February WIRT & Allied Events


Tuesday, February 13: ICL Rail Bridge Update

Among a convergence of members, food, and beverages, Idaho Conservation League (ICL) conservation associate Matt Nykiel will offer current updates, background, and informal discussion about Washington Governor Inslee’s recent denial of the Tesoro Savage oil train terminal at the Port of Vancouver, significant, northern Idaho, and western Montana, train derailments during 2017, and ICL work in opposition to construction of the second, parallel, Lake Pend Oreille, rail bridge proposed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway [1]. Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) encourages regional, frontline activists and especially members of the #No2ndBridge group formed in spring 2017 to participate and share their knowledge and actions on these issues, from 6 to 7 pm on Tuesday, February 13, at Eichardt’s Pub, 212 Cedar Street in Sandpoint.

Wednesday, February 21: WIRT Sandpoint Meeting with Smelter Resisters

At WIRT’s January, third-Wednesday monthly, Sandpoint gathering, community and tribal activists talked about resistance to Northwest, fossil fuel terminals and HiTestSand’s silicon smelter proposed for Newport, Washington. We have since been exploring the connections between the nightmarish, Newport project and BNSF and Union Pacific double-tracking and planning for a second, lake, rail bridge in north Idaho during 2017, megaload shipments moving through late-night, downtown Sandpoint over the last year, and exploratory drilling for silicon near Green Mountain by Lakeview, Idaho.  WIRT has invited organizers of several groups of Old Town, Idaho, and Newport residents, including Citizens Against the Newport Silicon Smelter (CANSS), to present an information session about smelter resistance, linking our various, overlapping campaigns. Continue reading →

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.

Climate Justice Forum: Poet Rob Lewis on Language about Protecting Nature, Olympia Fracking Sands Blockade, Tacoma Protests of LNG Port, Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Expansion, Idaho Oil & Gas Waste Wells 12-13-17


The Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features a conversation with poet, activist, house painter, and musician Rob Lewis, about current opportunities to influence political discourse with fresh language about protecting sacred Nature, as demonstrated by indigenous people articulating respectful narratives. We also offer updates and reflections on the Olympia, fracking sands train blockade, Tacoma direct actions and jury trials of opponents of liquefied natural gas facility construction, permit approval and resistance to Tesoro expansion of its Anacortes, petrochemical refinery, and transfer of regulation of Idaho oil and gas waste injection wells. 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 rejection of fossil fuel projects, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as her KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Army Corps & PRDC Meeting on Highway 95 Wetlands, Newport Silicon Smelter Resistance, Olympia Solidarity Sabotage Actions, Idaho Oil & Gas Injection Wells 12-6-17


The Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features a recording of the December 5, Moscow, public meeting among the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Idaho Transportation Department, and Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition, about wetlands potentially impacted by Highway 95 expansion south of Moscow. We also share news and reflections on indigenous and local resistance to a proposed, Newport, Washington, silicon smelter, three West Coast, railroad sabotage actions in solidarity with the Olympia, fracking sands train blockade, and struggles among state and federal regulation of oil and gas waste injection wells in Idaho. 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.

Climate Justice Forum: Olympia Fracking Sand Train Blockaders, Vancouver Oil Terminal Denial Recommendation, Newport Silicon Smelter Hearing, Montana Valve Turner Felony Conviction 11-29-17


The Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features a recording of indigenous and allied, frontline activists at the Olympia, fracking sands train track blockade and camp. We also share news and reflections on the Washington state agency recommendation to Governor Inslee to reject the Tesoro Savage, Vancouver, oil train terminal, a public hearing about a proposed, Newport, Washington, silicon smelter, and the Montana, felony conviction of tar sands pipeline valve turner Leonard Higgins. 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.

Climate Justice Forum: Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal Final Review & Meeting, Newport Silicon Smelter Hearings, Olympia Frack Sand Train Blockade, Montana Valve Turner Trials, Keystone 1 Pipeline Leak, Nebraska Keystone XL Approval, George Monbiot on Climate Change & Capitalism 11-22-17


The Wednesday, November 22, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features a recording of British, progressive, political thinker and Guardian columnist George Monbiot, talking about why climate change goes deeper than capitalism.  We also share news and reflections about the final environmental review and Olympia meeting on the Tesoro Savage oil train terminal, public hearings about a proposed, Newport, Washington, silicon smelter, a second, Olympia blockade of frack sand train tracks, the mock and real, Montana, climate trials of tar sands pipeline valve turner Leonard Higgins, a Keystone 1 pipeline leak in South Dakota, and Nebraska approval of an alternative, Keystone XL pipeline route.  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.

Climate Justice Forum: George Monbiot on Climate Change Causes, Fourth Coal Terminal Permit Denial, Spokane Ballot Initiative on Fossil Fuel Trains, Montana Valve Turner Trials, Sandpoint Energy & Jobs Panel 11-15-17


The Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activist collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide, features a recording of British, progressive, political thinker and Guardian columnist George Monbiot, talking about why climate change goes deeper than capitalism.  We also share news and reflections on a fourth permit denial for the Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export-by-rail facility, the Safer Spokane, Proposition 2, ballot initiative regulating fossil fuel trains, a climate necessity defense mock trial for a Montana tar sands pipeline valve turner, and a Republican-led, panel discussion about climate change, energy, and jobs in Sandpoint.  Broadcast for five and a half 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.