The Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on a recent total lunar eclipse, upcoming presentations on militarism causes of climate crisis and reproductive autonomy protest training, a worldwide Solstice prayer for Earth protection, an Interior Department report on Indian boarding schools, an Oregon agency remand of a port rezoning decision, cancellation of federal offshore oil and gas lease sales in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, Canadian taxpayer funding of a tar sands pipeline expansion, sentencing of New Hampshire power plant coal train blockaders, and derailments, spills, and a passenger death in Washington, Arkansas, and Illinois. Broadcast for ten 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.
Category Archives: Climate Justice Forum
Climate Justice Forum: Derrick Jensen & Lierre Keith on Alternative Energy Lies, Idaho Totem Pole Blessing & Reopened Rail Bridge, B.C. & Wisconsin Pipeline Protest & Lawsuit, Anti-War Mothers Day, Lunar Eclipse 5-11-22
The Wednesday, May 11, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a Chris Hedges conversation with deep-green activists and authors Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith, who discuss mainstream environmental movement fantasies about alternative energy solutions of the climate crisis, described with Max Wilbert in their book Bright Green Lies. We also share news, music, and reflections on the anti-war origins of Mothers Day, an upcoming total lunar eclipse, an Idaho totem pole journey ceremony and reopened railroad lake bridge, and British Columbia and Wisconsin tar sands pipeline expansion protests and industry lawsuits. Broadcast for ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Scott Parkin on Fossil Fuels Funding Protests, Idaho, Northwest, & Minnesota Oil, Gas, & Railroad Resistance, North Dakota & Europe Derailments, Supreme Court Self-Ignition, Beltane & May Day 5-4-22
The Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a conversation with Scott Parkin of Rising Tide North America and Diablo Rising Tide, talking about a shareholder funding protest at the San Francisco Wells Fargo bank headquarters and other Bay Area fossil fuels facilities and resistance. We also share news, music, and reflections on the Beltane and May Day holidays, a Northwest oil train and megaload opposition documentary and panel discussion, Idaho resistance to oil and gas infrastructure, legislation, and rail traffic over an unstable lake bridge, train derailments and oil tank fires in North Dakota, Ukraine, and Russia, Earth Day demonstrator self-ignition at the Supreme Court, and legal support for Minnesota tar sands pipeline protesters. Broadcast for ten 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 opposition 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Tara Houska on Decolonization, Northwest Native Canoe Carvers, Mistreated Women, & Resistance Film, Idaho Climate Laws, Fossil Fuels, War, & Bank Protests 4-27-22
The Wednesday, April 27, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a webinar recording of Native, northern Minnesota, water protector and attorney Tara Houska, talking about decolonizing relationships among resistance networks, mainstream culture, and the Earth. We also share news, music, and reflections on the upcoming Moscow Renaissance Fair and a Northwest climate resistance film and talk, Idaho climate legislation and a panel discussion on missing and murdered indigenous women, a Spokane museum exhibit of active, Native canoe carving, and Earth Week protests rejecting fossil fuels and war around President Biden’s Seattle visit, a Bay Area bank shareholders meeting, and North Carolina weapons plant construction. Broadcast for ten 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 opposition 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Idaho Highway Expansion Lawsuit & Fossil Fuels Waste Disposal, Nevada Lithium Mine Archeology Dig, Pipeline Protesters Legal Challenges & Camp, Earth Day & Ren Fair Actions 4-20-22
The Wednesday, April 20, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on an Idaho highway expansion legal challenge and donations and a proposed fossil fuels waste disposal well, a Nevada lithium mine archeological dig violating indigenous ancestors, rights, and sacred sites, criminalization and expenses of prosecuted water protectors opposing pipelines, a British Columbia First Nation call for frontline camp workers, and Earth Day and Renaissance Fair action opportunities across the Northwest. Broadcast for ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Idaho Highway Lawsuit Donations, Northwest Activism Film, Hidden Lithium Mine Evidence, B.C., West Virginia, & Scientist Protests, Fossil Fuel Banks 4-13-22
The Wednesday, April 13, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on donation requests for north Idaho highway realignment legal challenges, a Northwest indigenous and climate activism film screening and panel discussion, hidden federal agency evidence in a Nevada lithium mine court case, protests of Canadian tar sands pipeline expansion and West Virginia coal plant political ties, an Alberta visit by Senator Manchin to revive the Keystone XL pipeline, worldwide climate scientist direct actions and arrests, global banks supporting fossil fuel infrastructure and climate chaos, and fundraising songs for Ukraine opposition to Russian invasion. Broadcast for ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Erin Saylor on Northwest Pipeline Expansion, Highway 95 Lawsuit, Future Sustainability, Earth Day Events, WIRT 11th Anniversary 4-6-22
The Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Columbia Riverkeeper staff attorney Erin Saylor, talking about Keystone XL pipeline owner TC Energy’s plans to expand the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline across north Idaho and the Northwest. We also share news, music, and reflections on WIRT’s March 31 eleventh anniversary, an environmental coalition legal challenge of Highway 95 realignment, an indigenous presentation on future, sustainable life ways, and Earth Day events and climate marches in Moscow and Spokane. Broadcast for ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Shelley Brock on Idaho Gas & Injection Wells, Highway 95 Reroute Challenge, Oregon Methanol Plant Closure, West Virginia Coal Protest 3-30-22
The Wednesday, March 30, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Shelley Brock of Citizens Allied for Integrity and Accountability, talking about Idaho oil and gas waste injection and riverside extraction wells, an aquifer exemption, and water contamination. We also share news, music, and reflections on a north Idaho legal challenge of highway expansion, a closed Oregon methanol facility, and a West Virginia coal plant protest. Broadcast for ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Anthony Ingraffea & Shelley Brock on Leaking Gas Wells, Idaho Highway Lawsuit & Waterside Development, Washington Tribe Against B.C. Pipeline, Ukraine & U.S. War Protests 3-23-22
The Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features New York academic and industry expert Anthony Ingraffea talking about leaking gas and oil wells, water contamination, and methane emissions, and Shelley Brock testifying against the first Idaho oil and gas waste injection well. We also share news, music, and reflections on a north Idaho lawsuit against Palouse highway expansion and comments against changed waterside development rules, Washington climate action events and indigenous support of First Nations rejection of a British Columbia gas pipeline, Ukraine and U.S. protests of war and oil tankers, and the spring equinox and March full moon. Broadcast for ten 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.
Climate Justice Forum: Idaho Waste Disposal Well, Rail Bridge Expansion, Waterside Development, Mining Remediation, & War Protest, Fossil Fuels Resurgence, B.C. Pipeline Defunding 3-16-22
The Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on Idaho’s first oil and gas waste disposal well and aquifer exemption, freight and passenger railroad relationships and lake train bridge expansion, city plans for waterside over-development, citizen demands for Superfund site decontamination and clinics, loss of a Palouse region environmental protector, and a demonstration against Russian invasion of Ukraine, fossil fuel industry exploitation of war for its profits, Alberta tar sands crude and land sales resurgence, and indigenous pressure for bank defunding of a British Columbia gas pipeline. Broadcast for ten 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.