Climate Justice Forum: Mystery Megaload, Logging, Youth Climate, & Fossil Fuels Lawsuits, River Bridge Derailment, Navajo Coal Trains, Nuclear Transports, Australia Blockades, BC Wildfires 6-28-23


The Wednesday, June 28, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, recordings, and reflections on an Oregon and Idaho mystery megaload, conservation and climate group challenges of proposed north Idaho lakeside logging and burning, oil trains, and railroad expansion project communication towers, a Montana hazardous materials derailment and removal on a collapsed Yellowstone River bridge and science-devoid state defense during a youth climate trial, a federal agency decision mandating more coal train shipments from a Navajo-owned Montana mine, an Oregon county lawsuit against fossil fuel companies and enablers of deadly heatwaves, western U.S. opposition to nuclear waste transports, British Columbia wildfires around fracked oil and gas wells, and Australia train blockades by anti-coal advocates.  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: Dan Ellsberg Tribute, Idaho Lakeside Logging Litigation, Northwest & BC Pipeline Opposition, Nevada Mine SLAPP Suit, Portland Oil Trains & Tanks Protest 6-21-23


The Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, poetry, and reflections on deceased peace and anti-nuclear activist and government whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, June Solstice dynamics, a court case challenging massive north Idaho lakeside forest clearcuts and burning, Oregon governor and growing Northwest opposition to GTN Xpress gas pipeline expansion, a Nevada lithium mine lawsuit against non-violent tribal and allied protesters, updates from indigenous resisters of a British Columbia gas pipeline, and a Portland rally demanding a halt of Zenith Energy oil trains and riverside tanks.  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: Canada Wildfires, Idaho Rail Fire & Construction, Longest FERC Decision on GTN Xpress, BC Pipeline, Nevada Mine, & Fossil Fuels Protests, Montana Youth Climate Trial 6-14-23


The Wednesday, June 14, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, interviews, and reflections on Canadian wildfire evacuations and smoke impacts on indigenous and distant communities, a north Idaho train fire on a lake bridge, railroad construction site visit, and proposed train communications towers, the longest postponed federal decision on a dangerous Northwest gas pipeline expansion, an upcoming protest of a British Columbia tar sands pipeline enlargement, a police raid of an indigenous prayer camp opposing a Nevada lithium mine, a constitutional trial by youth denouncing Montana climate policies, and the End the Era of Fossil Fuels week of actions across the Northwest and U.S.  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: Pipeline Action Film Director Daniel Goldhaber, Fossil Fuels Protests, Atlanta Cop City Approval & Arrests, National Debt Bill Problems, Clean Energy Investments 6-7-23


The Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Daniel Goldhaber, director of the environmental and climate crisis action film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, talking about the necessity and urgency of risky direct actions against the oil and gas industry.  We also share news, music, and reflections on upcoming demonstrations across the Northwest and U.S., urging President Biden to end the fossil fuels era, Atlanta City Council funding approval of Cop City and arrests of a legal support team defending protesters, a national debt limit bill that capitulates on climate and environmental protections, and investments in renewable energy overtaking fossil fuels funding for the first time in 2023.  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