Climate Justice Forum: North Idaho Rail Bridge Expansion Resistance, Increased Canadian Tar Sands by Train, Bellingham Area Tanker Cars Derailment, Montana Valve Turner Sentencing, Trans Mountain Pipeline Protest Arrests, Massachusetts Necessity Defense Victory, Seventh WIRT Anniversary Concerts 3-28-18


The Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on resistance to railroad track and bridge expansion around Lake Pend Oreille, increased Canadian tar sands-by-rail due to blocked pipelines, black tanker car derailments near Bellingham, Montana pipeline valve turner sentencing and statement, Trans Mountain pipeline protest arrests, Massachusetts pipeline blockaders’ necessity defense victory, and two seventh anniversary WIRT benefit concerts.  Broadcast for six 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, community opposition to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Sandpoint Rail Line & Bridge Expansion Comments & Hearings, Tar Sands Export Trains through Idaho, Portland Train Derailment, Trans Mountain Pipeline Blockade, Montana Valve Turner Non-Jail Sentence, March WIRT Events 3-21-18


The Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on public comments and hearings on rail line and bridge expansion around Lake Pend Oreille, Canadian tar sands exports to Asia via north Idaho trains to Portland, an empty train derailment in Portland, a B.C. tree-sit blockade of the Trans Mountain pipeline, Montana tar sands pipeline valve turner Leonard Higgins’ sentence without jail time, and WIRT meetings, screenings, and benefit concerts.  Broadcast for six 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, community opposition to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Second, Lake Pend Oreille, Railroad Bridge Resistance, Anacortes Refinery Expansion Appeal Denial, Circuit Court Approval of Youth versus U.S. Climate Trial 3-14-18


The Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news and reflections on resistance to a second, Lake Pend Oreille, railroad bridge and inadequate, public participation processes, Skagit County commission denial of a Tesoro Anacortes refinery expansion permit appeal, a U.S. Circuit Court decision favoring youth plaintiffs over Trump administration dismissal of their landmark, constitutional, climate trial, two seventh annual celebrations of Wild Idaho Rising Tide, and other topics.  Broadcast for six 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, community opposition to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Released Lake Pend Oreille Rail Bridge Application, Newport Silicon Smelter Resisters March, Port of Vancouver Oil Terminal Lease Termination, Anacortes Refinery Expansion Opposition, Canadian Navy Ship Fuel Spill 2-28-18


The Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on the recently released, railroad application to build a second, Lake Pend Oreille bridge, endangered, lake, bull trout recovery plans, a Newport, silicon smelter resisters march, early, Port of Vancouver termination of the Tesoro-Savage oil terminal lease, Anacortes refinery expansion opposition, a Canadian navy ship fuel spill in the Strait of Georgia, and other topics.  Broadcast for six 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, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Sandpoint Railroad Issues Meeting, Second Lake Rail Bridge Application, Payette Riverside Gas Wells, Anti-Silicon Smelter Meeting & March, Jordan Cove LNG Project Protest, Solar Panel Tariff 2-21-18


The Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a recording of an Idaho Conservation League, railroad issues meeting in Sandpoint, and news and reflections on an application to build a second, Lake Pend Oreille, rail bridge, Alta Mesa gas well drilling next to the Payette River, a WIRT and Newport silicon smelter resisters meeting and march, an Oregon meeting disruption by Jordan Cove LNG project protesters, and a Trump administration tariff on imported solar panels.  Broadcast for six 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, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Lake Rail Bridge & Silica Drilling Meetings, Fatal Railroad Crossing Upgrades, Fossil Fuel Industry in Public Lands, 2017 Oil & Gas Well Increase, North Dakota Valve Turner Incarceration 2-14-18


The Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a recording of the Idaho Conservation League, rail bridge update meeting in Sandpoint, and news and reflections on north Idaho, railroad crossing upgrades and an exploratory, silica drilling proposal, a Trump administration directive allowing fossil fuel industry exploitation of public lands, a nationwide increase of oil and gas drilling rigs last year, tar sands pipeline valve turner Michael Foster’s North Dakota incarceration, and various, activist support appeals.  Broadcast for six 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, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Vancouver Celebration, Regional Rallies, & Washington Governor Rejection of Oil Terminal, Spokane Train Blockader Court Case, Gas Well Drilling near Payette River, Legal Challenge of Bayou Bridge Pipeline 1-31-18


The Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news and reflections on regional celebrations and articles applauding Washington Governor Inslee’s rejection of the Tesoro Savage oil train terminal in Vancouver, Sandpoint and Spokane oil pipelines-on-wheels and terminal decision influences, Spokane fossil fuel train blockader George Taylor’s court case, Alta Mesa gas well drilling near the Payette River in southwest Idaho, and a legal challenge of Bayou Bridge pipeline construction in Louisiana.  Broadcast for six 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, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Tacoma LNG Blockader Cynthia Linet, Washington Capitol Occupations, Idaho Oil & Gas Issues, Health-Hazardous Coal & Longer Trains, TransCanada Pipeline Spill Dump, Burnaby Pipeline Protester Arrests 1-17-18


The Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news and reflections on citizen disruptions and indigenous occupations of the Washington state capitol, Idaho oil and gas issue developments and waste injection wells, an Oklahoma mineral rights lawsuit against Idaho driller Alta Mesa, health-hazardous coal and longer trains, TransCanada pipeline spill dirt dumped in road ditches, Burnaby pipeline protester arrests, and jury-acquitted, Tacoma liquefied natural gas plant blockader Cynthia Linet on direct action and the U.S. justice system.  Broadcast for six 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, community opposition to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Oil & Gas Waste Injection Wells, Withdrawn & Lease-Cancelled Oil Terminals, Trump Plan for Northwest Offshore Drilling, Upper Midwest Tar Sands Pipeline Resistance 1-10-18


The Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news and reflections on Idaho and Oklahoma oil and gas waste injection wells, earthquakes, and pollution, a withdrawn, Grays Harbor, oil train terminal proposal, a cancelled, Port of Vancouver lease for the Tesoro-Savage, oil-by-rail terminal, a Trump administration plan to open the Northwest coast to offshore drilling, and Upper Midwest, indigenous and grassroots resistance to several, tar sands pipelines.  Broadcast for almost six 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, community opposition to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Sandpoint Megaload, Idaho Oil & Gas Royalties & Injection Wells, Washington Amtrak Derailment, Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal Recommendation, Diminished Train Safety Rules, Tacoma LNG Plant Blockades 12-20-17


The Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features news and reflections on a recent, Sandpoint megaload, Idaho oil and gas royalties and waste injection wells, a Washington Amtrak derailment worsened by absent federal regulations, the final Tesoro Savage oil terminal report and recommendation, oil train safety rules diminished by the Trump administration, and three blockades of a proposed, Tacoma, liquefied natural gas facility. Broadcast for almost six 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, community resistance to fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.