Climate Justice Forum: Idaho Oil & Gas Injection Well & Aquifer Exemption, Train Bridge Construction & Derailments, Oregon Fuels Terminal Approval, Indigenous & Court Rejections & Delays of Pipelines & Mines 2-16-22


The Wednesday, February 16, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on the first Idaho oil and gas waste injection well and aquifer exemption hearing and comments, train bridge construction in north Idaho and derailments into a Colorado river, under a Missouri rail bridge, and over an Arizona lake, county permit approval of an Oregon riverside fuels terminal, demands for dropped charges of pipeline protesters in British Columbia and Minnesota, a third Native lawsuit against a Nevada lithium mine, Standing Rock tribe withdrawal from a flawed environmental review process and Illinois court rejection of Dakota Access capacity expansion, and Trans Mountain pipeline costs and delays.  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 Oil & Gas Injection Well, Nuclear Waste Cleanup, Modular Nuclear Reactors, & Climate Talk, Oregon Oil Train Terminal Rejection & Potential Earthquake Spills, B.C., Ecuador, & Thailand Pipeline Resistance & Leaks 2-9-22


The Wednesday, February 9, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on the first Idaho oil and gas waste injection well, completed cleanup of a buried nuclear waste site, and a climate talk by Terry Tempest Williams, a Washington port grain car derailment, an Oregon eviction demonstration and state affirmation of a denied oil train terminal permit, potential Portland riverside fuel tank spills after a major earthquake, British Columbia indigenous resistance to a gas pipeline and United Nations intervention request, burst and leaking oil pipelines in Ecuador and Thailand waters, half of China’s 2022 energy from non-fossil fuel sources, no climate solutions from small modular nuclear reactors, and U.S. COVID-19 cases and deaths.  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 Gas & Injection Wells, Northwest & Wisconsin Pipeline Expansions, Washington Runaway Tanker & Nuclear Leak, Nevada Mines Resistance, Cancelled Gulf of Mexico Oil Leases 2-2-22


The Wednesday, February 2, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on new Idaho oil and gas extraction and waste injection wells, proposed Northwest gas pipeline volume increases, a runaway Washington petroleum gas train car, public input on Wisconsin tar sands pipeline expansion, support for BIPOC transportation to resistance camps, Nevada lithium mine opposition updates,  indigenous victory over Nova Scotia cavern gas storage plans, a leaking Hanford nuclear waste tank, federal court cancellation of a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale, demands for release of imprisoned Leonard Peltier with COVID-19, online direct action training workshops, and Imbolc celebrations between winter solstice and spring equinox.  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: 10th Anniversary, George Monbiot, Rail Line Transfer, Northwest Power Plant, Refineries, Record Temps, & Nuclear Waste, B.C. & Virginia Pipeline Resistance 1-26-22


The Wednesday, January 26, 2021, tenth anniversary, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features British journalist and author George Monbiot describing climate and social change tipping points.  We also share news and reflections on BNSF Railway termination of a Montana Rail Link lease, a planned Idaho lakeside timber sale and impacts, opposition to requested pollution increases at an Oregon gas-fired power plant, proposed retirement of Washington oil refineries, 2021 Northwest extreme temperature records, U.S. Navy rail shipment and storage of nuclear waste in Idaho, dropped charges against indigenous occupiers of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Native resistance to British Columbia tar sands pipeline expansion, and federal court rejection of Virginia gas pipeline approvals.  Broadcast for ten years this week 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: Martin Luther King, Jr. on Vietnam War, Government Oppression, & Nonviolent Protest, First Idaho Oil & Gas Waste Well, Potential BNSF Railway Strike 1-19-22


The Wednesday, January 19, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s April 1967 Beyond Vietnam speech in New York City, and a tribute remembering his strong commitment to equality, peace, and nonviolent direct actions, and resulting government retaliation.  We also share news and reflections on opposition to Idaho’s first oil and gas waste injection well and a potential strike by BNSF Railway workers over a new attendance policy.  Broadcast for ten years this week 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: Dan Serres on Oregon Methanol Refinery, Washington Train Fatality & Unreported Wrecks, Montana Railroad Takeover, Baltimore Coal Terminal Explosion, B.C. & Pennsylvania Pipeline Protests, Nuclear Waste Transports 1-12-22


The Wednesday, January 12, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Dan Serres of Columbia Riverkeeper talking with Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein, about attempts to build a Port Westward, Oregon, methanol refinery and other Northwest fossil fuels facilities.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on British Columbia indigenous and Canadian solidarity protests of a gas pipeline and police assaults, another Washington fatality on a new Amtrak route, unreported derailments, and train problems, Montana Rail Link takeover by BNSF Railway, a Baltimore coal terminal explosion, a Pennsylvania pipeline construction blockade, and nuclear waste transportation and storage across the Northwest and nation.  Broadcast for almost 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: Dan Serres on Oregon Methanol Refinery, Military Trains, Colorado Wildfires & Coal Derailment, Minnesota Line 3 Breaches, B.C. Rail & Pipeline Protesters, Antarctic Glacier, Spokane Indigenous Film 1-5-22


The Wednesday, January 5, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Dan Serres of Columbia Riverkeeper talking with Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein, about attempts to build a Port Westward, Oregon, methanol refinery and other Northwest fossil fuels facilities.  We also share songs, news, and reflections on December West Coast military trains, a British Columbia (B.C.) court decision allowing railroad prosecution of track blockaders, Colorado climate crisis-fueled winter wildfires and a coal derailment, Minnesota Line 3 aquifer breaches and waterway pollution, B.C. First Nation and Chicago solidarity actions against a gas pipeline, police invasions, and bank funders, Spokane film screening and discussion of cross-continent indigenous organizing, and a collapsing Antarctic glacier and global deluge.  Broadcast for almost 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: Paul Beckwith on Abrupt Climate Mayhem, Delaware Occupy Biden Protests, Gulf of Mexico Drilling Leases, Coal & Oil Export Bans, Climate Scientist Film Review 12-29-21


The Wednesday, December 29, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Canadian climate scientist Paul Beckwith talking about abrupt climate system mayhem and likely impending environmeistntal and economic crises.  We also share songs, news, and reflections on Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg’s encouragement of civil disobedience, Occupy Biden protests in Delaware demanding presidential climate action, Biden administration auctions of massive Gulf of Mexico oil and gas drilling leases and a promise to not ban crude oil exports, a Canadian decision to halt thermal coal exports by 2030, and a climate scientist’s perspective on the comet collision movie Don’t Look Up.  Broadcast for almost 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: Solstice Celebrations, Northwest Track Sabotage, LNG Facility Appeals, & Climate Victories, Montana Train Collision & Derailment Lawsuit, Iowa Oil Train Spill Fine, B.C. & Minnesota Pipeline & Nevada Mine Protests 12-22-21


The Wednesday, December 22, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on the moonlit Winter Solstice and its worldwide celebrations, Washington military and nuclear waste trains, federal prison sentences of railroad track saboteurs, and tribal and community group appeals of a LNG facility permit, 2021 Northwest victories over fossil fuel infrastructure proposals, a Montana abandoned vehicle and train collision and fatal Amtrak derailment employee lawsuit, a $1.5 million fine for a 2018 Iowa tar sands oil train spill, solidarity actions and indigenous eviction of British Columbia gas pipeline construction workers, Minnesota Line 3 and Gulf Coast demonstrations demanding environmental reviews, opposition to Nevada lithium mine displacement of Native homes, and a large northern California coastal earthquake.  Broadcast for almost 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: NW Double Coal Trains & India Covers, B.C. Pipeline Resistance, Nevada & Oregon Lithium Mines & Lawsuits, Tar Sands Tailing Ponds Release Plans, Hawaii Navy Fuel Pollution 12-15-21


The Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, interviews, and reflections on U.S. extradition of Julian Assange from a London prison, Northwest double-long coal trains and India dust cover plans, Wet’suwet’en land and water defense and solidarity actions against British Columbia gas pipeline construction, investors, and raiding police, new indigenous legal claims against a proposed Nevada lithium mine, permitted test drilling for first Oregon lithium extraction, federal talks about Alberta tar sands tailings pond releases into the Athabasca River, and ongoing Navy fuel storage contamination of Hawaii drinking water.  Broadcast for almost 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.