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 →

The Wednesday, December 18, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features speakers at the February 2023 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress, hosted by a Northwest coalition to gather testimony from community and tribal members threatened by the Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress methane pipeline expansion.  We also share news, music, and reflections on Oregon and Washington compressor station construction updates, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of full GTN Xpress capacity pumping, ongoing, regional protests of its start-up at fracked gas pipeline and utility offices and other locations, and brighter evenings but darker mornings of the December Solstice briefest days of the solar year.  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 →

The Wednesday, December 11, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features speakers at the February 2023 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress, hosted by a Northwest coalition to gather testimony from community and tribal members threatened by the Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress methane pipeline expansion.  We also share news, music, and reflections on a submarine nuclear waste train moving from the Salish Sea to eastern Idaho on BNSF and Union Pacific tracks, Oregon and Washington compressor station construction, impending start, and upcoming, regional protests of the completed GTN Xpress fracked gas pipeline, another collaborative deforestation project on mountainous Lake Pend Oreille slopes, an Idaho Transportation Board resolution initiating Sandpoint Long Bridge replacement and expansion, and ongoing economic, social, and environmental violence inflicted by wealthy countries on the Global South.  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 →

The Wednesday, December 4, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features climate organizer Allie Rosenbluth of Oil Change International, discussing the large fossil fuel lobbyist delegation and limitations on messages from the Palestine genocide resistance and other movements at United Nations COP climate talks held recently in petro-states.  We also share news, music, and reflections on unsafe, corroded pipelines and weak federal rules revealed by whistleblowing inspectors, Oregon and Washington compressor station construction and impending start of the expanded GTN Xpress methane gas pipeline, the legally channeled and destructive riches of the non-profit industrial complex, a documentary about Wet’suwet’en First Nation opposition to Coastal GasLink pipeline installation in their unceded territory, and suggestions for a successful revolution against an upcoming authoritarian U.S. regime.  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 →

The Wednesday, November 27, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on Thanksgiving from an indigenous perspective, upcoming, regional protests, Oregon and Washington compressor station construction, and partial start of the expanded GTN Xpress methane pipeline, an Oregon agency inspection of the Zenith Energy oil train terminal and delay of the public input process for an air pollution permit, an Amazon proposal to build small modular nuclear reactors at Hanford, statements by activists sued by a northern Nevada lithium mining company for protesting, a Trump administration plan to revive installation of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, a Republican Congressional bill that would revoke nonprofit status from climate groups and political opponents, and suggestions for successful resistance to an incoming authoritarian presidency.  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. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, November 20, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Columbia Riverkeeper organizer Kate Murphy talking about the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality unannounced, on-site inspection and surprise decision, in response to public input, to delay the comment period and hearings for a draft air contaminant discharge permit required by deceptive Zenith Energy, to expand its dangerous fossil fuel train terminal in northwest Portland.  We also share news, music, and reflections on an indigenous Wisdom Keepers delegation to the United Nations COP29 climate talks, Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline anomalies and its request and federal approval to place an expanded Oregon compressor station into service for existing operations and looming, increased GTN Xpress volumes, and upcoming, regional protests of this Northwest methane invasion.  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. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a report on the United Nations COP29 climate talks and global leader uncertainty, due to potential national policy changes following reelection of President Donald Trump.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the Armistice Day demands of veterans for worldwide peace and Gaza ceasefire, an outvoted Idaho electoral reform ballot initiative, a passed Washington “natural” gas measure that faces climate advocate legal challenges, Oregon and Washington compressor station construction for the GTN Xpress fracked gas pipeline expansion, a finalized federal agency rule that reduces wasteful methane emissions and improves oil and gas sector innovations, and a U.S. Supreme Court decision that curtails coal and gas power plant pollution.  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 →

The Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Colorado climate crusader and writer Tom Weis, who pedaled across the country on his Ride for Renewables in 2010, reading about Donald Trump’s climate denial, from his online book Worldfire.  We also share news, music, and reflections on an upcoming direct action safety and security training webinar, misguided Oregon representative support and Washington and Oregon state and environmental group opening briefs opposing the GTN Xpress fracked methane pipeline expansion in a Texas appellant court, threats by President-elect Trump to foist military oppression on America’s “enemies from within,” and suggested principles for looming, necessary resistance to a fascist federal administration.  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 →

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. Continue reading →

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 →