Climate Justice Forum: John Oliver on Unsafe Railroads, Northwest Gas Pipeline & Military & Fossil Fuel Trains & Collisions, Atlanta Cop City Protest, Federal Energy & Pipeline Agencies Reform 12-20-23


The Wednesday, December 20, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Last Week Tonight comedian host John Oliver discussing dangerous, obstructive, freight trains and railway company policies favoring profits over worker and trackside community safety.  We also share news, music, and reflections on global solidarity against Israeli government genocide of Palestinians, the northern hemisphere winter solstice, an Idaho military supply train and Washington vehicle collisions with fossil fuels trains, excessive police force at a massive protest of Atlanta cop training facility construction, a Northwest gas pipeline expansion among climate emergencies and nationwide growth of pipelines under-monitored by a federal agency, and a Congressional push to reform the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.

We Are All Palestinian, December 3, 2023 Mistahi

December Solstice: Longest and Shortest Day of the Year, 2023 Time and Date

Two Nearby Vehicle Collisions with Fossil Fuel Trains in One Day, December 18, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

#RestrictUSMilitary!, December 16, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Atlanta Police Condemned for Heavy-Handed Action at Cop City Protest, November 16, 2023 Guardian

Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), December 10, 2023 Last Week Tonight

Gas Pipeline Expansion Could Fuel Pacific Northwest Climate Emergencies, December 19, 2023 Guardian

Senator Merkley Calls For Reforming FERC. He’s Right. Here’s Why, December 13, 2023 Messenger

With Pipeline Growth Booming, the U.S. Agency in Charge of Safety Struggles to Keep Up, December 16, 2023 Idaho Capital Sun

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