused, grizzly bear deaths, a publicly opposed, Idaho agency decision reducing credits for rooftop solar power generation, widespread, regional gas outages and pipeline pressure and supply losses during frigid winter weather, upcoming pipeline resistance direct action trainings, a global week of demonstrations against fossil fuels insurers, and a nationwide request for White House council intervention in federal approval of the GTN Xpress gas pipeline expansion.  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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →