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"Crude Awakening:" Host Paul Roland interviews three activists on the escalating oil train controversy

Airs at: Wed, 06/11/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Guests on today's show: Matt Krogh, ForestEthics West Coast Campaigner http://www.ForestEthics.org Matt Landon, Vancouver Action Network http://vancouveractionnetwork.blogspot.com Dan Sears, Columbia Riverkeeper http://columbiariverkeeper.org Crude Awakening Tour: Music an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 2 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Phyllis Bennis about US Foreign Policy, both criticizing the Obama administration's two-faced approach and offering a Do No Harm alternative. Iven Hale offers a commentary by way of personal story about communit... Read more

Resisting Oil Terminals on the Columbia River

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Eric de Place about proposed oil processing facilities in the Port of Vancouver (the largest ever in the PNW). The Tesaro terminals would bring in as much as half a million barrels of oil a day from the Alberta Tar Sands and other sites in North Am... Read more

Hart Noecker & Nick Caleb: Pedalpalooza, Gentrification, and Our Right to the City

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Hart Noecker and Nick Caleb about gentrification in Portland and a Pedalpalooza ride* they're organizing to raise awareness and stimulate action around it. Hart and Nick discuss how they came to Portland, how they've seen it change, why they and other... Read more

Friends of the Earth Responds to Obama's Energy Strategy

Airs at: Thu, 05/29/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Obama administration today released an update on its so-called “all-of-the-above” energy strategy. The report advocates increased domestic oil and gas production, citing the nation’s economic growth and national security. It endorses only a token increase in renewable en... Read more

Portland Water Bureau's David Shaff on Portland's E.Coli Contamination

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
  Portland Water Bureau continues to deal with the E.coli contamination by observing federal regulations for public safety.  Portland is underway covering Powell Butte and Kelly Butte reservoirs. For more on this story we turn to Barbara Nelson for KBOO evening news who spo... Read more

Inside the movement to curb climate change: a critique of No KXL organizing

Airs at: Wed, 03/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Paul Roland talks with  Ron Seifert of the Tar Sands Blockade in Texas. They discuss criticisms of the No KXL movement and different approaches to confronting fossil fuel expansion and the climate crisis.  They are also joined by Gregory Vickery of The Wrong Kind of Green. ... Read more

Cascadia Rising: A Bioregional Confluence, hosted by Paul Roland

Airs at: Wed, 04/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guests Judy Goldhaft and Emmalyn Garrett (aka Lumen) are on hand to talk about thefFirst annual Cascadia Rising: A Bioregional Confluence - "A gathering dedicated to promoting bioregional awareness, Indigenous solidarity, alternative and horizontal governance tools, and com... Read more

Cascadia Rising Bioregional Confluence follow-up and regional reports, hosted by Paul Roland

Airs at: Wed, 04/23/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
An enthusiastic and well-attended "Bioregional Confluence" in Portland this past Sunday brought together people from around Cascadia to meet and attend panels on a wide range of subjects. At lunch, the assembly brought back to life, after many years without a Bioregional ga... Read more

March Against Monsanto Portland 2014

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2014 at 12:00am
Complete (lightly edited) audio from March Against Monsanto rally at Shemanski Park In Portland, May 24, 2014. Includes some music. Read more