The Wednesday, March 31, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), celebrates our tenth anniversary with news reports, interviews, and reflections on blockades and arrests of concerned citizens protesting, monitoring, and biking near ExxonMobil megaloads hauling tar sands mining equipment through Idaho to Alberta during 2011 and 2012, WIRT’s first year of fossil fuels resistance. Broadcast for nine 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 opposition to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Climate Justice Forum: Annette Bryan on Gas Plant Resistance, Idaho Wetlands Permit, Railroad Expansion, & Pipeline Challenge, Pipeline & Lithium Mine Protests & Lawsuits 3-24-21
The Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Puyallup Tribal council member Annette Bryan discussing Tacoma gas plant resistance during a Washington fossil fuels rules webinar. We also offer news and reflections on the March equinox and full moon, a Highway 95 relocation wetlands permit, railroad bridge and track expansion, and gas pipeline challenge in Idaho, a British Columbia office occupation and indigenous walk opposing a Nevada lithium mine, dropped charges against Black Hills land defenders, a Minnesota Line 3 pump station blockade, and a Dakota Access pipeline lawsuit against a legal aid group. Broadcast for nine 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 resistance to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Irish Rebel Songs, Armed Nuclear Shipments, Lake Bridge Repairs, Washington Train Crew Size, Lithium Mine Walk, Native Interior Secretary, Jane Fonda at Line 3 Protests 3-17-21
The Wednesday, March 17, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on centuries of Irish rebellion songs, armed rail and road shipments of nuclear material, COVID-19 funds for Highway 95 and Long Bridge repairs, federal court approval of a Washington train crew law, an indigenous walk to a lithium mine resistance camp, historic Senate confirmation of native Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and actress Jane Fonda at Line 3 Minnesota protests. Broadcast for nine 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 opposition to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: WIRT Anniversaries, Idaho Forced Gas Leasing, Nuclear Waste Trains, New Reactors, Tests, & Harms, Tacoma LNG Resistance, Increased Coal Exports 3-10-21
The Wednesday, March 10, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on WIRT’s annual celebrations, new Washington fossil fuels rules, Navy nuclear waste on Northwest railroads, Idaho riverside gas well forced leasing and proposed small modular nuclear reactors, potential nuclear weapons tests and ongoing harms to indigenous and Idaho communities, tribal resistance to a Tacoma gas terminal, and increased U.S. coal exports to China. Broadcast for nine 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 opposition to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Shelley Brock on Idaho Oil & Gas, Lakeside Logging Review, Exxon Tar Sands Reserves, Gas Pipeline & Terminal Resistance, Train & Fossil Fuels Rules 3-3-21
The Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Shelley Brock of Citizens Allied for Integrity and Accountability (CAIA), talking about fossil fuels and waste injection wells, forced extraction leases, and their impacts and legal challenges in southwest Idaho. We also cover news and reflections on Biden administration review of an Idaho lakeside timber sale, ExxonMobil release of its Canadian tar sands reserves, police harassment of British Columbia pipeline opponents, indigenous resistance to a Washington gas terminal, revised Canadian laws on dangerous trains, and webinars on solidarity actions and new Washington fossil fuels rules. Broadcast for nine 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 opposition to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.