One day after the Idaho Transportation Department green lighted two mega-loads to travel through Idaho toward the Kearl Oil Sands in Alberta, protests against the controversial Canadian project will be staged across the globe.

Scores of protests are scheduled for London, Copenhagen, Vienna, 11 Canadian cities, and 25 cities in the United States.  A group calling itself Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) will be protesting in Moscow, where at least two of the mega-loads will roll by later this month.

Read more: Global Protests Against Tar Sands

(By George Prentice, Boise Weekly)

MOSCOW – Activists from Wild Idaho Rising Tide will conduct a rally Saturday against megaloads.

Regional residents are invited to join WIRT for the rally at 10:30 am at the gravel parking lot just north of the Palouse River Drive and U.S. Highway 95 intersection. Organizers plan to employ banners, signs, musical instruments, voices, and a megaload-sized rope outline.

The group will make a two-mile march along the length of the megaload route through Moscow. They can be joined anywhere along the way. The group will conclude its march at the gravel lot on North Main Street at about 12:30 pm.

(By The Lewiston Tribune)

A quick look at what’s going on in our region:

…

Moscow march targets megaloads

A march to protest the proposed transport of oversized oil equipment on U.S. Highway 95 will start at 5:30 TONIGHT at the Eggan Youth Center, 1515 East D Street, Moscow.  The march will conclude with delivery of a regional anti-megaloads petition and participant letters to the Idaho Transportation Department at a public meeting at 7 p.m. at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center, 1724 East F Street, Moscow.

Talk will focus on how loads may affect emergency personnel, public works

The city of Moscow will host a roundtable discussion at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Moscow City Council Chambers on the technical aspects of Imperial Oil/Exxon Mobil’s proposed plan to transport oversized oil refinery equipment through Moscow and Latah County on U.S. Highway 95.

The city has arranged for ExxonMobil/Imperial Oil Project Manager Ken Johnson and representatives from the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to discuss the elements of the proposed loads as they relate primarily to law enforcement, emergency medical services, and public works.

The city is working to document stakeholder concerns and assist in facilitating the ability to address concerns regarding the possible transport of oversized loads on Highway 95.

Members of the Moscow Police Department, the Public Works Department, and the City Council will attend.

Representatives from the Latah County Sheriff’s office, Idaho State Police, post office, and chamber of commerce as well as from Gritman Medical Center have been invited to attend. Continue reading →

Members of Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) and area residents will gather at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the grounds of the Eggan Youth Center, 1515 E. D Street in Moscow, for a march protesting the proposed transport of megaloads up U.S. Highway 95 through Moscow.  All are invited to join in this walking rally that will conclude with delivery of a regional petition and letters to the Idaho Transportation Department at a public meeting hosted by the City of Moscow 7 to 10 p.m. at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center, 1724 E. F Street in Moscow.

Wild Idaho Rising Tide is part of an international, grassroots network of groups and individuals working to promote local, community-based solutions to the climate crisis.  For information about WIRT or related citizen actions, email wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com, go to wildidahorisingtide.org or facebook, or write P.O. Box 9817, Moscow, Idaho, 83843.

WIRT can also be found 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. most Saturdays from May to October at the Moscow Farmers Market in Friendship Square.

(By Moscow-Pullman Daily News)

MOSCOW – Members of Wild Idaho Rising Tide and area residents will gather on the grounds of the Eggan Youth Center, 1515 East D Street in Moscow, for a march protesting megaloads at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The public is invited to join in this walking rally, which will culminate with delivery of a regional anti-megaloads petition and participant letters to the Idaho Transportation Department at an interactive public meeting starting at 7 pm at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center, 1724 East F Street in Moscow.

More information is available on the website at Wild Idaho Rising Tide.

(By The Lewiston Tribune)