Climate Justice Forum: New Rail Service, Idaho Forced Gas Leasing, GTN Xpress Construction, AI Methane Demand, LNG Explosion & Footprint, Hurricane Helene, Climate Week NYC 10-9-24


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.

Our House is on Fire – Emma’s Revolution – Official Video, November 10, 2020 Emma’s Revolution

BNSF New Express Service to Aid in Transporting Supplies from Pacific Northwest to Texas, October 2, 2024 Fort Worth Report

Integration to Include City-Owned Fruitland Parcels, September 28, 2024 Independent-Enterprise

Docket No. CC-2024-OGR-01-002 – Application for Integration, 2024 Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Order Withdrawing Matter from Office of Administrative Hearings and Vacating Hearing, October 4, 2024 Idaho Department of Lands

Gas Transmission Northwest LLC Submits Biweekly Status Report No. 16 for the Period of 09/20/2024 to 10/03/2024 re the GTN Xpress Project under CP22-2, October 7, 2024 Gas Transmission Northwest

AI is Pushing Gas Demand to ‘Record Highs,’ Pipeline Builder TC Energy Says, October 3, 2024 DeSmog

LNG Pipeline Explosion and Fire Force Evacuations in Texas Town, September 16, 2024 Common Dreams

Living Planet, 2007 Emma’s Revolution

Liquefied Natural Gas Carbon Footprint is Worse than Coal, October 3, 2024 Cornell Chronicle

Hurricane Helene’s Devastation Shows No Region is Safe from Climate-Fueled Disaster, September 30, 2024 E&E News/Scientific American

Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief and Ways to Take Action, October 3, 2024 People vs. Fossil Fuels (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Fossil Fuel Presence at Climate Week NYC Spotlights Dissonance in Clean Energy Transition, September 27, 2024 Inside Climate News

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