Climate Justice Forum: Mason Leavitt & Aya Cockram on Gas Stove Emissions, Train Numbers & Killed Grizzlies, Idaho Solar Rates, Northwest Gas Losses & Pipeline & Insurance Protests 1-17-24


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.

Lake Street Dive – Making Do, September 30, 2020 Lake Street Dive

Diminished Sandpoint and Northwest Train Traffic, January 14, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Environmental Groups Sue over Train-Related Grizzly Deaths, December 14, 2023 Montana Free Press

Hundreds Opposed Changes to Rooftop Solar Credits in Idaho. It Was Just Approved Anyway, January 3, 2024 Idaho Statesman

Massive Gas Outage Threatens Millions of Americans’ Energy Supplies Amid Arctic Storm, January 13, 2024 Huffington Post

Avista Problems with Gas Pipeline Supplier, January 13, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Customers Help Avista Avert Natural Gas Crisis over Weekend Cold Snap: ‘We Know It was a Hardship’, January 17, 2024 Spokesman Review

Trainers for Northwest Pipeline Actions, January 11, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Join Us from February 26 to March 3 for a Global Week of Action to End Fossil Fuels, 2024 Global Insure Our Future

Release: Nearly 150 Groups Urge White House to Fully Review FERC’s Disastrous Approval of PNW Pipeline Expansion, January 16, 2024 Revolving Door Project

Fumes in Focus: Visualizing Air Pollution from Gas Stoves, January 15, 2024 KBOO Locus Focus

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