The Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition (PRDC) board president Cass Davis discussing decades-long citizen efforts to protect native Palouse Prairie remnants, wildlife, and wetlands from north Idaho highway realignment and expansion. We also share news, music, and reflections on a federal agency decision halting work on that Highway 95 project, a PRDC crowdfunding campaign, doubled Idaho lake railroad bridges and coal train lengths, a court-reinstated coal leasing moratorium on federal lands, investigations and rancher cases against a corrupt Montana coal company, an indigenous civil suit against police harassment near British Columbia gas pipeline construction, and New York City protests of pipeline deals in Congressional bills. 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: Events
Climate Justice Forum: Northwest Gas Pipeline Expansion & Resistance, Idaho Challenges of Oil & Gas Waste Well & Forced Leasing, Washington Silicon Smelter Siting Opposition 8-24-22
The Wednesday, August 24, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections about Canadian Keystone XL company plans to expand fracked gas pipeline volumes and pump stations across north Idaho and the Northwest and extensive citizen and state government rejection of this scheme through comments and petitions. We also discuss southwest Idaho legal challenges of a proposed oil and gas waste injection well and forced gas well leasing, and ongoing resistance to siting of a Newport, Washington, silicon smelter. 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 Pipeline Resistance & Rail Bridge Construction, Spokane River Paddle & Veterans for Peace Award, Frontline Responses to Inflation Reduction Act, August Full Moon 8-17-22
The Wednesday, August 17, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a Columbia Riverkeeper webinar about Keystone XL pipeline owner TC Energy’s plans to expand GTN Xpress gas pipeline volumes and pump stations across north Idaho and the Northwest. We also share news, music, and reflections on BNSF Railway second bridges and track construction in Lake Pend Oreille, an indigenous canoe paddle on the Spokane River, selection of Spokane Veterans for Peace as chapter of the year, GTN Xpress comments, petitions, letters to editors, and protests, a People versus Fossil Fuels coalition response to industry deals in the Inflation Reduction Act, and the August full sturgeon supermoon. 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: GTN Xpress Gas Pipeline Expansion, Palouse Prairie Crowdfunding, DAPL Jail Support, Nevada Lithium Mine Discoveries, First Nation Work Camp, Bay Area Refinery Protest 8-10-22
The Wednesday, August 10, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a recent Columbia Riverkeeper webinar about Keystone XL pipeline owner TC Energy’s plans to expand GTN Xpress gas pipeline volumes and pump stations across north Idaho and the Northwest. We also share news, music, and reflections on crowdfunding for legal efforts to protect Palouse Prairie wetlands from Idaho highway expansion, a coincidental Illinois intermodal train derailment, solidarity support for an incarcerated Dakota Access pipeline protester, discovery of indigenous historic sites at a proposed Nevada lithium mine site, a summer work camp on First Nation lands in British Columbia, and Bay Area demonstrations remembering a 2012 Chevron refinery fire. 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 Tribal Canoe Journey & Resistance to Gas Pipeline & Highway Expansion, Logging & Silica Mining, BC Pipeline Opposition, Last Hawaii Coal 8-3-22
The Wednesday, August 3, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on funding requests for legal efforts to protect Palouse Prairie wetlands from highway expansion, Keystone XL pipeline owner plans to expand Northwest gas pipeline volumes and pump stations, north Idaho lakeside silica mining claims for sale, proposed massive public lands deforestation, obstructive road bridge replacement, a recent small wildfire, and climate concerned updates to a county comprehensive plan, the annual Kalispel and allied tribal canoe journey and powwow, dropped charges and indigenous resistance to a British Columbia gas pipeline, final coal shipments to a closing Hawaii power plant, and impending global human population collapse. 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 NW Gas Pipeline Expansion, Palouse Wetlands Protection, Hanford Nuclear Leaks, BC Pipeline Resistance, Climate Emergency Declaration, Congressional Staffers Protest 7-27-22
The Wednesday, July 27, 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 Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline volume and pump stations across north Idaho and the Northwest. We also share news, music, and reflections on legal efforts and funding requests for Palouse Prairie wetlands protection from highway expansion, online workshops on leaking Hanford nuclear waste, pipeline resistance camp opportunities at a British Columbia indigenous center, conferences and actions urging a presidential declaration of climate emergency, and a Congressional staffers climate protest and arrests in a Washington DC office. 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: Extinction Rebellion on IPCC Mitigation Report, Idaho Gas Pipeline, Highway, & Train Expansions, Utah Oil Railroad Approval, Nevada Fatal Collision Charges, BC & Minnesota Pipeline Protester Cases 7-20-22
The Wednesday, July 20, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features an Extinction Rebellion United Kingdom discussion about the March 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on mitigation measures to reduce climate crisis causes and impacts. We also share news, music, and reflections on opposition to north Idaho gas pipeline, highway, and fossil fuels train expansions, approval of a proposed Utah oil train railroad through Forest Service lands, Nevada charges in the fatal vehicle collision with indigenous filmmaker Myron Dewey, and British Columbia and northern Minnesota court cases of Native and allied protesters of gas and tar sands pipelines. 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: Extinction Rebellion on IPCC Climate Crisis Mitigation Report, Fossil Fuel Train & Pipeline Protests & Lawsuits, Supreme Court Emissions Control Decision 7-13-22
The Wednesday, July 13, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features an Extinction Rebellion United Kingdom discussion about the March 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on mitigation measures to reduce climate crisis causes and impacts. We also share news, music, and reflections on Sandpoint and Spokane fossil fuels train and rail bridge protests and blockades, indigenous and allied water protector criminal charges and court cases in British Columbia and Minnesota, a U.S. Supreme Court decision on environmental agency authority over power plant emissions, and the July 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: Bruce Campbell & Oregonians on Lac-Megantic & Mosier Oil Train Disasters, Idaho Oil Train, Rail Bridge, & Highway Expansion Opposition & Donations 7-6-22
The Wednesday, July 6, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features author Bruce Campbell discussing the July 6, 2013, Lac-Megantic, Quebec, runaway train disaster and unsafe oil-by-rail, and the Mosier, Oregon, mayor, residents, and conservationists talking about the June 3, 2016, fiery oil train derailment in their Columbia River community. We also share news, music, and reflections on north Idaho oil train protests, a train watch workshop, and environmental coalition funding requests and highway expansion opposition. 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: John Wasiutynski on Portland Fossil Fuels Hub, Northwest Energy Export Opposition, Dismantled Coal Infrastructure, Train-Truck Collisions, WIRT Events 6-29-22
The Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features John Wasiutynski of the Multnomah County Office of Sustainability and Barbara Bernstein of the KBOO Locus Focus series, talking about the hazardous Critical Energy Infrastructure fossil fuels tank farms and Zenith oil-by-rail terminal along the Willamette River in northwest Portland, Oregon. We also share news, music, and reflections on upcoming and ongoing WIRT events, Northwest successes against fossil fuel export projects, transitions away from dismantled coal infrastructure, Amtrak train and truck collisions in California and Missouri, and June pre-dawn planet alignments. 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.