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News In Depth on 08/08/16: Guy McPherson on Abrupt Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
As most scientists will tell you, climate change is a known threat to the environment, and all species of plant and animal life on earth. But it might be even worse than anticipated, according to Dr. Guy McPherson, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, who coined the phr... Read more

Vandana Shiva – We Are All Seeds

Airs at: Tue, 08/09/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Vandana Shiva is an internationally renowned voice for sustainable development and social justice. She's a physicist, scholar, social activist and feminist. She is Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy in New Delhi. She's... Read more

Food Sleuth Radio, Percy Schmeiser Interview

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Did you know that Canadian canola farmer, Percy Schmeiser, was sued by Monsanto when his farm was contaminated with Monsanto s GMO canola seed? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Schmeiser, who describes the inti... Read more

TRIBES TAKE ON THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IN THE GORGE

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the struggle to prevent the Pacific Northwest from becoming an export hub for fossil fuels, Native American tribes have played a vanguard role in taking on the fossil fuel industry. On this episode of Locus Focus we'll look at how the tribes are an inspiration to everyon... Read more

Bark LIVE Interview

Airs at: Wed, 08/03/2016 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
For many Portlanders, summer means camping. If you’re looking for a camping trip that also gives back to the forest, then you might be interested in Bark’s summer base camp. With us live in studio two to talk about the public campout is community organizer, Courtney Rae. Read more

Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment Summit

Airs at: Wed, 08/03/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  On Saturday July 30th a summit brought together leaders from tributaries of the environmental movement. The meeting was organized by Julian Matthews, a Nez Perce tribal member, and titled Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment. It was held in a conference room inside the Co... Read more

John Michael Greer on "Dark Age America"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Host Per Fagereng interviews writer John Michael Greer about his recent book "Dark Age America: Climate Change, Cultural Collapse and the Hard Future Ahead."  Author and blogger John Michael Greer writes "The Archdruid Report," a weekly blog on peak oil and the future o... Read more

An Update on the Portland Harbor Superfund: Stakeholder Comments

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Water World
Kristin Yount hosts another session of conversation about water policy. This time we are focusing on the Willamette harbor and the EPA's long awaited and highly contested proposed plan for clean up. A video of the June 24th public meeting is here. On the show today we have... Read more

Keeve Nachman on Arsenic in the Ground Water of Agricultural Areas

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Healthwatch is off today. Instead we'll hear Food Sleuth Radio  Did you know that industrial agricultural practices, such as the use of antibiotics and arsenic in poultry production, pose health risks to workers and those living in rural communities? Join Food Sleuth Rad... Read more

David Ray Griffin, Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?

Airs at: Sat, 07/30/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
David Ray Griffin will go down in history (assuming the future has a history) as the most important theologian and prophet of the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries.  He is a philosopher/theologian who has written over 25 books on that topic.  He wrote another... Read more