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Garrett Rosenthal Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Garrett Rosenthal is a Democrat running for House District seat 37.  He talked with Don Merrill about how some of the revenue problems in timber counties might be related to taxpayer choice, why him being a policy wonk will serve his constituents and how his environmental e... Read more

Lauren Regan: Earth Day to May Day

Airs at: Tue, 04/22/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Today is earth day, a celebration of life on earth and a call to action to save the planet.  The day began in 1970, as the first wave of the environmental movement in the U-S was at its height. This year, cities across the country are planning ten days of action under the ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 21, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Earth Day special edition of the Old Mole.  It includes discussions of climate change and what must be done about it, the dangers of copper mining, a review of the big new flood movie "Noah", and a poem by the late Vern Rutsala about looking b... Read more

Movie Moles: "Noah"

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 On this Earth Day special, our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement review the new movie "Noah" about a famous ancient flood.  It raises issues about who is responsible for climate disasters and what our obligations are to those who are hit by them Read more

Copper Mining on St. Helens?

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
With moves afoot to start mining minerals, including copper, near Mt. St. Helens, Bill Carter's new book Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World becomes required reading. Here Carter joins the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier for a conversation about ... Read more

Climate Change Action

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
What can be done to make the necessity of radical action to prevent catastrophic climate change obvious to everyone?  Jeremy Brecher of the Labor Network for Sustainability talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the latest science on global warming and what can and mu... Read more

Cascadia Confluence - launching earth week in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Tomorrow is earth day, and people across the world are organizing two weeks of action to bring attention to the issue of climate change, and the urgent need to take radical action for the future of life on earth. The movement is called ‘Earth Day to May Day’, and it aims to... Read more

Earth Day to May Day

Earth Day to May Day – a global convergence for climate justice, is taking place around the world, and here in Cascadia, from April 22nd to May 1st. The ten days of action will include teach-ins, protests, call-in campaigns and direct action. KBOO is a sponsor of local even... Read more

Investigative journalist Michael Ruppert found dead of apparent suicide

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Long time investigative journalist and former Los Angeles police officer Michael Ruppert has died of an apparent suicide at the age of sixty three. Ruppert first gained notoriety in 1996 when he showed up at a contentious meeting with C-I-A director John Deutsch.   The ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 14 2014

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with John Feffer about the relationship between divestment in infrastructure and ecological collapse Jan Haaken talk with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about the militarization of our borders and ... Read more