Climate Justice Forum: Idaho Nuclear SMR, Washington Biomass & Replaced Dam Energy, Asian Methane Demand, California Refinery & Appalachia Pipeline Protests, Unsafe Plastic Water Pipes 2-14-24


The Wednesday, February 14, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on an abandoned small modular reactor (SMR) test project for Utah nuclear power at the Idaho National Laboratory, a new English biomass pellet production plant under construction in Washington, an agreement among regional tribes and state and federal governments to replace removed Snake River dam hydroelectric with renewable energy, a predicted increase in Asian methane gas demand and imports, a California protest outside a Chevron refinery linking oil and gas interests to Israel genocide of Palestinians, on-site and solidarity actions against the Mountain Valley gas pipeline in Appalachia, and a report indicating the health and safety risks of plastic drinking water pipes, after an Ohio toxic chemicals derailment.  Broadcast for twelve 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.

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The Collapse of NuScale’s Project Should Spell the End for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, January 31, 2024 Utility Dive

Carbon Free Power Project, February 5, 2024 Idaho National Laboratory

UK Largest Renewable Energy Supplier Building Longview Plant along Columbia River, February 10, 2024 Daily News (Longview, Washington)

Tribes to Sponsor One to Three Gigawatts of Renewables to Help Retire Dams and Restore Salmon, January 29, 2024 PV Magazine

BMI Says Outlook for Asia Natural Gas Demand Remains Bullish, February 12, 2024 RigZone

Chevron Get Out of Palestine, February 4, 2024 Indy Bay

Appalachians Against Pipelines, January 28 to 30, 2024 Appalachians Against Pipelines

New Report Raises Questions about Safety of Using PVC Plastic Pipes for Drinking Water, April 18, 2023 Beyond Plastics

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