The Wednesday, September 27, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Breach Collective staff attorney Nick Caleb talking about private Portland commissioners collusion with Zenith Energy oil train terminal officials, to secure a previously rejected city operating permit.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the September full Harvest Moon, massive groundwater pumping shifting Earth’s wobble, Idaho chapter and volunteer recipients of national Sierra Club awards, a Columbia River basin nuclear waste train, Montana bridge derailment contamination of Yellowstone River fish, Northwest communities and utility companies concerns about GTN Xpress gas pipeline expansion, a New York City federal bank blockade challenging fossil fuels funding, and countrywide autumn talks before a large November action to block Atlanta cop  training center construction.  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 →

The Wednesday, September 20, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features railroad workers and trackside environmental justice organizers advocating for U.S. rail system nationalization and electrification during a Freight Rail in the Public Interest webinar.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the September Equinox, north Idaho oil trains and a possible rail bridge construction crane leak into Lake Pend Oreille, West Coast U.S. Senators delay of a GTN Xpress pipeline decision, Northwest student climate strikes and New York City protests to end fossil fuels and a gas pipeline expansion, support local renewable energy, and declare a climate emergency, and a United Nations summit on sustainable development goals.  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 →

The Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features railroad workers and trackside environmental justice organizers advocating for U.S. rail system nationalization and electrification during a Freight Rail in the Public Interest webinar.  We also share news, music, and reflections on Northwest coalition, tribal, and government opposition to GTN Xpress gas pipeline expansion, a Cop City construction blockade and protest in Atlanta, oil industry relinquishment of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas exploration blocks, and new federal protections and cancelled drilling leases of Alaska arctic lands.  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 →

The Wednesday, September 6, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Nobel laureate Al Gore talking about global solutions and fossil fuel industry political and financial obstacles to the environmental and climate crisis.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on an Oregon oil ship blockade and Portland city government compromises enabling the Zenith Energy oil train terminal, inland Northwest gas pipeline expansion eastbound profits and protests, a British Columbia medical community call for a moratorium on methane gas development causing increased wildfires and illness, state of California endorsement of a fossil fuels non-proliferation treaty, and federal agency suspension of a Trump administration rule allowing liquefied natural gas rail transport.  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 →