The Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on the first 2023 north Idaho thunder, gratitude for twelfth WIRT anniversary celebration performers and participants, an upcoming Spokane teach-in and demonstration against Northwest gas pipeline expansion, a southern Idaho town hall about recently legislated oil and gas rules changes, protests opposing bank financing of British Columbia pipeline construction across Canada and at an annual shareholder meeting excluding indigenous land defenders, derailments and their aftermath in the Swinomish reservation and western Montana, oil and hazardous materials train resistance in Washington and Colorado, and a federal government lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the February Ohio train wreck.  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 fuel 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, April 5, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on coalition actions in Seattle and Spokane, Bellingham safety concern comments, and a federal agency request for information about the proposed GTN Xpress Northwest gas pipeline expansion, upcoming WIRT twelfth anniversary celebrations and myriad past events, southern Idaho city and oil and gas company conflicts over leases, corporate causes of decreasing rail safety, a Montana riverside and tunnel freight derailment and blocked, previously numerous coal trains, a fiery Minnesota ethanol train wreck, Washington and other state derailment numbers, and police raids and bank protests surrounding indigenous resistance to British Columbia pipeline construction.  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 fuel 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, March 29, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on an Idaho bill that would change oil and gas rules on state oversight and well spacing and forced leasing, Arizona corn syrup train wreck monitoring, causes of a Washington derailment that spewed locomotive diesel in the Swinomish reservation, a federal trial and ruling against oil trains violating a Swinomish easement agreement, a North Dakota hazardous materials train disaster, a railroad merger causing safety concerns about tar sands shipments, First Nation and U.S. elder protests of bank support of a contested gas pipeline and fossil fuels, and litigation challenging the approved Willow oil extraction project in Alaska.  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 fuel 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, March 22, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features an Idaho Senate Resources and Environment committee hearing about House Bill 120 that would change oil and gas rules on extraction spacing units, oversight commission appointments, and forced lease terms for unwilling private mineral owners.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the emerging spring season, a resisted and relocated Washington silicon smelter under construction in Tennessee, Washington derailments that killed an elk herd and spewed locomotive diesel on the oil train litigating Swinomish reservation, an Ohio attorney general lawsuit challenging Norfolk Southern hazardous train wreck impacts, and opposition by Colorado officials to proposed Utah crude oil-by-rail along the Colorado River.  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 fuel 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, March 15, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on proposed and passed Idaho legislation changing forced leasing and other oil and gas rules, preempting local governments from restricting fossil fuels utility uses, and labeling nuclear as clean energy, a Washington governor letter urging federal regulators to reject Northwest gas pipeline expansion, a report implicating White House officials conspiring to destroy Russian gas pipelines before the Ukraine invasion, a Virginia protest calling for railroad safety after several Norfolk Southern derailments, and Northwest Congressional members considering bipartisan rail regulation bills prompted by an Ohio hazardous train wreck.  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 fuel 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, March 8, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on the recent March 2023 full moon and KRFP Real Radio dinner and auction, protests planning meetings and comments of environmental, faith, and health professional groups opposed to Northwest fracked gas pipeline expansion, Idaho legislature bills changing oil and gas mapping and forced leasing laws and banning local governments from restricting natural gas in new structures, an upcoming webinar on Wet’suwet’en First Nation culture in British Columbia, a police report labeling environmental advocate Erin Brockovich as a terrorist supporting Ohio train derailment victims, and Norfolk Southern Railway donations toward a proposed Atlanta cop training facility.  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 fuel 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, March 1, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Nick Engelfried, a Northwest climate advocate, environmental educator and founder of Reconnect Earth, and freelance journalist and author of Movement Makers about American youth climate activism.  We also share news, music, and reflections on Ontario indigenous musician and artist Isaac Murdoch, a people’s hearing, a request for governor opposition, and Spokane area and Northwest resistance to a proposed gas pipeline expansion, a British Columbia First Nation lawsuit against police violations of pipeline protester rights, and a study on wind and solar power generation cheaper than coal-fired power plant operations.  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 fuel 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, February 22, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features community members threatened by the Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline expansion project, testifying at the February 13 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress hosted by a Northwest coalition.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on a new lawsuit filed by three tribes protecting their northern Nevada lands from the Thacker Pass lithium mine, a semi-truck crash and diesel spill into a north Idaho river, and railroaded hazardous materials risks to American trackside communities.  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 fuel 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, February 15, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features lead speakers at the February 13 People’s Hearing to Stop GTN Xpress, hosted by a Northwest coalition to gather testimony from community members threatened by Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline expansion and avoided by federal regulators.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the Ohio chemical train derailment still sickening area residents and caused by reduced railroad safety measures and increased plastics production, a triple locomotive wreck and diesel spill near an Oregon river, resumed construction and wetlands concerns for a north Idaho highway reroute, and Idaho media coverage and central Oregon protests of proposed GTN Xpress fracked gas pipeline expansion.  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 fuel 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, February 8, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Rogue Climate coordinator Maig Tinnin talking about southern Oregon wildfire aftermaths and the environmental and social impacts and Northwest community opposition to GTN Xpress fracked gas pipeline expansion.  We also share news, music, and reflections on a north Idaho wetland analysis along a Highway 95 reroute, failed Forest Service logging collaborative processes, responses to a federal court decision favoring northern Nevada lithium mining, comments against Mountain Valley pipeline destruction of national forests, an upcoming online action demanding Uinta Basin Railway rejection, and a February 13 People’s Hearing to stop increased Northwest pipeline gas.  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 fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.

(Links to program material forthcoming)