The Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features indigenous organizers of Minnesota Line 3 tar sands pipeline resistance discussing upcoming mass actions in early June. We also share news and reflections about Idaho railroad bridge and track expansion damages, Washington silicon smelter opposition, a Minnesota derailment acid spill, another northwest Iowa train wreck, fire, and evacuation, a Texas Gulf Coast blockade and hunger strike against oil exports, court denial of a Dakota Access pipeline stay request, and Michigan tribe banishment of Enbridge Line 5. Broadcast for nine 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 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.
Category Archives: Climate Justice Forum
Climate Justice Forum: Nevada Lithium Mine Resisters, Idaho Oil & Gas Lease Hearing, Oregon Rail Bridge Fire, Minnesota & B.C. Pipeline Protests 5-12-21
The Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Protect Thacker Pass organizers and indigenous residents discussing encamped resistance to a proposed, massive, Nevada, lithium mine. We also share news and reflections about an Idaho hearing on forced oil and gas leasing terms, an Oregon railroad bridge fire, and trainings, blockades, and upcoming actions against tar sands pipeline expansions in Minnesota and British Columbia. Broadcast for nine 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 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: Washington Gas Vehicles Ban, Idaho Lakeside Logging, Resistance to Nevada Lithium Mine, Texas Oil Export, Washington Gas Plant, Utah Tar Sands, & Minnesota, Virginia, & Dakota Access Pipelines 5-5-21
The Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on a proposed Idaho lakeside timber sale, a Nevada lithium mine protest campaign, a Texas hunger strike against oil export ship channel dredging, a Washington kayak flotilla and indigenous opposition to a gas plant, ten years of Utah tar sands resistance success, a Minnesota landowner lawsuit against Line 3 replacement, Dakota Access pipeline review and shutdown updates, a scientist blockade of Virginia gas pipeline construction, and a Washington ban of new internal combustion vehicles by 2030. Broadcast for nine 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 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: Texas Oil Export Striker Diane Wilson, Leaders Climate Summit, Line 3 Training, Idaho Fossil Fuels Podcast, Lithium Mine Opposition, B.C. Pipeline Halt, Dakota Access Rehearing Denial 4-28-21
The Wednesday, April 28, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a conversation with Texas Gulf Coast shrimper and environmentalist Diane Wilson, about her ongoing, three-week, hunger strike to stop proposed dredging of a mercury-contaminated ship channel for crude oil exports. We also share news and reflections on the Biden administration Leaders Summit on Climate, a solidarity hunger strike and Line 3 resistance training, a podcast on fighting fossil fuels in Idaho, Thacker Pass lithium mine opposition, British Columbia protests and bird nesting halt of Trans Mountain pipeline construction, and appeals court denial of a Dakota Access pipeline rehearing. Broadcast for nine 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 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: Mother Earth Week Talks, B.C., Minnesota, & Virginia Pipeline Resistance, Texas Oil Export Hunger Strike, WIRT Recognition 4-21-21
The Wednesday, April 21, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features talks by Eriel Deranger of Indigenous Climate Action, Joye Braun of Indigenous Environmental Network, and a Trans Mountain pipeline protester, during an online, Mother Earth Week event. We also share news and reflections on a Minnesota blockade of a Line 3 pipeline office, a Texas hunger strike to stop dredging of an oil export ship canal, an extracted, longtime, Virginia tree sit blocking pipeline construction, legislation ending fossil fuel subsidies, and allied, Earth Day recognition of WIRT. Broadcast for nine 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 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 Riverside Gas Wells & Earth Stewardship Event, Line 3 Action Training, Washington Gas Plant & Refinery Appeals, Anti-Pipeline Youth Rallies, LaDonna Allard Tribute 4-14-21
The Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on deadly fossil fuel infrastructure, an Idaho COVID-19 mask mandate and riverside oil and gas drilling and forced leasing, an Earth stewardship event and WIRT recognition, a Rising Tide training to resist Line 3, Washington gas plant permit and refinery expansion appeals, indigenous youth rallies for Biden cancellation of pipelines, and a tribute to Dakota Access pipeline opposition leader LaDonna Brave Bull Allard. Broadcast for nine 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 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: WIRT Opportunities, Idaho Train Increases & Blocked Roads, Wyoming & Montana Derailments, Rejected Colorado Railway, Pipeline & Mine Protests 4-7-21
The Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on our tenth anniversary, volunteer opportunities, and recent, social media absence, north Idaho railroad-blocked road access and fossil fuel train increases during March and from tar sands pipeline opposition, a Wyoming river locomotive fuel spill settlement, Montana chlorine train crash remembrances, federal rejection of a potential Colorado oil train corridor, and indigenous and allied actions against pipelines and lithium mines. Broadcast for nine 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 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: WIRT Tenth Anniversary Celebration of 2011-12 Tar Sands Megaload Protesters & Monitors 3-31-21
The Wednesday, March 31, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), celebrates our tenth anniversary with news reports, interviews, and reflections on blockades and arrests of concerned citizens protesting, monitoring, and biking near ExxonMobil megaloads hauling tar sands mining equipment through Idaho to Alberta during 2011 and 2012, WIRT’s first year of fossil fuels resistance. Broadcast for nine 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 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: Annette Bryan on Gas Plant Resistance, Idaho Wetlands Permit, Railroad Expansion, & Pipeline Challenge, Pipeline & Lithium Mine Protests & Lawsuits 3-24-21
The Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Puyallup Tribal council member Annette Bryan discussing Tacoma gas plant resistance during a Washington fossil fuels rules webinar. We also offer news and reflections on the March equinox and full moon, a Highway 95 relocation wetlands permit, railroad bridge and track expansion, and gas pipeline challenge in Idaho, a British Columbia office occupation and indigenous walk opposing a Nevada lithium mine, dropped charges against Black Hills land defenders, a Minnesota Line 3 pump station blockade, and a Dakota Access pipeline lawsuit against a legal aid group. Broadcast for nine 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 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: Irish Rebel Songs, Armed Nuclear Shipments, Lake Bridge Repairs, Washington Train Crew Size, Lithium Mine Walk, Native Interior Secretary, Jane Fonda at Line 3 Protests 3-17-21
The Wednesday, March 17, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on centuries of Irish rebellion songs, armed rail and road shipments of nuclear material, COVID-19 funds for Highway 95 and Long Bridge repairs, federal court approval of a Washington train crew law, an indigenous walk to a lithium mine resistance camp, historic Senate confirmation of native Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and actress Jane Fonda at Line 3 Minnesota protests. Broadcast for nine 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 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.