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Voices from the Edge on 07/22/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
This week on Voices from the Edge, Jo Ann and Dave ask the question "Are the good guys ahead?" Local progressive may be feeling a bit down over the direction of local and state politics lately. City Hall seems more disconnected than ever from the world in which most Portlan... Read more

Latest on BP Oil Spill Reveals Culture that Disregarded Safety

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 KBOO’s environmental reporter, JACOB ANDERSON-MINSHALL, gives an update on the bp oil spill and the latest revelations about the company’s business practices,which put fast oil above safety and environmental regulations. Read more

Oppenheimer Biotechnology talks about solutions for the Gulf Oil Spill

Airs at: Wed, 07/21/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
We spoke with Jen Neve, President and Chief Scientist for Oppenheimer Biotechnology, about solutions for cleaning the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon explosion three months ago.  Oppenheimer Biotechnology specializes in a cleaning tec... Read more

July 19 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Frann Michel (pictured here), this program is about climate change, science fiction, and science fiction about climate change, but it is not about the illusion that climate change is itself science fiction.  This is a show that should be heard from beginning to en... Read more

Surviving on a Volatile Earth

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Can technology address the problems posed by climate change?   Environmental journalist Dianne Dumanoski is the author of The End of the Long Summer: Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth, and here she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick abo... Read more

Imagining the (climate) future

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Linking the pieces of this program about climate change are several songs by Ella Fitzgerald, together with commentary by host Frann Michel on the basic issues and concepts of climate change, how climate change and other global disasters have played in works of sc... Read more

New Eco-Healthy Homes Guide from OEC

Airs at: Tue, 07/20/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Oregon Environmental Council has released a new guide book, the "Eco-Healthy Homes Checkup Kit".  KBOO's Jacob Anderson-Minshall spoke with Jen Coleman from OEC about the organization, toxins in our homesand what people can do to improve the health of their homes.  Oregonia... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/15/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Portland City Council voted 3-2 this morning to let police unit commanders have a vote in certain cases before the new police review board.  Does this make the new board "structurally flawed" or does it increase accountability as commissioners supporting the change claim? V... Read more

GROWING GARDENS: GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF VEGGIE EATERS AND GROWERS

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last week on Locus Focus we talked about transforming school lunch programs into vehicles that encourage kids to eat healthy foods, while teaching them about the connections between food, health, and the environment. This week we look at a program in Portland that n... Read more

Imagining the (climate) future

Imagining the future of the climate: Old Mole Variety Hour July 19, 2010: Today's show is about climate change and science fiction, and science fiction about climate change, but it is not about the illusion that climate change is itself science fiction. Let's put that n... Read more