Monthly Archives: August 2017

Climate Justice Forum: Spokane Coal Train Rider, Fossil Fuel Trains Before Third Panhandle Paddle, Montana Oil Trains through Coal Train Wreck, Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal Hearing, Spokane Coal & Oil Train Ballot Measure, Minnesota Valve Turner Hearing, Lake Pend Oreille Earthquakes 8-30-17

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The Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news about a shirtless, coal train rider in Spokane, Third Panhandle Paddle actions and increased fossil fuel train traffic in Sandpoint, and the Montana Rail Link coal train wreck and oil trains in Montana.  We also cover a Tesoro Savage oil-by-rail terminal hearing in Vancouver, a ballot measure proposed to fine uncovered coal trains and volatile oil trains in Spokane, a tar sands pipeline valve turner court hearing in Minnesota, and earthquakes around the current and proposed, Lake Pend Oreille rail bridges.  Broadcast for five and a half 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, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Montana Coal Train Spill, Third Panhandle Paddle, Idaho & Washington Energy Committee Meetings, Halted Montana Coal Mine, Dakota Access Lawsuit Against Water Protectors, Tacoma Gas Plant & Wisconsin Pipeline Protests 8-23-17

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The Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features updates on the Third Panhandle Paddle in Sandpoint and the Montana Rail Link coal train wreck and spill into the Clark Fork River in Montana, and news about meetings of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council.  We also cover a Montana court victory over expansion of an underground coal mine, a Dakota Access pipeline company lawsuit against NoDAPL, water protectors, and protests of a liquefied natural gas plant in Tacoma and an Enbridge tar sands pipeline in Wisconsin.  Broadcast for five and a half 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, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Third Panhandle Paddle

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August 25-27 Third Panhandle Paddle

No2ndBridge Panel, Action Training, & Flotilla Rally

The Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) collective and allied activists, friends, and supporters invite and heartily welcome your input and involvement during an upcoming weekend of opportunities to discuss, train for, and stage resistance to the fossil fuel and railroad industry degraders of basic, global, human, environmental, and climate health and rights. In the wake of seven north Idaho and northwest Montana train derailments and collisions in five months, the disastrous, oil and coal train wrecks, spills, and pollution in the Columbia River Gorge village of Mosier, Oregon, and the upstream, Clark Fork River town of Heron, Montana, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway’s (BNSF) north Idaho, double track construction and second, Lake Pend Oreille, rail bridge proposal and preparation, interior Northwest residents are rising up, organizing, and co-hosting third annual Panhandle Paddle activities, to stand against the volatile Alberta tar sands and fracked Bakken crude oil trains, dusty Powder River Basin coal trains, and fossil fuel infrastructure use, expansion, and deterioration that recklessly endanger our lives, communities, lands, water, air, and climate [1-3].  Please join us at these annual events at the Gardenia Center, City Beach Park, and Dog Beach Park in Sandpoint, Idaho, on August 25 to 27! Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Montana Riverside Coal Train Wreck, Idaho Oil & Gas Forced Pooling, Herb Goodwin & NoDAPL Court Cases, Upcoming Hearings, Gatherings, & Actions 8-16-17

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The Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news about the Montana Rail Link coal train wreck and spill into a northwest Montana river upstream of Lake Pend Oreille, and updates on the court cases of a southwest Idaho group challenging forced, oil and gas lease pooling, and of WIRT activist Herb Goodwin and other Dakota Access pipeline water protectors.  We also offer announcements of the upcoming Healing Gathering for the Land and Water‎ in northern Alberta, Third Panhandle Paddle in Sandpoint, and fossil fuel train blockader George Taylor’s necessity defense hearing in Spokane.  Broadcast for five and a half 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 covers continent-wide, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Young, Climate Lawsuit Plaintiffs Visit Sandpoint on Saturday, August 12

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On Saturday, August 12, from 12 noon to 2 pm, meet Gabe Mandell, Aji Piper, and Adonis Williams, three of the 21 world-famous children involved in “trials of the millennium” – climate lawsuits brought by young people against state and federal governments [1-3].  These court cases allege that governments’ roles in creating and perpetuating the climate crisis violate the U.S. Constitution and public trust doctrine.  Adonis, Aji, and Gabe will share their stories through words and music, depicting the renowned, federal, Juliana v. U.S. and Washington state lawsuits they have filed to ensure a sustainable, livable environment for them and future generations.

These incredible litigants also serve as climate justice ambassadors for the Pacific Northwest chapter of Plant for the Planet, an international organization with over 100,000 young members who have planted more than 14 billion trees in over 130 nations [4].  Through this public presentation and following youth event, with free but limited audience seating at the Gardenia Center, 400 Church Street in Sandpoint, Idaho, learn what you can do to join this movement.  Event sponsors 350Sandpoint, Pacific Northwest Plant for the Planet, and Our Children’s Trust encourage family attendance.  For further information, see the enclosed links and attached flyer and media release, and email and call the hosts at info@350sandpoint.org and 208-627-9084.  Thanks! Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Spokane Train Blockaders Talk, Rolling Washington Oil Train Blockades, Kalispel Tribe Paddle, Tar Sands Healing Gathering & Valve Turner Hearings, Sandpoint Climate Resistance Events 8-9-17

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The Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features the second half of the Spokane train blockaders talk in Sandpoint, Idaho, on July 29.  Raging Grannies Margie Heller, Nancy Nelson, and Deena Romoff and Veteran for Peace Rusty Nelson discuss their reasons for and results of stopping coal and oil trains in East Spokane, Washington, in late August and September 2016.  We also cover upcoming, tar sands pipeline valve turner hearings, a northern Alberta healing gathering, a Kalispel Tribe paddle, and Sandpoint climate change and rail bridge resistance presentations, trainings, and actions, as well as two Shut Down Fossil Fuels blockades of the same oil train in western Washington, on Monday after Base Camp.  Broadcast for five and a half 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 offers news and interviews about continent-wide, community opposition to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Early August Climate & Indigenous Activism Opportunities!

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August 3-5: Remember the Water Kalispel Pow Wow & Paddle

From 9 am on Thursday, August 3, until Saturday, August 5, descendants of the original inhabitants of remote, north Idaho, the Kalispel people, will paddle 51 miles in traditional canoes and camp twice, between City Beach Park in Sandpoint, Idaho, and the Kalispel Pow Wow Grounds north of Usk, Washington. Nathan Piengkham and other organizers of the event called Remember the Water invite regional, canoe families, water protectors, and supporters to join them in part or all of their amazing journey on Lake Pend Oreille and the Pend Oreille River, emphasizing respect for water throughout their aboriginal homeland.  They ask for help with extra food, canoes, and kayaks, brought to the Thursday morning send-off and later camps.

Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) activists have been eagerly awaiting this event, grateful, encouraged, and elated that Kalispel and other tribal families are reviving traditional canoes and accompanying ceremonies that restore and show inspiring interactions with sacred lake and river waters. Potential participants can reserve and rent kayaks and paddle boards at two downtown Sandpoint businesses, and converge with any type of manual watercraft at “Sand Place,” the Kalispel name for current City Beach Park, the site of some of the largest, Northwest gatherings and festivals of Natives until the 1930s.  Or plan to meet at one of the various camping spots and/or paddle on shorter sections of the trip.  See the following links and the Kalispel facebook page, for event flyers, route maps, updates, and further information about event schedules and locations, subject to change.

Remember the Water Kalispel Pow Wow 51-Mile Paddle, July 19, 2017 Ivy Sparrow Robin

Remember the Water Pow Wow & 51-Mile Paddle, July 25, 2017 Nathan Piengkham

Sandpoint City Beach Park to Kalispel Pow Wow Grounds Route, July 19, 2017 Helen Yost

August 3-6: Base Camp: Shut Down the Fossil Fuel Empire Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Spokane Train Blockaders Talk in Sandpoint, Kalispel Tribe Paddle, Fossil Fuel Resistance Camp, #No2ndBridge Outreach, Oil Pipeline Protests, Sabotage, & Reduced Regulations 8-2-17

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The Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features the first of two parts of the Spokane train blockaders talk in Sandpoint, Idaho, on July 29.  Raging Grannies Margie Heller, Nancy Nelson, and Deena Romoff and Veteran for Peace Rusty Nelson discuss their backgrounds, motivations, arrests, and court cases for blocking Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal and oil trains in East Spokane, Washington, in late August and September 2016.  We also cover an upcoming Kalispel Tribe paddle, a fossil fuel resistance camp, second Lake Pend Oreille rail bridge opposition outreach, and oil pipeline protests, sabotage, and reduced regulations in California, North Dakota, and Montana.  Broadcast for five and a half 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 offers news and interviews about continent-wide, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.