Calendar

Sep
9
Mon
Idaho Rivers United/Nez Perce Federal Court Hearing @ James McClure Federal Building
Sep 9 @ 11:00 pm – Sep 10 @ 12:30 am

FROM WIRT: In solidarity with Nez Perce megaload blockaders, carpools are departing the WIRT Activist House at 8 am on Monday, September 9, with stops through the reservation, to rally outside and pack the 4 pm Boise federal court hearing seeking a megaload injunction. Advocates for the West will present oral arguments for suspending Idaho Transportation Department permits for Highway 12 megaloads until the Forest Service completes its megaload impact study. After the Nez Perce Tribe and Idaho Rivers United (IRU) versus the U.S. Forest Service case hearing, IRU is hosting a gathering of anti-megaload activists that evening, before we return to north central Idaho. Please contact IRU at 208-343-7481 or info@idahorivers.org if you can attend the party and call 208-301-8039 if you plan to carpool from the Moscow area. The following article and alert describe new developments in this lawsuit.

Oct
11
Fri
Presentation, “The Whole Story of Climate Change” by E. Kirsten Peters @ 1912 Center, Great Room
Oct 11 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am

Sponsored by Friends of the Moscow Library. She recently published a book on this subject. PESC tried to set up a presentation from her back at the beginning of this year but conflicts got in the way. Her talk should be interesting and perhaps controversial because she presents climate change from the perspective of geologic history. Flyer about E. Kirsten Peters talk, “The Whole Story of Climate Change.”

 

While the recent work of climate scientists has added
greatly to our understanding of the fragility of climate, the
public rarely hears from geologists— even though
geologists have been studying climate change for almost
200 years. The typical American has the impression that
climate would be stable if it weren’t for industrialization and
the production of greenhouse gases from smokestacks and
cars. However, geologic history reveals a ceaselessly
changing climate going back millions of years before the
modern economy.

 

As The Whole Story of Climate explains, several long, cold
spells have been punctuated by short, warm ones. We are,
in fact, currently living in one of the short, warm periods
that the Earth has seen many times before. There is even a
serious hypothesis worth exploring that if it weren’t for the
greenhouse gases created for millennia by agriculture we
would today be headed back into a time of bitterly cold
temperatures worthy of the mastodons and mammoths
many of us read about as children.

 

Elsa Kirsten Peters grew up in Pullman. She was a geology major
at Princeton and earned her PhD in geology at Harvard. She has
taught undergraduate geology at WSU and is the author of several
books, as well as the syndicated “Rock Doc” newspaper column.
She has also published murder mysteries under the pen name
Irene Allen.

Apr
24
Thu
Booksigning, “Goliath Staggered” @ Bookpeople of Moscow
Apr 24 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am

On April 3rd in Boise, journalist and Idaho Magazine managing editor Steve Bunk will launch his new book “Goliath Staggered.” The book “follows the rise, growth, and triumph of the people’s movement to prevent major oil companies from transforming Highway 12’s federally protected Wild and Scenic River corridor through northern Idaho into a high-and-wide industrial thoroughfare.”

Book signing party: Moscow: April 23rd, 7 p.m., at BookPeople, 521 S. Main, 208-882-2669. Event sponsors: Friends of the Clearwater and Wild Idaho Rising Tide.

May
1
Thu
DamNation at Kenworthy @ Kenworthy Performing Arts Center
May 1 @ 2:00 am – 3:30 am

On Wednesday April 30, FOC and Save Our Wild Salmon are co-sponsoring the documentary DamNation, which takes a critical look at the dam building era of the 20th Century and the efforts to decommission dams and recover native fish and aquatic ecosystems in the 21st Century. The film starts 7 pm at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre,508 S. Main Street, Moscow. Watch the trailer.

Oct
29
Wed
2014 Marine & Rail Oil Transportation Study: Public Meeting @ Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, Spokane
Oct 29 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am

Tuesday and Thursday, October 28 and 30, 6 to 8 pm: 2014 Marine and Rail Oil Transportation Study public meeting, Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, 322 North Spokane Falls Court, Spokane, Washington, on Tuesday, and at an unknown location in Lacey/Olympia on Thursday

 

Governor Inslee and Washington agency staff are conducting a study addressing the significant increases in oil transportation across the state, with hearings and comments that assess the risks and impacts of oil transportation to rail line and terminal communities and waterways.  Crucial opportunities for public participation can provide input, express concerns, and inform state responses to combined oil and coal train and ship traffic affecting environmental and public health and safety and regional livelihoods and economies.  Contact WIRT for Palouse carpool arrangements to Spokane.

 

 

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/OilMovement/2014MRstudy.html

Oct
31
Fri
2014 Marine & Rail Oil Transporation Study: Public Meeting @ Double Tree Inn by Hilton - Spokane
Oct 31 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am

Tuesday and Thursday, October 28 and 30, 6 to 8 pm: 2014 Marine and Rail Oil Transportation Study public meeting, Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, 322 North Spokane Falls Court, Spokane, Washington, on Tuesday, and at an unknown location in Lacey/Olympia on Thursday

 

Governor Inslee and Washington agency staff are conducting a study addressing the significant increases in oil transportation across the state, with hearings and comments that assess the risks and impacts of oil transportation to rail line and terminal communities and waterways.  Crucial opportunities for public participation can provide input, express concerns, and inform state responses to combined oil and coal train and ship traffic affecting environmental and public health and safety and regional livelihoods and economies.  Contact WIRT for Palouse carpool arrangements to Spokane.

 

 

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/OilMovement/2014MRstudy.html

Jan
20
Tue
Climate Change Class, Pullman Parks and Rec @ Pullman Parks and Rec.
Jan 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if  you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.

Jan
27
Tue
Climate Change Class, Pullman Parks and Rec @ Pullman Parks and Rec.
Jan 27 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if  you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.

Feb
3
Tue
Climate Change Class, Pullman Parks and Rec @ Pullman Parks and Rec.
Feb 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if  you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.

Feb
10
Tue
Climate Change Class, Pullman Parks and Rec @ Pullman Parks and Rec.
Feb 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if  you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.

Feb
17
Tue
Climate Change Class, Pullman Parks and Rec @ Pullman Parks and Rec.
Feb 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if  you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.

Sep
12
Mon
Return of the River @ Kenworthy Performing Arts Center
Sep 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm

This documentary, along with the captivating photos of nature, brings to light a successful dam removal project in Washington State on the Elwha River. Join us at our screening of this award-winning film at the Kenworthy in Moscow. (Click www.elwhafilm.com for more details on the film from the producers.)

Sep
17
Sat
Free the Snake Flotilla Event
Sep 17 all-day

Demonstrate with us against the obsolete dams on the Snake River. Last demonstration, over 150 boats were present! (Contact us for details.)

Apr
6
Thu
Panel Discussion on Future of Grizzly Bear Recovery @ University of Idaho Law School
Apr 6 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Apr
11
Thu
Grizzly Bear Status
Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Grizzly Bear Status FOC Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse.