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“The Great Coal Train Tour from Billings to Bellingham” concert by Dana Lyons will be here Friday 10/19, 7 p.m., at the UUCP church, upstairs. The event is being organized by Wild Idaho Rising Tide. You can listen to his ‘Sometimes (Coal Train Song)’ at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6NvixeYTI.
There is a documentary on our energy future called “Switch” http://www.switchenergyproject.com/ Showing at Borah Theater, U of I at 1 p.m. on the 23rd; also showing there at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25.
PBS’s Frontline: A Climate of Doubt examines the cooling of the global warming issue in today’s political arena. Four years ago, climate change was a hot issue and politicians from both sides seemed poised to act. Today public opinion on the climate issue has cooled considerably. Politicians either ignore it or proclaim their skepticism. What’s behind this massive reversal? On Oct 23, FRONTLINE goes inside the organizations that fought the scientific establishment to shift the direction of the climate debate. In our area, this program will be showing at 9:00 p.m. on Channel 7 and at 10:00 p.m. on Channel 12.
There is a documentary on our energy future called “Switch” http://www.switchenergyproject.com/ Showing at Borah Theater, U of I at 1 p.m. on the 23rd; also showing there at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25.
Would you be interested in car-pooling to see this? Annie Leonard, who made the film “The Story of Stuff” and also “The Story of Change” (available on YouTube) will be speaking at the Fox Theater on Wednesday, 10/31, from 5-7pm. Her film will be shown at 4:30 (or it can be viewed on line as well). http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/2012-spokane/speakers-events.html?log-event=sp2f-view-item&nid=361160251
What Do We Currently Know about the Impacts of Climate Change on PNW Agriculture? http://breeze.wsu.edu/csanr_series/
Palouse Food Innovation Summit this Monday, 11:30-4:30 (Livestock 8-11:30) at 1912 Center; the afternoon session from 1-4:30 looks especially relevant and well-planned. See details on attached flyer; it appears that everything is free including lunch and registration did not seem to have a deadline: www.uidaho.edu/
Palouse Food Innovation Summit this Monday, 11:30-4:30 (Livestock 8-11:30) at 1912 Center; the afternoon session from 1-4:30 looks especially relevant and well-planned. See details on attached flyer; it appears that everything is free including lunch and registration did not seem to have a deadline: www.uidaho.edu/
This meeting is for all interested in the US95 realignment from Thorncreek Road to Moscow
This public meeting is being organized to discuss the US95 realignment from Thorncreek Road to Moscow. It is sponsored by PESC, PRDC, and other concerned citizens. It will be followed by an onsite visit of the area through which the new highway (4-lane with median strip) will pass. Meeting will be at 12:00 p.m.
Public hearing organized by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). So far as I know, there is not a schedule of events.
See video at: http://us95thorncreek.com/
According to the ITD web site, http://us95thorncreek.com/schedule-2/public-hearing/
“At the public hearing, you will have the opportunity to:
- Provide written comments or give verbal testimony to a public hearing officer about the DEIS.
- Give comments during the open-microphone sessions held at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
- Speak with the environmental and technical experts who conducted studies for the document.
- Learn about the alternatives that were evaluated and their benefits and impacts.
- Look at maps for each of the alternatives analyzed in the DEIS.”
Palouse Prairie Foundation and the White Pine Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society are organizing a public presentation and discussion of the proposed realignment of highway US95 between Moscow and Thorn Creek Road, and how it might affect native flora and fauna. Feb 7, 7:00 pm, 1912 Center, Fiske Room.
Details at: http://wildidahorisingtide.org/
6:30 pm: Moscow Volunteer Peace Band (parade to 1912 Center, starting at Friendship Square, weather permitting); 8 pm: Kelly Emo with Fiddlin’ Big Al; 9 pm: Dan Maher; 10 pm: Henry C. and the Willards. Sharon Cousins and Joshua Yeidel will make a special musical appearance
Public is invited. Contact Pat Fuerst for more information.
Mr. Nikiforuk is a Calgary-based journalist/author whose work has earned numerous honors. His 2008 book “Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent” was a national best seller and winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. His most recent book is “The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude” (2012). http://andrewnikiforuk.com