Climate Justice Forum: Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling, Anti-Fossil Fuels Actions, Montana Climate & Asphalt Plant Cases, Debt Ceiling Pipeline Approval, Canada Wildfires & Industry Spills 5-31-23


The Wednesday, May 31, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on a U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakens Clean Water Act wetlands protections, the End the Era of Fossil Fuels national week of actions, a Montana youth climate court case against state government, opposition to a Montana gravel mine and asphalt plant on the Flathead reservation, national debt ceiling compromise legislation that approves all Mountain Valley gas pipeline permits, Alberta wildfires, evacuations, and Kearl tar sands tailings pond leaks impacting indigenous communities, and Coastal GasLink pipeline sediment spills into First Nations waters in British Columbia.  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. Continue reading

Climate Justice Forum: Herb Goodwin, Idaho Logging, Bridges, & Double Coal Train, Missing Rail Chemicals, More Washington Derailments, Lithium Mine Blockades, Canada Wildfires, FERC Protest 5-24-23


The Wednesday, May 24, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on departed core WIRT organizer Herb Goodwin and recent outreach events and conversations, updates on massive deforestation schemes, railroad and creek bridge replacements, and a double-long coal export train around Lake Pend Oreille, a missing Wyoming train shipment of explosive chemicals, increased train derailment disasters and rail worker safety concerns in Washington state, ongoing indigenous tipi blockades of Nevada lithium mine construction, Alberta wildfires threatening gas and tar sands extraction sites and prices, and a Washington D.C. protest of federal regulators dominated by coal baron Joe Manchin.  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. Continue reading

Climate Justice Forum: Highway 95 Wetland Permits, Resistance to NW Gas Pipeline Expansion, Oil-by-Rail, Nuclear Submarines, Lithium Mines, Fossil Fuels Funders, & Carbon Capture 5-17-23


The Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers letter refuting flawed Idaho Transportation Department permit applications to destroy wetlands along a Highway 95 re-route near Moscow, a Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition co-founder memorial, Farmers Market outreach, an Idaho fact sheet, an editorial article, and a Washington D.C. protest of Northwest gas pipeline expansion, a Portland forum on the Zenith oil-by-rail terminal and nearby tank farms, a sabotaged Tacoma oil train derailment, a pre-Mother’s Day demonstration at a U.S. Navy nuclear missile submarine base in Washington, a second indigenous-led prayer blockade of Nevada lithium mine construction, the oil and gas industry carbon capture and storage scam, and four protests at fossil fuels-funding banks and a White House correspondents dinner.  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. Continue reading

Climate Justice Forum: GTN Xpress Pipeline Hearing & Secret Supplier Contracts, Sandpoint & Spokane Rail Bridges & Harms, Highway 95 Lawsuit Settlement & Permit Letter 5-10-23


The Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features community members threatened by Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline expansion, testifying at the February 13 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress, hosted by a Northwest coalition.  We also share news, music, and reflections on BNSF rail bridge and track construction and resulting harms to Sandpoint and Spokane area environments and economies, a Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition lawsuit settlement and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers letter refuting flawed Idaho Transportation Department attempts to realign Highway 95 near Moscow, and secret information about GTN Xpress contracts with gas supply companies sent to federal regulators ahead of a possible May 18 proposal decision.  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. Continue reading

Climate Justice Forum: GTN Xpress Lead Hearing Speakers, Maine Derailment Spill, California Train Emissions Rule, Denied LNG Rail Permit, Native Healing Center & Allied Support 5-3-23


The Wednesday, May 3, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features lead speakers at the February 13 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress, hosted by a Northwest coalition to gather testimony from community members threatened by Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline expansion.  We also share news, music, and reflections on a Maine derailment cleanup that spilled fuel, California first-in-nation diesel locomotive emissions rules, federal rejection of a liquefied natural gas train permit, and opportunities to support and participate in allied fundraising and events like Idaho Gives, the fiftieth annual Moscow Renaissance Fair, and a First Nation healing center spring work camp.  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. Continue reading