Monthly Archives: March 2024

Climate Justice Forum: 13th WIRT Celebrations, Northwest Pipeline Construction, FERC Nominee Hearings, Amazon Gas Use, BC LNG Impacts & Native Updates, Canadian Bank Pressure 3-27-24

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The Wednesday, March 27, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on upcoming thirteenth anniversary celebrations of WIRT, Washington and Oregon state opposition to industry insistence on federal approval to start construction of the GTN Xpress methane pipeline expansion in April 2024, letters to Northwest senators about energy commissioner nominees and their Congressional hearing, to Amazon denouncing its possible use of GTN Xpress gas, and to a British Columbia official warning of the climate impacts of increased fracking and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, Canadian organizing pressure forcing changes in fossil fuels funding banks, and updates and resistance camp opportunities with First Nations.  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. Continue reading →

13th Annual Celebration of Wild Idaho Rising Tide

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13th Annual Celebration of WIRT FlyerWild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) is celebrating its March 31 anniversary and thirteenth year as a regional, climate activists collective confronting the root causes and perpetrators of air pollution, water degradation, and resulting climate change, through direct actions and locally organized solutions, in solidarity with frontline communities and grassroots networks of fossil fuels resistance [1-5].  We welcome everyone of all ages to enjoy this milestone at two 13th Annual Celebrations of WIRT, held as benefit performances and potluck gatherings in Sandpoint and Moscow, Idaho, with provided pizza, requested snacks and beverages, a background slide show of WIRT and allied activism, and updates on six Northwest campaigns.  WIRT invites and extends our hearty thanks to the remarkable core activists, board members, friends, and allies who have coordinated and shared the successes of ongoing citizen challenges of the corporate and government sources of climate chaos.

Please join WIRT activists on two early spring evenings, for convergences full of lively music, spirited conversations, invigorating camaraderie, wholesome food and drink, and creative works offered by north Idaho and regional residents.  At each of these free, public events, we eagerly anticipate community members sharing their admired talents and participating as volunteers and/or sponsors.  These yearly festivities not only strive to raise awareness and funds supporting relentless, earnest, WIRT climate activism, but also seek to further attract and involve cross-cultural and youth diversity in the climate justice movement in Idaho and the Northwest.

Thursday, March 28, 7 pm: Community Open Mic & Desiree Aguirre

Gardenia Center, 400 Church Street, Sandpoint

WIRT encourages poets, writers, musicians, creative peers, and allied groups to participate in an open microphone and potluck meal, at one of the last community events at the Gardenia Center, a beloved gathering place currently for sale and as endangered by development as the Earth [6].  A local poet will host reading and sharing of odes and tributes to the decades of community service bestowed by and through the Gardenia.  Multi-instrumentalist, roots musician Desiree Aguirre will sing stories and play banjo and maybe guitar for 30 to 45 minutes, and organizers will “pass the hat” for donations covering event publicity and travel.

Friday, March 29, 7 pm: Campaign Updates & the Eclectrix

The Attic, 314 East Second Street (rear, second story), Moscow

During this year’s celebrations in both Sandpoint and Moscow, WIRT and allied group representatives plan to lead discussions about resistance campaigns and upcoming events, including Northwest tar sands mining and refining megaloads and Alberta tailing pond breaches, southwest Idaho oil and gas extraction and waste injection wells and plant emissions, Paradise Ridge highway construction through wetlands and rare native habitat, Idaho Panhandle fossil fuels and hazardous freight trains and railroad infrastructure and wrecks, Lake Pend Oreille-adjacent timber sales, and Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress pipeline expansion.  The high-energy Eclectrix duo of Jessica Amy Cowitz and Fiddlin’ Big Al Chidester will also play a variety of folk, blues, and country music as well as original compositions on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and banjo. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Amory Lovins on Efficient & Renewable Energy Growth Displacing Fossil Fuels, March Equinox & Full Moon, 13th Annual Celebrations of WIRT 3-20-24

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The Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features physicist, author, and efficient and renewable energy designer Amory Lovins of RMI (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute) talking about exponential market demand for decarbonized products and power systems displacing incumbent energy industries and outdated government policies.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the March equinox and full moon and upcoming thirteenth annual celebrations of WIRT.  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. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Wet’suwet’en Chief Na’Moks & Eve Saint on BC Pipeline Resistance, 13th WIRT Celebrations, Spokane Gaza Grief, Kearl Tar Sands & Nevada Lithium Mine Lawsuits 3-13-24

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The Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features March 10 webinar speakers Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief Na’Moks and land defender Eve Saint, calling for actions  against Royal Bank of Canada funding of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through their unceded indigenous territory in British Columbia.  We also share news, music, and reflections on upcoming thirteenth annual WIRT celebrations offering campaign updates and live music and poetry, a Spokane grief circle for Gaza, a First Nation lawsuit against Alberta energy regulators over Kearl tar sands tailing pond leaks, and a dismissed claim against protesters of the Thacker Pass Nevada lithium mine.  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. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Dam & Reservoir Emissions, Carcinogenic Fuels from Plastic, Record Ocean Heat, Idaho Two-Train Collision, FERC Nominees, Israel Embassy Immolator 3-6-24

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The Wednesday, March 6, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on methane and greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed California and all U.S. hydropower dams and reservoirs, environmental agency approval of jet and boat fuels refined from plastics that could cause cancer with every lifetime exposure, record-breaking ocean heat acceleration, a north Idaho head-on, two-train collision, White House nominated Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioners, and Palestine-supportive self-immolator Aaron Bushnell outside the Washington D.C. Israeli embassy.  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. Continue reading →