Climate Justice Forum: Oregon Tar Sands Terminal Permit Denial, North Dakota Rail Bridge Fires, Idaho Forced Gas Leasing & Pipeline-on-Rails Actions, Nevada Lithium Mine Court Decision & Gathering, Pandemic Surge & School Reopening 9-8-21


The Wednesday, September 8, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections on COVID-19 cases among youth amid schools reopening and a pandemic surge and protection battles, Idaho forced oil and gas leasing hearings, Oregon air quality permit denial and possible closure of a Portland terminal for covert tar sands trains, North Dakota oil train route bridge fires, upcoming talks, action trainings, and protests of the north Idaho fossil fuels pipeline-on-rails, and a Nevada court decision and massacre commemoration addressing indigenous concerns about a proposed lithium mine.  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, 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: Moscow Wildfire, Spokane Train Blockader Supreme Court Win, Portland Tar Sands Terminal Permit Denial, Minnesota Pipeline Protests & Nearby Train Collision, Nevada Lithium Mine Indigenous Lawsuit 9-1-21


The Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a press conference by Native groups, allies, and an attorney, discussing the indigenous court case against a Nevada lithium mine.  We also cover news and reflections about a Moscow Mountain wildfire, evacuations, and home loss, Washington Supreme Court approval of a Spokane train blockader’s climate necessity defense trial in October, Portland permit denial of a tar sands terminal for BNSF trains crossing present and proposed, north Idaho lake railroad bridges, Line 3 pipeline protests at the Minnesota capitol and a nearby, concurrent, three-train collision and diesel spill close to the Mississippi River.  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, 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 COVID Cases, Military, Nuclear, & Burning Trash Trains, Nevada Lithium Mine Injunction, B.C. Gas Line Intrusion, Minnesota Water Protector & Police Actions, Michigan Pipeline Shutdown 8-25-21


The Wednesday, August 25, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections about Idaho Panhandle COVID-19 case increases and health care capacities, inland Northwest military, nuclear waste, and burning trash trains, an indigenous injunction of a Nevada lithium mine, British Columbia gas pipeline disturbance of cultural sites, oil company defiance of a Michigan oil pipeline shutdown order, and a direct action training, cross-state walk, capital rally, police torture, and human rights violations of Minnesota tar sands pipeline opponents.  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, 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: David Wallace-Wells about Uninhabitable Earth, Northwest Wildfires, Forest Removal, & Climate, Alberta Train Collision, Zenith Rail Terminal & Line 3 Protests 8-18-21


The Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features an interview of New York magazine journalist David Wallace-Wells, warning of shrinking space and resources around a globally warming, uninhabitable Earth.  We also cover news and reflections about north Idaho and Western wildfires, evacuations, air quality, and forest removal risks, inland Northwest climate change conditions, a head-on Alberta trains collision, Portland protests of the Zenith oil-by-rail terminal and Line 3 pipeline, and police violence and a cross-state march against a Minnesota tar sands pipeline.  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, 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 Wildfires & Gas Leasing Hearings, Hot Columbia River Salmon Deaths, North Dakota Coal Derailment, Utah Oil Railroad, Nevada Lithium Mine, & Minnesota Pipeline Lawsuits, Climate Change Report 8-11-21


The Wednesday, August 11, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections about north Idaho wildfires, weather, and air quality, Idaho hearings on forced oil and gas leasing terms, an indigenous vigil for Columbia River and tributary salmon deaths in hot, dammed water, a North Dakota coal train derailment, tribal intervention and an injunction in a Nevada lithium mine lawsuit, a final environmental review and funding court case on a proposed Utah oil railway, Minnesota tar sands pipeline resistance training and wild rice rights litigation, and an intergovernmental report on widespread climate change impacts.  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, frontline 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: Idaho Wildfires & Forced Gas Leases, Kalispel Canoe Journey, Northwest Rail Sabotage & Fossil Fuel Facilities, Nevada Lithium Mine Lawsuit, Utah Tar Sands Scam 8-4-21


The Wednesday, August 4, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections about north Idaho wildfires, evacuations, smoky air quality, and hot temperatures, the fifth annual Kalispel and indigenous canoe journey, Idaho hearings on forced oil and gas leasing terms, Northwest sabotaged railroads and county and city policies regulating fossil fuel facilities and analyzing seismic risks, local tribes’ legal support of a Nevada lithium mine lawsuit, and Utah tar sands and oil shale development 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, 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: Pend Oreille Canoe Journey, Northwest Nuclear, Military, & Oil Trains, Coal & Flood Derailments, Line 3 Solidarity Actions & Suspended Water Permits & Police Blockades, Nez Perce Biden Official 7-28-21


The Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections about a Pend Oreille watershed indigenous canoe journey, solidarity actions at Idaho, California, and Illinois banks funding tar sands pipelines, support for a federally sentenced Dakota Access pipeline opponent, Northwest spent nuclear fuel, military equipment, and smoky oil trains among wildfires, Virginia riverside coal and flooded Utah train derailments, Minnesota suspension of Line 3 water permits, a legal victory against police blockades of a water protector camp, and a Nez Perce official heading a Biden administration agency. 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, 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 Totem Blessing & Oil Train, Minnesota Pipeline, & Nevada Mine Resistance, B.C. Rail Fire & Collapsed Crane, Rising U.S. Coal Exports, Pipeline Protester Felonies, Keystone XL Lawsuit 7-14-21


The Wednesday, July 14, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news and reflections about a totem pole blessing for undamming the Snake River, direct action gatherings, trainings, and protests supporting resistance to a Minnesota tar sands pipeline, Idaho oil trains and railroad infrastructure, and a proposed Nevada lithium mine, Idaho and British Columbia wildfires possibly sparked by trains, increasing U.S. coal demand, exports, and trains, Idaho rail bridge construction and a deadly collapsed British Columbia crane, a federal prison sentence for a Dakota Access pipeline saboteur but not oil company executives, dropped felony charges against Louisiana pipeline blockaders, and a Keystone XL financial loss case against the U.S. government.  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: Bruce Campbell on Lac-Megantic Disaster, Idaho Pipeline Protests & Forced Gas Leases, Oregon Oil Terminal, Washington Train Declines, Sabotage, & Bridges, Nebraska Coal Wreck, White House Blockades 7-7-21


The Wednesday, July 7, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a Seattle talk by author Bruce Campbell, discussing the Lac-Megantic derailment disaster and unsafe oil trains. We also share news and reflections about Idaho tar sands pipeline protests and forced oil and gas leasing decisions and hearings, Oregon oil-by-rail terminal opposition, Washington oil train declines and sabotage opinions and river railroad bridge replacement, a Nebraska coal train crash on unused tracks, and indigenous-led blockades of White House gates, to urge President Biden’s protection of people from pipelines and polluters. 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: Indigenous Solstice Actions, Line 3 Trainings, Idaho Solidarity, Property Barricades, & Biden Approval, Nebraska Keystone XL Lawsuits, Climate Heat, Washington Coal Terminal Rejection 6-30-21


The Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features part of a webinar by Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth, discussing summer solstice treaty actions against pipelines. We also share news and reflections about Line 3 online direct action trainings, Idaho solidarity demonstrations, and police barricades of indigenous property access, Biden administration approval of this Minnesota tar sands pipeline, Nebraska landowner eminent domain lawsuits against the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline, Northwest and global lethal heat waves, and Supreme Court rejection of a Washington coal train terminal. 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.