Climate Justice Forum: Moscow Wildfire, Spokane Train Blockader Supreme Court Win, Portland Tar Sands Terminal Permit Denial, Minnesota Pipeline Protests & Nearby Train Collision, Nevada Lithium Mine Indigenous Lawsuit 9-1-21


The Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a press conference by Native groups, allies, and an attorney, discussing the indigenous court case against a Nevada lithium mine.  We also cover news and reflections about a Moscow Mountain wildfire, evacuations, and home loss, Washington Supreme Court approval of a Spokane train blockader’s climate necessity defense trial in October, Portland permit denial of a tar sands terminal for BNSF trains crossing present and proposed, north Idaho lake railroad bridges, Line 3 pipeline protests at the Minnesota capitol and a nearby, concurrent, three-train collision and diesel spill close to the Mississippi River.  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, frontline 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.