The Wednesday, January 24, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Mason Leavitt with Beyond Toxics and Aya Cockram with Fossil Free Eugene, talking about dangerous, toxic emissions from methane gas, kitchen cooking stoves and attempts by gas companies to mislead consumers and lawmakers about “natural” gas health impacts.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the causes and effects of climate change, as discussed by writer David Roberts at a 2012, Evergreen State College presentation, Highway 95 expansion and opposition around Moscow, decreased methane gas supplies and energy conservation requests during severely cold weather in western Washington, Wet’suwet’en court battles against land defense criminal charges and abusive police practices during British Columbia gas pipeline construction, and upcoming Washington, D.C., demonstrations denouncing proposed, Gulf Coast, liquefied methane export facilities.  Broadcast for twelve 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, January 17, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Mason Leavitt with Beyond Toxics and Aya Cockram with Fossil Free Eugene, talking about dangerous, toxic emissions from methane gas kitchen cooking stoves and attempts by gas companies to mislead consumers and lawmakers about “natural” gas health impacts.  We also share news, music, and reflections on diminished north Idaho and Northwest fossil fuels and overall train traffic, environmental groups’ case against BNSF Railway-caused, grizzly bear deaths, a publicly opposed, Idaho agency decision reducing credits for rooftop solar power generation, widespread, regional gas outages and pipeline pressure and supply losses during frigid winter weather, upcoming pipeline resistance direct action trainings, a global week of demonstrations against fossil fuels insurers, and a nationwide request for White House council intervention in federal approval of the GTN Xpress gas pipeline expansion.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, January 10, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on two Biden administration arms sales bypassing Congressional approval of Israel genocide of Palestinians, global environmental degradation and emissions of one-third of American greenhouse gases by the U.S. military, leadership of an indigenous delegation to the COP 28 climate conference by Spokane activist and artist Jacob Johns two months after he was shot, Northwest coalition and GTN gas pipeline filings of petitions for appellant court review, a new federal methane rule supporting independent leak detection and mitigation of oil and gas facilities, an Idaho Public Utilities Commission rate decision obstructing equitable rooftop solar power generation, ongoing First Nation resistance and court cases surrounding British Columbia gas pipeline construction, and a national railroad safety law stalled eleven months after a toxic Ohio derailment.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features an Our Changing Climate examination of the historical context and possible role of fossil fuel infrastructure sabotage in the broader climate movement.  We also share news, music, and reflections on federal denial of rehearing petitions objecting to Northwest gas pipeline expansion, the climate and consumer harms of rapidly growing Gulf Coast and U.S. liquefied natural gas exports, 2023 climate accountability lawsuits and record storms, heat, and wildfires prompted by global warming, and voiced 2020 dreams of a repaired, future world inspired by pandemic and uprising lessons.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, December 27, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a documentary describing oil and gas facility methane releases, ineffective state regulation, and environmental watchdog opposition in the Texas Permian Basin, the largest greenhouse gas generator on Earth.  We also share news, music, and reflections on regional military and double-long coal trains, denial of rehearing petitions objecting to federal approval of Northwest gas pipeline expansion, a request for White House council intervention in this decision, possible charges against a Washington landowner involved in a gas line rupture, an Oregon appeals court ruling invalidating state climate change regulations, a Washington tribes case against six oil companies for their climate deception, and the first full moon of the new solar year.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, December 20, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Last Week Tonight comedian host John Oliver discussing dangerous, obstructive, freight trains and railway company policies favoring profits over worker and trackside community safety.  We also share news, music, and reflections on global solidarity against Israeli government genocide of Palestinians, the northern hemisphere winter solstice, an Idaho military supply train and Washington vehicle collisions with fossil fuels trains, excessive police force at a massive protest of Atlanta cop training facility construction, a Northwest gas pipeline expansion among climate emergencies and nationwide growth of pipelines under-monitored by a federal agency, and a Congressional push to reform the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, December 13, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a December 5 media conference held by the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, discussing the destructive, controversial, Thacker Pass lithium mine and ongoing challenges by indigenous nations and allies across Nevada.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on Native advocate Jacob Johns of Spokane talking about global Indigenous Wisdom Keepers at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 28, two months after he was shot by a counter protester at a New Mexico prayer vigil, the first of three Alberta tar sands megaload transports and resulting electricity outages and protests in Montana and the Northwest, and a recent week of regional, torrential rain, snow melt, and floods.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, December 6, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a December 5 media conference held by the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, discussing the destructive, controversial, Thacker Pass lithium mine and ongoing challenges by indigenous nations and allies across Nevada.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on Congressional legislation proposing billions of dollars of military aid to the right-wing extremist Israeli government perpetuating genocide of Palestinians, Montreal railway track blockades calling for an Israeli ceasefire in Gaza, and megaload transports causing electricity outages in southwestern Montana.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, November 29, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features a media conference held by Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Columbia Riverkeeper attorney Audrey Leonard, talking about petitions for rehearing filed by West Coast states and a Northwest coalition, challenging federal approval of the GTN Xpress fracked methane pipeline expansion.  We also share news, music, and reflections on the deadly international and Zionist dynamics of settler colonialism and resistance, double-long coal trains and Navajo mine-forced coal shipments crossing north Idaho and Washington, an elder blockade of Atlanta cop training center construction, and an extended public comment period on a court-ordered environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →

The Wednesday, November 22, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features Will Wiltschko of the California Trade Justice Coalition and Scott Parkin of Green and Red Podcast talking about the week of protests organized by diverse movements against the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit convened by corporate billionaires and government leaders in the San Francisco Bay area last week.  We also share news, videos, and reflections on Israel environmental apartheid of Palestine lives, land, water, natural gas, and other resources and global solidarity with Palestinian resistance, Indigenous perspectives and rejection of the American Thanksgiving celebration, and a Northwest coalition legal challenge of federal approval of the GTN Xpress fracked methane pipeline expansion.  Broadcast for eleven 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 fuels projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ. Continue reading →