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Stop the Slaughtering of the Dolphins Action Event

Airs at: Thu, 06/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
There was an action event held on Thursday, June 10th to stop the annual slaughtering on dolphins.  There were petitions to be signed which will be sent to the government in Japan, the United States government, and the International Whaling Commission.  With the legislation... Read more

June 7 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Thu, 06/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by new Mole Joe Clement (pictured here), this  show is part of  KBOO's special all-day programing about the Gulf oil disaster.   We hear from Michael Klare, author of Blood and Oil, who argues that deep water oil drilling is just one of the many "extreme" technologie... Read more

Stop the Slaughtering of Dolphins Action Event

Airs at: Wed, 06/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
There is an action event being held on Thursday, June 10th at the Someday Lounge in dowtown Portland in response to the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.  KBOO's James Dixon brings us the story... Read more

Impact of Oil Spills on Coastal and Wetland habitats

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Part of the day-long special programming on the Gulf oil disaster, this hour long forum examined the impact of oil spills on coastal and wetland habitats.  Hosted by Jacob Anderson-Minshall, the forum began with Tracy Chapman's Rape of the Earth and featured: Normal ... Read more

Press**Watch: SEABED LEAKING OIL

It's worse.  check this link:   Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL): Andrea we’re looking into something new right now, that there’s reports of oil that’s seeping up from the seabed… which would indicate, if that’s true, that the well casing itself is actually pierced… underneath t... Read more

Oil in the Progressive Narrative

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge discusses what kind of new left narrative might counter the right wing "free-enterprise" story and show up the gulf oil disaster as a crime.  You can read this commentary and find links to sources here.   Read more

Oil Disaster in the Niger Delta

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Sweet Crude is a new film about  the struggle between the people of the Niger River Delta and the Shell oil-megacorporation, and its director Sandy Cioffi talks here with the Old Mole's Wendy Webb about the film and the people's resistance to the ongoing desctruction of th... Read more

Deep Water Drilling: Motives and Dangers

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Michael Klare, writer for the Nation and author of several books, including Blood and Oil, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about deep water oil drilling as just one of the many "extreme" technologies that enrich the oil companies while endangering our lives and envi... Read more

Paul Cienfuegos on Taking back power from the corporatocracy

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Paul Ceinfuegos spoke June 3rd, 2010 at the Village Building Convergence in Portland.  The essence of his talk is that these times call for very bold thinking and action to implement massive change.  He says it is the citizens of a democracy, we the people, that have the ri... Read more

Abe and Joe dive into the murky waters of the ongoing Gulf of Mexico horror show

Airs at: Tue, 06/08/2010 at 12:00am
  Abe and Joe dive into the murky waters of the ongoing Gulf of Mexico horror show, and pay appropriate homage to the impeccable free market forces that first caused the disaster, and then failed to remedy it. Also: President Obama continues his reluctance to seize the pop... Read more