Climate Justice Forum: Allie Rosenbluth on Environmental Laws Rollback Bill & Opposition, Alberta Tar Sands Pollution, Nevada Lithium & Canada Pipeline Protesters, North Dakota Derailments 10-21-26

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The Wednesday, October 21, 2026, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Allie Rosenbluth with Oil Change International talking about the deceptive Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act currently rushed through Congress, which would weaken bedrock, environmental laws protecting waterways, endangered species, historic sites, tribal consultation, and public review through required, government, environmental impact reports on proposed infrastructure, and would speed permitting of clean and dirty energy projects.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on opportunities to oppose and stop this latest legislative deal for industry, tar sands mining and tailings pond pollution of the Athabasca and Mackenzie rivers and First Nations in Canada, a settlement ending the lawsuit brought by Lithium Nevada against six indigenous and allied Thacker Pass mining protesters, a request for support of a Native land defender from the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline, whose home sustained a retaliatory attack, and an observed, 2026 derailment and Amtrak delay in North Dakota, 25 years after a nearby, Canadian Pacific train wreck that released fertilizer ammonia, killed one resident, and injured hundreds more.  Broadcast for fourteen 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. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Five Proposed Northwest Oil & Gas Pipelines, Dakota Pipestone & Pipeline Concerns, Alberta Tar Sands Tailings Release Scheme, Settled Lithium Nevada Protesters SLAPP Suit 10-14-26

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The Wednesday, October 14, 2026, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features information and opportunities to oppose five Northwest, proposed, fossil fuels pipelines, including the new Bridger tar sands pipeline across eastern Montana, the Pacific Link tar sands pipeline and Salish Sea export terminal supertankers in British Columbia, and three Williams methane gas pipelines: the new Silver Spur from Nevada toward the planned Idaho Power South Hills and Peregrine gas-fired power plants, the Rockies Columbia Connector expansion through the Washington Columbia River Gorge, and the new Valley Trail from the Gorge toward central Washington data centers.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on Dakota Nation concerns about sacred pipestone quarries and the Magellan OneOak pipeline and its Minnesota hearing, Alberta Energy Regulator exemption from environmental review of Suncor Energy’s scheme to treat and release tar sands tailings wastewater into the Athabasca River, upstream of three indigenous nations, and an agreement without financial or site access penalties, which ends the lawsuit brought by the Lithium Nevada mining company against six Native and accomplice defenders of Thacker Pass.  Broadcast for fourteen 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. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Ben Otto on New Idaho Power Methane Plants, Williams Gas Pipeline Expansion, & Opposition, Texas ICE Prairieland Protest Prison Sentences, Fossil Fuels Reduction 7-29-26


The Wednesday, July 29, 2026, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features attorney Ben Otto, senior policy associate with the Northwest Energy Coalition, discussing two new methane plants proposed by Idaho Power Company and a possible Williams gas pipeline expansion in southern Idaho, decision-making criteria for Idaho Public Utilities Commission permitting of these projects, and best practices for oppositional public input.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on reducing use of products composed of fossil fuels and liable for carbon emissions, and Texas defendants together sentenced to hundreds of prison years by a retaliatory federal government, for protesting outside the Prairieland immigration detention facility.  Broadcast for fourteen 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. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Ryan Calbreath, Jess Conard, Mark Lopez, Tabitha Tripp, & Andrea Vidaurre on Electrified Public Railways, Enbridge Line 5 River Blasting, Idaho Forced Leased Gas Well Objections 5-13-26


The Wednesday, May 13, 2026, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features an Earth Day panel discussion facilitated by Bill Moyer of Solutionary Rail, with environmental justice and labor organizers Ryan Calbreath of the UE Union Green Locomotive program, Jess Conard of Rail Watch, mark! Lopez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Tabitha Tripp of Public Rail Now, and Andrea Vidaurre of People’s Collective for Environmental Justice, talking about shifting harmful, private, Wall Street-extractive, Class 1 railroads into beneficial, public, electrified, rail and transmission infrastructure systems that could provide better accountability and community safety and services. We also share news, videos, and reflections on the proposed, unpermitted, bedrock blasting under rivers for construction of the Enbridge Line 5 tar sands pipeline, rerouted around a Wisconsin indigenous reservation near the Great Lakes, and Idaho citizen objections to Snake River Oil and Gas plans to drill the Miller 1-15 methane well and extract their privately-owned resources via forced leasing, close to hundreds of Fruitland residences, businesses, and water wells. Broadcast for fourteen 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.

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Climate Justice Forum: George Price on Overshoot & Solutions, Actions Stopping Black Hills Drilling, May Day Protests, Global Renewable Electricity, Idaho Forced Leased Gas Well Objections 5-6-26


The Wednesday, May 6, 2026, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features George Price, a Native and African American, organic farmer, history educator, writer, and eco-socialist advocate in Montana, talking about the critical planetary boundaries of human existence, destructive activities causing current ecological overshoot, and solutions that replace industrial capitalism with cooperative, alternative, societal and economic structures.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on indigenous direct actions and a federal lawsuit and injunction stopping exploratory graphite drilling at the Pe’ Sla sacred site near the South Dakota Black Hills, thousands of May Day strikes, blockades, and demonstrations across the U.S., growth of global electricity capacity from renewable energy sources to almost fifty percent during 2025, and Fruitland city and Idaho citizen objections to Snake River Oil and Gas plans to drill the Miller 1-15 methane well and extract their privately-owned resources via forced leasing, close to hundreds of residences and water wells.  Broadcast for fourteen 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. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: George Price on Ecological Overshoot, International Labor Day, Bridger Tar Sands Pipeline, Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse 4-29-26


The Wednesday, April 29, 2026, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features George Price, an indigenous and African American, organic farmer, history educator, writer, and eco-socialist advocate in Montana, talking about the critical planetary boundaries of human existence, destructive activities causing current ecological overshoot, and solutions that replace industrial capitalism with cooperative, alternative, societal and economic structures.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on the history and upcoming workers rights demonstrations of May Day as International Labor Day, public comment opportunities to resist the proposed Bridger tar sands pipeline from Canada across eastern Montana to Wyoming, and a crucial Atlantic Ocean current system that could soon collapse and bring catastrophic cold to northern Europe and sea level rise to the U.S. East Coast.  Broadcast for fourteen 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. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Mary Stites on Zenith & Portland Disputes, Earth Day History, Militarism Film, Nuclear & Nicaragua Talks, New Idaho Gas Plants, Endangerment Finding Lawsuit 4-22-26


The Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features attorney Mary Stites of the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, talking about current, legal wrangling between the City of Portland and the Zenith Energy oil train terminal and infrastructure, which have violated Oregon and city agreements on numerous occasions, while constructing and transporting its fossil and renewable fuels.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on the climate-altering history of Earth Day, a second Spokane, Washington, screening of Abby Martin’s documentary about global U.S. militarism and its climate and environmental impacts, a nuclear energy informational session presented for Nez Perce tribal officials and members, a Spokane discussion about sustainable approaches to community needs, led by a Nicaragua advocate, two new, southern Idaho, methane power plants proposed by Idaho Power, and a lawsuit brought by 24 states and ten cities against federal agency repeal of the endangerment finding central to climate regulations.  Broadcast for fourteen 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. Continue reading →

15th Annual Celebrations of Wild Idaho Rising Tide

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Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) is celebrating its March 31 anniversary and fifteenth year as a regional, climate activists collective confronting the root causes and perpetrators of air pollution, water degradation, and resulting climate change, through direct actions and locally organized solutions, in solidarity with frontline communities and grassroots networks of fossil fuels resistance [1-7].  We welcome everyone of all ages to enjoy this milestone at two 15th Annual Celebrations of WIRT, held as public gatherings in Moscow and Sandpoint, Idaho, with provided pizza, snacks, and beverages, a background slide show of WIRT and allied activism, and updates on six Northwest campaigns.  WIRT extends our hearty thanks to the remarkable core activists, board members, friends, and allies who have coordinated and shared the successes of ongoing citizen challenges to the corporate and government sources of climate chaos.

Please join WIRT activists on two spring evenings, for convergences full of spirited conversations, invigorating camaraderie, wholesome food and drink, and creative works offered by north Idaho and regional residents.  At each of these free events, we eagerly anticipate community members sharing their admired talents and knowledge and participating as volunteers and/or sponsors.  WIRT invites poets, writers, musicians, creative peers, and allied groups to participate in an open community microphone and meal.  These yearly festivities not only strive to raise awareness and funds supporting relentless, earnest, WIRT climate activism, but also seek to further attract and involve cross-cultural and youth diversity in the climate justice movement in Idaho and the Northwest.  At both events, organizers will encourage input and “pass the hat” for donations covering event publicity and travel.

Wednesday, April 1, 7 pm

Eichardt’s Pub (upstairs), 212 Cedar Street, Sandpoint

Thursday, April 2, 7 pm

The Attic (rear, second story), 314 East Second Street, Moscow

During this year’s celebrations in both Moscow and Sandpoint, WIRT and allied group representatives plan to lead discussions about resistance campaigns and upcoming events, including Northwest tar sands mining and refining megaloads and Alberta tailings ponds breaches, southwest Idaho oil and gas extraction and waste injection wells and plant emissions, Paradise Ridge highway construction through wetlands and rare native habitat, Idaho Panhandle fossil fuels and hazardous freight trains and railroad infrastructure and wrecks, Lake Pend Oreille-adjacent timber sales, and Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress methane and other pipeline expansions.

After the pandemic and during recent political upheavals, WIRT appreciates that Easter time and its resurrection themes occur around these annual celebrations, six years after Idaho’s second largest earthquake happened exactly while we announced our day-of ninth anniversary on Facebook in 2020 [8].  After our 2026 celebrations, WIRT activists intend to assist the station that broadcasts our weekly Climate Justice Forum program, KRFP Radio Free Moscow, and invite everyone to its annual Real Radio Dinner fundraiser, from 6 pm to 9 pm on Friday, April 3, at the 1912 Center, 412 East Third Street in Moscow.

For further event and issue information and responses to your questions, ideas, and suggestions, and/or to contribute toward WIRT’s 15th anniversary celebration expenses, please visit the WIRT website and Facebook pages, contact us via phone, text, email, or facebook message, and print and post the letter-size, color, 15th Annual Celebration of WIRT flyer.  If you cannot attend these upcoming opportunities, but would like to uphold the persistent endeavors of this climate direct action group, please arrange a visit and/or send a mailed donation to our Pullman, Washington, post office box.  Physical and fiscal contributions bolster the dedicated work and outreach of WIRT and partner, environmental justice organizations confronting new and expanded fossil fuels extraction, production, transportation, and related infrastructure throughout the Northwest. Continue reading →

14th Annual Celebration of Wild Idaho Rising Tide

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Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) is celebrating its March 31 anniversary and fourteenth year as a regional, climate activists collective confronting the root causes and perpetrators of air pollution, water degradation, and resulting climate change, through direct actions and locally organized solutions, in solidarity with frontline communities and grassroots networks of fossil fuels resistance [1-6].  We welcome everyone of all ages to enjoy this milestone at two 14th Annual Celebrations of WIRT, held as benefit performances and public gatherings in Moscow and Sandpoint, Idaho, with provided pizza or pub snacks and beverages, a background slide show of WIRT and allied activism, and updates on six Northwest campaigns.  WIRT extends our hearty thanks to the remarkable core activists, board members, friends, and allies who have coordinated and shared the successes of ongoing citizen challenges of the corporate and government sources of climate chaos.

Please join WIRT activists on two spring evenings, for convergences full of lively music, spirited conversations, invigorating camaraderie, wholesome food and drink, and creative works offered by north Idaho and regional residents.  At each of these free events, we eagerly anticipate community members sharing their admired talents and knowledge and participating as volunteers and/or sponsors.  These yearly festivities not only strive to raise awareness and funds supporting relentless, earnest, WIRT climate activism, but also seek to further attract and involve cross-cultural and youth diversity in the climate justice movement in Idaho and the Northwest.  At both events, organizers will encourage input and “pass the hat” for donations covering event publicity and travel.

Saturday, April 19, 7 pm: Campaign Updates & Fiddlin’ Big Al

The Attic, 314 East Second Street (rear, second story), Moscow

During this year’s celebrations in both Moscow and Sandpoint, WIRT and allied group representatives plan to lead discussions about resistance campaigns and upcoming events, including Northwest tar sands mining and refining megaloads and Alberta tailing pond breaches, southwest Idaho oil and gas extraction and waste injection wells and plant emissions, Paradise Ridge highway construction through wetlands and rare native habitat, Idaho Panhandle fossil fuels and hazardous freight trains and railroad infrastructure and wrecks, Lake Pend Oreille-adjacent timber sales, and Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress methane pipeline expansion.  Fiddlin’ Big Al Chidester will play a variety of folk, blues, and country music as well as original compositions on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and other instruments.

Saturday, April 26, 7 pm: Open Mic Talks & DanO on Piano

Eichardt’s Pub (upstairs), 212 Cedar Street, Sandpoint

With his keyboard stylings, ‘DanO’ Osborne will perform popular songs from the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond.  Hear again the top musical melodies of Elton John, the Beatles, the Monkees, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Billy Joel, and more, with a few television show theme songs and cowboy tunes for fun.  Listeners often find themselves singing along with these memorable, once familiar songs.  WIRT also invites poets, writers, musicians, creative peers, and allied groups to participate in an open community microphone and meal. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Thacker Pass SLAPP Suit Defendants, Pre-Trump Trainings, Railroad Talk & Wreck, GTN Xpress Anomalies & Start-Up Protests, Idaho Lake Bridge Studies 12-25-24


The Wednesday, December 25, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Bhie-Cie Zahn-Nahtzu, Paul Cienfuegos, and Max Wilbert, all defenders of lands, waters, and indigenous cultures impacted by the Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada, who are facing a corporate SLAPP suit against their on-site prayer ceremonies and demonstrations.  We also share news, music, and reflections on a call for resistance gatherings on the weekend before Donald’s Trump inauguration, a soon-aired discussion among Railroad Workers United, trackside community protectors, and labor advocates, a BNSF Railway Columbia riverside derailment, GTN Xpress methane pipeline expansion anomalies, safety and transparency failures, and an inland Northwest week of pipeline start-up protests, and approved studies of Highway 95 Long Bridge replacement over Idaho’s largest lake.  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 →