The Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features California governor Gavin Newsom, Washington governor Jay Inslee, and health professionals speaking against anti-climate Washington ballot initiatives at a Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility rally and canvassing event.  We also share news, music, and reflections on scary climate change facts worthy of action during Halloween, Idaho utilities backpedaling on clean energy transitions, a Louisiana train derailment and environmental justice advocate response, downstream indigenous reactions to Alberta tar sands mines and toxic, leaking tailings ponds, court dates and support of First Nations land defenders from the Coastal GasLink pipeline, and increasing lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies for damages, misleading advertising, and unreduced emissions.  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 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.

Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me (Official Music Video), October 7, 2009 Rockwell

Five Climate Change Facts to Scare You into Action this Halloween, October 30, 2023 Earth Day

Report: Idaho Utilities Struggling to Transition to Clean Energy, October 28, 2024 Public News Service

Environmental Justice Advocate Addresses Train Derailment in Donaldsonville, October 19, 2024 Gonzales Weekly Citizen

The Fight for Life Downstream of Alberta’s Tailings Ponds — Full of Arsenic, Mercury, and Lead, October 10, 2024 Narwhal

Support Land Defenders, October 28, 2024 Yintah Access

New Report: Climate Lawsuits Being Filed against Fossil Fuel Companies have Nearly Tripled, September 12, 2024 Oil Change International

Gavin Newsom Jay Inslee Vin Gupta WPSR 2024, October 23, 2024 Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility