Climate Justice Forum: 12th WIRT Celebrations, Spokane & Canadian Gas Pipeline Resistance, New Idaho Oil & Gas Rules, Colorado Oil Train Opposition, Derailment Aftermaths & Litigation 4-12-23


The Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on the first 2023 north Idaho thunder, gratitude for twelfth WIRT anniversary celebration performers and participants, an upcoming Spokane teach-in and demonstration against Northwest gas pipeline expansion, a southern Idaho town hall about recently legislated oil and gas rules changes, protests opposing bank financing of British Columbia pipeline construction across Canada and at an annual shareholder meeting excluding indigenous land defenders, derailments and their aftermath in the Swinomish reservation and western Montana, oil and hazardous materials train resistance in Washington and Colorado, and a federal government lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the February Ohio train wreck.  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.

Revolution Tango, 1998 Velcro Sheep

Flock, 1998 Velcro Sheep

The first thunder of 2023 over Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho…, April 11, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Thanks to the Sandpoint Reader for sharing notice…, April 6, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

A thousand thanks to the Monarch Mountain Band…, April 7, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Vast gratitude to musicians extraordinaire Fiddlin’ Big Al and Jessica of Eclectrix…, April 8, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

#StopGTNXpress! When gas pipelines leak and ignite fires…, April 9, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Spokane Community GTN Xpress Teach-In, April 10, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Amazing, April 3, 2023 Decolonial Solidarity (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Breaking: Call RBC to Demand Land Defenders be Permitted into AGM, April 5, 2023 Decolonial Solidarity (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Happening Now: RBC Refuses to Let Indigenous Delegates, including Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Leadership, Black Gulf South Representatives into AGM in Saskatoon, April 5, 2023 Stand. Earth

Land Defenders, Climate Activists Rally against RBC in Downtown Saskatoon, April 6, 2023 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Latest on H120 and a Special Town Hall in Fruitland Wednesday Night, April 9, 2023 Citizens Allied for Integrity and Accountability (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Protect Swinomish Tribe, Environment from Railroad Company, March 27, 2023 Seattle Times Editorial Board/Union Bulletin

As Soon as this Pub Closes, 1998 Velcro Sheep

Washington Industry Experts Talk Railroad Safety Following Recent Derailments, April 6, 2023 KREM

Sanders County Derailment Spurs Memories of 1999 ‘Silver Bullet Derby’, April 3, 2023 Daily Interlake

Resistance to Utah Oil Train Railroad Racheting Up, April 1, 2023 Denver Gazette

Norfolk Southern Sued by Feds over East Palestine Derailment, April 1, 2023 Tribune-Chronicle

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