Climate Justice Forum: Max Wilbert on Nevada Lithium Mine Resistance, Washington Oil Derailment Report & Hearings, Longer Coal Trains, & Dropped Methanol Plant, Keystone XL Cancellation, Minnesota Pipeline Actions 6-16-21


The Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features organizer Max Wilbert of Protect Thacker Pass discussing the ongoing, allied campaign against a proposed Nevada lithium mine.  We also share news and reflections about Northwest double-long coal trains and Line 3 Solstice solidarity actions, a federal report and state legislator request for hearings on a Washington oil train wreck and suspected sabotage, responses to company cancellations of the Keystone XL pipeline and a Washington methanol plant, and Minnesota appeals court support and indigenous blockades of tar sands pipeline construction.  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.