Category Archives: Events

Idaho Fracking Forum Recording: Part 2

Posted on by
Reply

KRFP Radio Free Moscow recently posted the second part of the Idaho Fracking Forum recorded on February 11 at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center in Moscow.  Sponsored by the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, Palouse Group Sierra Club, and Wild Idaho Rising Tide, the public discussion addressed the policy and science of newly emerging natural gas industry practices in Idaho.  Panel speakers included southern Idaho anti-fracking activists Liz Amason and Amanda Buchanan, University of Idaho hydrogeologist Jerry Fairley, Kai Huschke of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and Idaho Representative Tom Trail of Moscow.  State Senator Dan Schmidt of Moscow and several visiting and resident audience members also contributed to the conversation.  Please see Idaho Fracking Forum for more information about the forum and listen to Idaho Fracking Forum Part 2.

Climate Justice Forum: John Wolverton & Kyla Wiens 2-27-12

Posted on by
Reply

This Monday, February 27, Wild Idaho Rising Tide’s weekly broadcast and audio-streamed Climate Justice Forum radio program will host John Wolverton of the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club and Kyla Wiens of the Montana Environmental Information Center in a conversation about their court case with Missoula County and the National Wildlife Federation, the repercussions of Judge Dayton’s decision, and the future of our regional resistance to tar sands heavy hauls by several companies.  Please listen between 7:30 and 9 pm PST every Monday to KRFP Radio Free Moscow, as we cover regional and national dirty energy news and grassroots resistance.

Idaho Fracking Forum Recording: Part 1

Posted on by
Reply

KRFP Radio Free Moscow recently posted the first half of the Idaho Fracking Forum recorded on February 11 at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center in Moscow.  Sponsored by the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, Palouse Group Sierra Club, and Wild Idaho Rising Tide, the public discussion addressed the policy and science of newly emerging natural gas industry practices in Idaho.  Panel speakers included southern Idaho anti-fracking activists Liz Amason and Amanda Buchanan, University of Idaho hydrogeologist Jerry Fairley, Kai Huschke of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and Idaho Representative Tom Trail of Moscow.  State Senator Dan Schmidt of Moscow and several visiting and resident audience members also contributed to the conversation.  Please see Idaho Fracking Forum for more information about the forum and listen to Idaho Fracking Forum Part 1.

Climate Justice Forum: Scott Parkin 2-20-12

Posted on by
Reply

By adopting Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) as a DJ for only ten dollars per month, you could support the media outlet that has most accurately and continuously covered our work, KRFP Radio Free Moscow.  Please listen to WIRT’s Climate Justice Forum program every Monday at 7:30 pm PST.  This week, we will host Scott Parkin of Rising Tide North America, other radio guests, and news about regional dirty energy developments and resistance.

Climate Justice Forum: Alma Hasse & Tina Fisher 2-13-12

Posted on by
Reply

Listen to the Climate Justice Forum program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide on KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday, between the Flashpoints and Occupy Wall Street shows, 7:30 to 9:00 pm PST.  Tonight, we welcome Payette County activists Alma Hasse and Tina Fisher discussing proposed natural gas production regulations and interactions in southern Idaho.  We will also air excerpts from Saturday’s Idaho Fracking Forum in Moscow and regional dirty energy resistance news.

Idaho Fracking Forum

Posted on by
2

On Saturday, February 11, several Moscow area conservation organizations are hosting a series of events that describe and deliberate proposed natural gas drilling in Idaho using the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) method that has poisoned hundreds of water wells across the U.S.  Everyone is welcome at a 5 pm screening of the Emmy award winning movie Gasland, followed by a 6:30 pm community potluck and presentation by hydrogeologist Jerry Fairley, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, 420 East Second Street in Moscow.  The Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition (PESC), Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), and the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club (PGSC) are co-sponsoring these gatherings. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Amanda Buchanan & Kai Huschke 2-6-11

Posted on by
Reply

Listen to Wild Idaho Rising Tide’s Climate Justice Forum on Monday night, February 6, between 7:30 and 9 pm PST on KRFP Radio Free Moscow.  Washington County anti-fracking activist Amanda Buchanan and Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund organizer Kai Huschke will update us on developments in state and county oil and natural gas rules, bills, and ordinances.  Joann Muneta will discuss Moscow Farmers Market tabling changes, and show host Helen Yost will address the costs of Idaho megaloads and upcoming Moscow protests and fracking documentaries, forums, and petitions.

Climate Justice Forum: Jo Bohna & Lin Laughy 1-30-12

Posted on by
Reply

Listen to the audio-streamed Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) radio show Climate Justice Forum on Mondays between 7:30 and 9:00 pm PST.  Tonight’s program on January 30 includes conversations with regional megaload protesters Jo Bohna and Linwood Laughy and updates on Idaho fracking rules, laws, and the Idaho Fracking Forum in Moscow.  Support this listener-sponsored, progressive broadcast by contributing to KRFP Radio Free Moscow as you adopt WIRT as a DJ for only ten dollars per month!

Climate Justice Forum: Aaron Malgren 1-23-12

Posted on by
Reply

Starting on Monday, January 23, between 7:30 and 9:00 pm PST, Wild Idaho Rising Tide is hosting a 1 1/2 hour radio show entitled Climate Justice Forum, aired at 92.5 FM and audio-streamed by KRFP Radio Free Moscow.  On our inaugural broadcast, we will host Aaron Malgren, one of two cyclists arrested during the critical mass Bikes, Not Bitumen! protest against Imperial Oil tar sands transports through Moscow on October 6.

In every one of our programs sandwiched between Flashpoints and Occupy Wall Street, we plan to intersperse our regional and national dirty energy news and interviews with activists and academics with coverage of the work of our fellow Rising Tide colleagues across the country.  Besides announcing direct actions and educational events that people in the Northern Rockies/Northwest could attend, we would greatly appreciate talking with each of you by phone on the air about your admirable initiatives and successes in confronting climate change challenges.  Please contact us soon to arrange a Monday evening conversation!  If we do not hear from you, expect an invitation soon…

Citizen-Led Upper Lochsa Land Exchange Public Meeting

Posted on by
Reply

On Monday, December 12, at 7 pm MST, representatives of the National Association of Forest Service Retirees (NAFSR) and Friends of the Palouse Ranger District (FPRD) are sponsoring and hosting an educational meeting in the Multipurpose Room of the Riggins High School in Riggins, Idaho.  NAFSR is a national organization that opposes the Upper Lochsa Land Exchange, while FPRD is a local group that has actively challenged the land swap since 2009.  These stalwart guardians of our public lands will provide relevant information and straight answers to all of your questions about this egregious federal acquiescence to land speculator greed.  They will share the inaccuracies and omissions of narratives forwarded by the Forest Service and exchange proponents, the administrative processes and evolution of the trade proposal, and the actions you can engage to oppose the exchange.  Please also visit Stop the Swap! for further insights.

(From WIRT Newsletter)