Climate Justice Forum: Ohio Derailment Pollution, GTN Xpress, Dakota Access, Mountain Valley, & Trans Mountain Pipeline Protests, B.C. Land Defenders Trials, Climate Support Polls 6-26-24


The Wednesday, June 26, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on numerous western Washington coal trains, widespread contamination from a 2023 Ohio chemical derailment and preemptive fire, an Oregon citizen protest and data center use rejection and Northwest states petition for judicial review of the GTN Xpress methane pipeline expansion, completion and demonstrations against the Dakota Access, Mountain Valley, and Trans Mountain pipelines, postponed trials of indigenous land defenders opposed to a British Columbia gas pipeline, and American voter polls revealing majority support for fossil fuel company prosecution and federal policies resolving the climate crisis.  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.

Yell Fire!, April 8, 2021 Michael Franti and Spearhead

Eleven coal trains crossed western Washington…, June 24, 2024 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Chemicals from East Palestine Train Disaster Spread to 16 States: Study, June 19, 2024 Common Dreams

Foes of Disputed GTN Xpress Pipeline Expansion through Region Stage Protest Rally in Sunriver, June 13, 2024 KTVZ

Amazon Scraps Plan to Use Fuel Cells, Powered by Natural Gas, to Run Oregon Data Centers, June 11, 2024 Oregonian

TC Energy Clarifies Media Reports about GTN Xpress (GTNXP), June 19, 2024 TC Energy

Petition for Review filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of the Attorneys General for the States of Washington and Oregon regarding FERC’s 10/23/2023 et al orders under CP22-2, June 17, 2024 Washington and Oregon Attorneys General

Indigenous Tribes Lead D.C. Rally to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline, June 11, 2024 Common Dreams

MVP is Completed. What Could be Ahead for Future Pipeline Development in Virginia?, June 20, 2024 WVTF

Michael Franti & Spearhead – Brighter Day (Official Music Video), April 5, 2022 Michael Franti & Spearhead

Trudeau – Shutdown TMX! Wednesday, June 26, Banner Drop Action (Burnaby), June 24, 2024 Climate Convergence (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

The Colonial Courts Mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day… by Criminalizing Land Defenders, June 17, 2024 Decolonial Solidarity (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Coyote Camp Trial Postponed, But Supporters Continue to Take Action!, June 21, 2024 Decolonial Solidarity (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

U.S. Voters Overwhelmingly Support Holding Big Oil Accountable for Climate Crisis, Poll Reveals, May 30, 2024 Nation of Change

CNN Poll: Large Majority of U.S. Adults and Half of Republicans Agree with Biden’s Goal to Slash Climate Pollution, December 8, 2023 CNN

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