The Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) features news about Spokane and Vancouver, Washington bans and fines of fossil fuel transportation and infrastructure, a federal settlement with six Tesoro refineries to reduce air pollution emissions and violations, resistance to southwest Idaho oil and gas development and a federal lease auction, and other topics. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm PDT, live at 90.3 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide climate activism and community opposition to extreme energy projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.
Category Archives: Climate Justice Forum
Climate Justice Forum: Lac-Megantic Tragedy Commemorations, Quinault Oil Terminal Demonstration, #StopOilTrains Week of Action, BLM Lease Auction Protest 7-13-16
The Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) features news about three-year anniversary commemorations of the Lac-Megantic oil train tragedy, the Quinault Indian Nation’s demonstration against Grays Harbor oil terminals, #StopOilTrains Week of Action protests throughout the Northwest, and upcoming resistance to a BLM oil and gas lease auction and nuclear waste in southern Idaho. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm PDT, live at 90.3 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide climate activism and community opposition to extreme energy projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: #StopOilTrains Week of Action, City Bans of Oil Trains & Coal Ports 7-6-16
Climate Justice Forum: NW Oil Train Moratorium Requests, EFSEC Oil Terminal Hearings, Payette County Oil Discovery, Gulf of Mexico Fracking Permits 6-29-16
Climate Justice Forum: Oil Train Blockade & Moratorium Requests, Utah Tar Sands Mine Arrests, Spokane Healthy Climate Citizens Initiative 6-22-16
Climate Justice Forum: Mosier Mayor, Residents, & Activist, Union Pacific Snafus & Grants, Millennium Bulk Terminals Public Input 6-15-16
The Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) features June 9 conversations with Mosier, Oregon Mayor Arlene Burns, Mosier residents Silas Bleakley and Brent Foster, and Peter Cornelison of Friends of the Columbia Gorge, about the June 3 Union Pacific oil train derailment, explosion, and fire in the Columbia River Gorge. Other topics include Union Pacific rail operation violations in Oregon and grants to Sandpoint area organizations and Millennium Bulk Terminals public comments and hearings on the last proposed Northwest coal export facility. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm PDT, live at 90.3 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide climate activism and community opposition to extreme energy projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Oregon Oil Train Derailment, Longview Coal Terminal Hearing in Pasco, BLM Oil & Gas Lease in Payette County 6-8-16
Climate Justice Forum: Longview Coal Terminal Testimony, Powder River Basin Coal Downturns, & California Off-Shore Fracking 6-1-16
The Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) features excerpted, May 26, Spokane public hearing testimony opposing the largest proposed coal export facility in North America, Millennium Bulk Terminals at Longview, Washington. Other topics include a similar June 2 hearing in Pasco, Washington, Arch Coal’s withdrawal from this coal port project, downturns in Powder River Basin coal production and related railroad employment, and Obama administration approval of resuming fracking off the California coast. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm PDT, live at 90.3 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide climate activism and community opposition to extreme energy projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Break Free Pacific Northwest Talks 5-25-16
The Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) shares excerpts of talks given by Swinomish, Samish, and other Salish Sea area tribal members, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, and an oil train rail line blockader at Break Free Pacific Northwest actions in Anacortes, Washington, on May 13 to 15. Other discussions include public hearings in Longview, Spokane, and Pasco, Washington, on the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed largest coal export terminal in North America, Millennium Bulk Terminals at Longview, Washington. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm PDT, live at 90.3 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide climate activism and community opposition to extreme energy projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.