The Wednesday, December 29, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Canadian climate scientist Paul Beckwith talking about abrupt climate system mayhem and likely impending environmeistntal and economic crises. We also share songs, news, and reflections on Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg’s encouragement of civil disobedience, Occupy Biden protests in Delaware demanding presidential climate action, Biden administration auctions of massive Gulf of Mexico oil and gas drilling leases and a promise to not ban crude oil exports, a Canadian decision to halt thermal coal exports by 2030, and a climate scientist’s perspective on the comet collision movie Don’t Look Up. Broadcast for almost ten 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.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Climate Justice Forum: Solstice Celebrations, Northwest Track Sabotage, LNG Facility Appeals, & Climate Victories, Montana Train Collision & Derailment Lawsuit, Iowa Oil Train Spill Fine, B.C. & Minnesota Pipeline & Nevada Mine Protests 12-22-21
The Wednesday, December 22, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on the moonlit Winter Solstice and its worldwide celebrations, Washington military and nuclear waste trains, federal prison sentences of railroad track saboteurs, and tribal and community group appeals of a LNG facility permit, 2021 Northwest victories over fossil fuel infrastructure proposals, a Montana abandoned vehicle and train collision and fatal Amtrak derailment employee lawsuit, a $1.5 million fine for a 2018 Iowa tar sands oil train spill, solidarity actions and indigenous eviction of British Columbia gas pipeline construction workers, Minnesota Line 3 and Gulf Coast demonstrations demanding environmental reviews, opposition to Nevada lithium mine displacement of Native homes, and a large northern California coastal earthquake. Broadcast for almost ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: NW Double Coal Trains & India Covers, B.C. Pipeline Resistance, Nevada & Oregon Lithium Mines & Lawsuits, Tar Sands Tailing Ponds Release Plans, Hawaii Navy Fuel Pollution 12-15-21
The Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, interviews, and reflections on U.S. extradition of Julian Assange from a London prison, Northwest double-long coal trains and India dust cover plans, Wet’suwet’en land and water defense and solidarity actions against British Columbia gas pipeline construction, investors, and raiding police, new indigenous legal claims against a proposed Nevada lithium mine, permitted test drilling for first Oregon lithium extraction, federal talks about Alberta tar sands tailings pond releases into the Athabasca River, and ongoing Navy fuel storage contamination of Hawaii drinking water. Broadcast for almost ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Interior Head Haaland at Alcatraz Occupation Anniversary, B.C. & Minnesota Pipeline Resistance, Northwest LNG Projects, Virginia Pipeline Denial, Third Idaho Nuclear Reactor, Train Wrecks & Deaths 12-8-21
The Wednesday, December 8, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaking at the 52nd anniversary commemoration of Alcatraz Island occupation by indigenous sovereignty activists. We also share news and reflections on police raids and First Nation and solidarity resistance to British Columbia pipeline construction, requests to drop Minnesota Line 3 protester charges, an abandoned Oregon LNG export terminal and gas pipeline proposal, Washington board approval of a Tacoma LNG project, Virginia denial of a key pipeline compressor station permit, a third experimental nuclear reactor pursuing Idaho testing, and train wrecks and deaths in Idaho, Montana, Iowa, and Alberta. Broadcast for almost ten 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 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.