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Climate Justice Forum: Terry Hill 10-29-12

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On the Monday, October 29, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), we welcome Occupy Spokane activist Terry Hill, who is co-organizing the Stand Up! Fight Back! Against Big Coal in the Northwest information sharing, brainstorming, and direct action planning event in Spokane, Washington, on Saturday, November 3.  Terry will discuss the Spokane resolution calling for health and environmental analyses of proposed coal export trains, regional resistance and arguments against train impacts, Bellingham and Spokane coal port public hearings, and the August Coal Export Action in Helena.  Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and opposition to fossil fuel extraction and transportation projects.  Adopt WIRT as your KRFP DJ!

Stand Up! Fight Back! Against Big Coal in the Northwest

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Stand Up! Fight Back! Against Big Coal in the Northwest: An information sharing, brainstorming, and direct action planning event in Spokane, Washington

Some of the biggest coal companies in the world plan to strip-mine more Montana and Wyoming prairie and transport coal on 50-plus trains per day through Montana’s largest towns, around remote northern Idaho lakes, through eastern Washington river valleys, to ports on the coasts of Oregon and Washington, en route to China.  In their quest for huge corporate profits from these exports, the coal and rail industries disregard their multiple impacts on regional residents and businesses, our quality of life, and our beautiful Pacific and Inland Northwest.

What do communities do when our environment is attacked?  STAND UP!  FIGHT BACK!

Please join activists from Bellingham, Missoula, Moscow, northern Idaho, Portland, Seattle, and Spokane on Saturday, November 3, in Spokane, Washington, as we share experiences, brainstorm, and develop strategies to protect our health and environment by standing up and fighting back against Big Coal.  This event hosted by Occupy Spokane and Wild Idaho Rising Tide for concerned citizens throughout the region and facebook groups Cascadians Against Coal, Coal Port Resistance Solidarity Network, Free Cascadia!, and Stand Up Fight Back Against Big Coal in the Northwest offers breakfast at 10:00 am, introductions at 11:00 am, and an inspiring day of discussions and presentations at 1824 E. Sprague Avenue, formerly the Rainbow Tavern.

For accommodations, further information, or to RSVP, contact the Occupy Spokane Clubhouse at 509-535-4040 or ocspch@gmail.com and join the facebook group Stand Up Fight Back Against Big Coal in the Northwest at https://www.facebook.com/groups/369381406473710/.  Spread the word about this gathering!

Dana Lyons’ Great Coal Tour Makes a Stop in Rising Tide Country

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On Friday evening, October 19, performer and environmental educator Dana Lyons of Bellingham, Washington, brought his Great Coal Train Tour to Moscow.  Best known for his comedy hit song Cows with Guns, Dana has recorded eight albums during his lifetime artistic career, working around the world to raise awareness, activism, and funds for environmental and social justice causes.

Visiting communities gathered from potentially impacted groups like eastern Montana ranchers, Lummi Indians, and Puget Sound residents, from Billings to Bellingham, from Portland to Coos Bay, all along the route of proposed coal export trains through four Northwestern states, Dana’s fun and inspiring concert intermingled stories of resistance to associated mines, trains, and ports.

Read more and see the Cows with Guns video: Dana Lyons’ Great Coal Tour Makes a Stop in Rising Tide Country

(By Earth First! Newswire, cross-posted from Wild Idaho Rising Tide facebook page)

Climate Justice Forum: Doug Shields 10-22-12

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On the Monday, October 22, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), we gratefully talk with former Pittsburgh City Council president Doug Shields, an active anti-fracking consultant, prior council member chief-of-staff, and litigation paralegal specializing in environmental and regulatory law (douglas.shields20@gmail.com).  Concerned about the human and environmental health impacts of hydraulic fracturing, Doug introduced and secured unanimous passage of a community rights ordinance that prohibited shale gas extraction operations in Pittsburgh, the first such ban in the nation, adopted on November 16, 2010.  (See Doug’s brief appearance on Democracy Now!, Pittsburgh Ban on Natural Gas Fracking Faces Challenge from State Authorities.)  Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and opposition to fossil fuel extraction and transportation projects.  Listen to an edited recording of the October 22 Climate Justice Forum posted in Radio4All and adopt WIRT as your KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Dana Lyons 10-15-12

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The Monday, October 15, Climate Justice Forum radio program, hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), welcomes Bellingham performer and environmental educator Dana Lyons, who is bringing his Great Coal Train Tour to Moscow on Friday evening, October 19.  Dana shares stories of resistance to proposed Northwest coal export mines, trains, and ports, gathered on his tour from potentially impacted communities, like eastern Montana ranchers, Lummi Indians, and Puget Sound residents, along the railroad/shipping lane route from Montana to Washington and Oregon.  Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and opposition to fossil fuel extraction and transportation projects.  Listen to an edited recording of the October 15 Climate Justice Forum posted in Radio4All and adopt WIRT as your KRFP DJ.

Dana Lyons’ Great Coal Train Tour in Moscow

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On Friday evening, October 19, performer and environmental educator Dana Lyons will bring his Great Coal Train Tour to Moscow.  Visiting communities from Billings to Bellingham and from Portland to Coos Bay along the route of proposed coal export trains through four Northwestern states, Dana’s fun, inspiring, and family-oriented concerts intermingled with informational sessions foster interest and understanding of this significant regional issue.  His tour provides accurate and intricate descriptions of coal export impacts, as it catalyzes public discussion, networking, and engagement with organizers opposing this regionally and globally detrimental scheme.

Singer and guitarist Dana Lyons hails from Bellingham, Washington – ground-zero of Northwest resistance to coal exports, near the largest proposed coal export facility in North America, SSA Marine’s Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point.  Best known for his comedy hit song Cows with Guns, Dana has recorded eight albums during his lifetime artistic career, including Circle the World and At Night They Howl at the Moon: Environmental Songs for Kids.  Working around the Earth to raise awareness, activism, and funds for environmental and social justice issues, Dana has collaborated with Dr. Jane Goodall and her environmental group Roots and Shoots. Continue reading →

Climate Justice Forum: Daniel Rirdan 10-1-12

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The Monday, October 1, Climate Justice Forum radio program, hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), welcomes global strategist and international lecturer Daniel Rirdan, whose interest in world ecology challenges and solutions led him to recently write The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse.  He describes his ambitious but practical interdisciplinary plan for radically changing our ways, to save ecosystems and the human-built world from climate change.  Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and resistance to fossil fuel extraction and transportation projects.  Peruse Daniel’s CleanTechnica article and video, Consider a Radical Stand to Avert Global Warming – And More, his biography and media release, and his video compilation of excerpts from his presentations.  Listen to an edited recording of the October 1 Climate Justice Forum posted in Radio4All and adopt WIRT as your KRFP DJ!

Climate Justice Forum: Al Poplawsky & Tim Hatten 9-24-12

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On the Monday, September 24, 2012, Climate Justice Forum radio program, Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes Al Poplawsky of the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club (PGSC) and Tim Hatten, Palouse Prairie Foundation and PGSC board member.  Both local conservationists discuss previous and ongoing resistance to expansion and relocation of Highway 95 south of Moscow, Idaho, to lessen traffic accidents and possibly accommodate an industrial corridor to the Alberta tar sands.  Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and protests of tar sands, coal, and natural gas extraction and transportation projects.  Listen to an edited recording of the September 24 Climate Justice Forum posted in Radio4All and adopt WIRT as your KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Alma Hasse & Tina Fisher 9-17-12

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On the Monday, September 17, 2012, Climate Justice Forum radio program, Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) again welcomes Alma Hasse and Tina Fisher of Idaho Residents Against Gas Extraction, talking about the Global Frackdown! demonstration in Boise on Saturday, September 22, citizen concerns about impending natural gas fracking, injection wells, and associated facilities, and upcoming initiatives to ban these toxic practices.  Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news.  Listen to an edited recording of the September 17 Climate Justice Forum posted in Radio4All and adopt WIRT as your KRFP DJ.

Climate Justice Forum: Pat Rathmann 9-10-12

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On the Monday, September 10, Climate Justice Forum radio program, Wild Idaho Rising Tide welcomes Pat Rathmann of the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, discussing her participation and reflections on the third annual Tar Sands Healing Walk hosted by First Nations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, on August 4.  Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and resistance to tar sands pipeline spills in Alberta, Keystone XL pipeline construction in Texas, solar panel farms and  hydraulic fracturing on Western public lands, and oil drilling in Arctic waters.