Monthly Archives: October 2018

Climate Justice Forum: #No2ndBridge Litigation Crowdfunding, Idaho Gubernatorial Debate, Kansas Waste Injection Earthquake, False Liberal Climate Solutions, West Coast Fossil Fuels Exports, Minnesota Police Protest Training, Mountain Valley Pipeline Hurdles, 14-Year Gulf Oil Spill 10-31-18

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The Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news and reflections on crowdfunding for litigation of an Idaho lake railroad bridges permit, oil and gas issues in an Idaho gubernatorial debate, the largest Kansas earthquake caused by fracking waste injection wells, ineffective, liberal and corporate, climate solutions, West Coast fossil fuels export and proposed military terminals, Minnesota police training for Line 3 pipeline protests, Mountain Valley pipeline barred from water crossings, and a 14-year-long, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill.  Broadcast for six 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 resistance to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Railroad Bridge Litigation Crowdfunding & Spill Practice, Increased Oil Trains with Less Safety, Trump Protests in Missoula, Court Order Against Warmer River Temps, Pipeline Resistance in Texas 10-24-18

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The Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news, reflections, and recordings about absent state oil and gas lease auctions, crowdfunding for litigation of an Idaho lake railroad bridges permit, train spill boom practice on Lake Pend Oreille, increased oil-by-rail traffic with reduced safety rules, protests during President Trump’s Missoula visit, a federal court order against warmer Columbia Basin river temperatures, Bayou Bridge pipeline resistance in Texas, and other topics.  Broadcast for six 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 opposition to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Crowdfund WIRT Litigation of Lake Railroad Bridges Permit

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On Tuesday, October 23, registered, Idaho, non-profit Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) launched the live, 90-day, crowdfunding campaign No Second Railroad Bridge over Idaho’s Largest Lake! on CrowdJustice [1].  We urgently need your help raising funds and organizing support for our petition for judicial review of the June 21, 2018, Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) permit for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway’s (BNSF) proposed construction and operation of two permanent and two temporary, parallel, railroad bridges adjacent to the present rail route across Sand Creek and almost a mile over Lake Pend Oreille, near Sandpoint.

Numerous citizens, groups, and government officials have offered written comments, hearing testimonies, public protests, and media articles during the last few years, expressing our concerns over BNSF’s Sandpoint Junction Connector project.  Dismissing this broad input, the state of Idaho approved BNSF’s encroachment permit.  So we are requesting that the Idaho First District Court in Bonner County conduct a rigorous, judicial review of the IDL record, and remand this agency decision for further IDL consideration.  And we are asking for your financial and outreach assistance of grassroots, volunteer, WIRT activists directly engaged in this legal effort.

WIRT greatly appreciates your physical and fiscal support of our extensive, fossil fuels resistance work over the last eight years.  Your essential participation has contributed to a continent-wide movement that is confronting the root causes of climate change, water degradation, and air pollution, through frontline resistance and solidarity and community solutions.  Among our many successful campaigns, WIRT has never faced such enormous, current, and upcoming expenses needed to access the courts and proceed with this case, including attorney, administrative record, bond, filing, and printing fees.

Please pursue these easy actions that will help us win this crucial litigation aimed at protecting our regional water, environment, and economy from the ongoing and potentially increased traffic, noise, pollution, derailment and collision risks, and catastrophic spills of coal, oil, tar sands, hazardous materials, and other “pipeline-on-wheels” trains in north Idaho and throughout the Northwest: Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Minnesota Acquittal of Valve Turners, Indigenous Peoples Day, Sioux Letter to TransCanada, Tribe Lawsuit Against Keystone XL Pipeline, Bayou Bridge & Line 3 Lock-Downs 10-10-18

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The Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news, reflections, and recordings of Indigenous Peoples Day, a Cheyenne River Sioux tribe cease and desist letter to TransCanada, a Fort Belknap and Rosebud tribe lawsuit against the Keystone XL pipeline, water protector lock-downs opposing the Minnesota Line 3 and Louisiana Bayou Bridge pipelines, Minnesota court acquittal of tar sands pipeline valve turners, and other topics.  Broadcast for six 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 resistance to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Railroad Bridges Lawsuit & Petition, Coal Derailments into Rivers, Relaxed Oil Train & Methane Release Rules, Montana Keystone XL Protesters as Terrorists, Solar Roadway Problems 10-3-18

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The Wednesday, October 3, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news and reflections on a lawsuit and petition against a state railroad bridges permit, coal train derailments into Montana and Utah rivers, Northwest governor reactions to changed federal oil train safety rules, relaxed national methane release laws, Montana plans to treat Keystone XL pipeline protesters as terrorists, solar-paneled roadway problems, and other topics.  Broadcast for six 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 resistance to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.