The Wednesday, June 19, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a June 5 speech by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, discussing the truth distortion and public deception of coal, oil, and gas corporations dismissing climate chaos for decades.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the Juneteenth celebration of the end of African-American slavery, the earliest summer solstice in 228 years and June full moon, sun, and planet alignments, facebook removal of a WIRT event announcement and flyer posts, a crime novel about Sandpoint investigations of coal train sabotage, an Arkansas gaseous chemical rail car leak and evacuations, a judicial order for BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish tribe for oil train trespass, environmental justice concerns about oil refinery impacts on or near Washington reservations, another Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejection of state arguments against Northwest methane pipeline expansion, and an Amazon decision to drop gas-powered fuel cells for its Oregon data centers after March 2024 Seattle protests.  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, 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.

Sounds of Blackness – Juneteenth Celebration (Official Music Video), May 10, 2022 Sounds of Blackness

Earliest Solstice in 228 Years to Precede Planetary Alignment in June Sky, May 31, 2024 AccuWeather

Summer Sunlight!, June 15, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Facebook Obstructs Democracy!, June 15, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Dick Sonnichsen’s Latest Crime Novel Brings the FBI to Sandpoint, June 13, 2024 Sandpoint Reader

Nitric Oxide Leak from Union Pacific Railcar in McRae Forces Highway Closure, Some Evacuations, June 17, 2024 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Judge Orders BNSF to Pay Washington Tribe $400M for Oil Train Trespass, June 17, 2024 Seattle Times

Environmental Justice Moves to Mainstream as Governments Embrace Cause, March 24, 2021 KUOW

Order Addressing Arguments Raised on Rehearing, June 17, 2024 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

‘Troublemakers’ Win the Day, but Questions Remain after Amazon Drops Pipeline Plans, June 12, 2024 KUOW

‘A Moment of Truth’, UN Secretary General António Guterres, June 5, 2024, June 7, 2024 Just Stop