The Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on faster BNSF Railway freight transportation between the Northwest and the southern Rockies and plains via new north Idaho train bridges, a southern Idaho oil and gas forced leasing application, drilling-impacted riverside city parcels, and state-cancelled public hearing, Oregon and Washington compressor station construction for the GTN Xpress fracked methane pipeline expansion, artificial intelligence at data centers supporting and receiving energy from increased “natural” gas demand, a fiery pipeline explosion and evacuations in Texas and the coal-exceeding carbon footprint of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Hurricane Helene climate-worsened devastation and disaster relief in the southeast U.S.,  and fossil fuel industry participation and resulting protests at Climate Week New York City talks.  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 at KRFP and the Pacifica Network AudioPort, 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 →