Climate Justice Forum: Justin Nobel on Radioactive Oil & Gas Extraction, Carl Sagan on Climate Solutions, GTN Xpress Construction, Canadian Pipelines & Tar Sands Resistance 10-23-24


The Wednesday, October 23, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features journalist and author Justin Nobel reporting on the dangerous but secret radioactivity of oil and gas extraction, transportation, and contamination of industry workers, their families, and nearby communities and environments.  We also share news, recordings, and reflections on a 1990 Carl Sagan speech about climate change solutions, Oregon and Washington compressor station construction for the GTN Xpress fracked methane pipeline expansion, and Canadian indigenous resistance to the Coastal GasLink and Prince Rupert gas pipelines, government-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline, and Alberta tar sands mines and toxic, leaking tailings ponds.  Broadcast for twelve 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 at KRFP and the Pacifica Network AudioPort, the show describes continent-wide, grassroots, frontline opposition 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. Continue reading