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.

Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime (Official Video), February 2, 2018 Talking Heads

Humanity’s Groundwater Pumping has Altered Earth’s Tilt, June 16, 2023 Science

Harvest Moon: Full Moon in September 2023, September 25, 2023 Old Farmer’s Almanac

PRDC Treasurer Al Poplawsky Wins National Sierra Club Award!, September 22, 2023 Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition (PRDC facebook post forthcoming)

We Won! Idaho Chapter and Volunteers Win National Sierra Club Awards, July 21, 2023 Sierra Club Idaho Chapter

First Reported Columbia Basin Nuclear Waste Train in Almost Exactly One Year!, September 26, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

State: Don’t Eat Any Fish Caught in Waters near Reed Point Train Derailment, September 19, 2023 KTVQ

What is Undermining Biden’s Climate Justice Promises?, September 23, 2023 Messenger

Companies Slam FERC over Delays on Northwest Gas Project, September 25, 2023 E&E News (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Climate Activists Block Federal Reserve Bank, Calling for End to Fossil Fuel Funding, September 18, 2023 Guardian

Action Announcement – Block Cop City with Some Asks, September 7, 2023 Block Cop City Organizers (WIRT facebook post forthcoming)

Portland City Council’s Backroom Deal, September 25, 2023 KBOO Locus Focus

See also: Portland City Government Compromised with Oil Industry in Private, Documents Suggest, August 23, 2023 DeSmog