The Wednesday, March 22, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features an Idaho Senate Resources and Environment committee hearing about House Bill 120 that would change oil and gas rules on extraction spacing units, oversight commission appointments, and forced lease terms for unwilling private mineral owners.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the emerging spring season, a resisted and relocated Washington silicon smelter under construction in Tennessee, Washington derailments that killed an elk herd and spewed locomotive diesel on the oil train litigating Swinomish reservation, an Ohio attorney general lawsuit challenging Norfolk Southern hazardous train wreck impacts, and opposition by Colorado officials to proposed Utah crude oil-by-rail along the Colorado River.  Broadcast for eleven 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.

Blackbird (Remastered 2009), June 17, 2018 Beatles

When Is the First Day of Spring 2023?, 2023 Time and Date

Silicon Smelter Once Proposed for Newport Being Built in Tennessee, March 19, 2023 Spokesman-Review

Another Planned BNSF (and No-Fux Southern) Train Wreck?!, March 18, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Freight Train Kills Entire Herd of Elk in Washougal, Washington, March 11, 2023 KAKE

AG Dave Yost Sues Norfolk Southern over ‘Entirely Avoidable’ Train Derailment, March 14, 2023 Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

Colorado Officials Cite Ohio Train Derailment in Opposition of Shipping ‘Waxy Crude’ along Colorado River, March 11, 2023 Steamboat Pilot and Today

Third CAIA Call to Action Against Forced Leasing Idaho House Bill 120, March 18, 2023 Citizens Allied for Integrity and Accountability

Idaho Senate Committee Hearing on Oil and Gas House Bill 120 3-20-23 (recording)