Energy/Natural Resources

The Death & Life of Kulla Kulla Creek

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
From the crest of the Tualatin Mountains, Balch Creek flows down a canyon through Forest Park. The stream runs wild and free until a mile from its confluence with the Willamette River, where it is imprisoned in a sewer pipe. Balch Creek once flowed into Guild's Lake, a ... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Jamie Workman Wants to "Own The Wild"

Airs at: Tue, 01/20/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Coast Range Radio is an independent radio show and podcast hosted by Michael Gaskill. Michael is a lifelong rural Oregonian and climate justice organizer. Today I'm featuring the second half of my conversation with author, speaker, entrepreneur, and wearer of many more... Read more

Undammed

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last year four of the dams on Klamath River were removed.  The largest dam removal project in United States history, this is a remarkable test case to show how nature and people can thrive on free-flowing rivers. But there are still many dams around the United States and... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Sea Change - Can 'Rights-Based Management Save Our Oceans?

Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Coast Range Radio is an independent radio show and podcast hosted by Michael Gaskill. Michael is a lifelong rural Oregonian and climate justice organizer. Of all the myriad harms modern society is inflicting on our oceans, overfishing is right up there with climate cha... Read more

Nuclear Bamboozles

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  While the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provided increased federal funding for next generation nuclear reactors, the Trump regime has aggressively expanded federal funding for nuclear energy under the guise of national security.  Jan Haa... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Nuclear deceptions, domestic terrorism, and the poetry of the long struggle: Frann Michel hosts this episode featuring these segments:  Nuclear Bamboozles:   While the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provided increased federal funding for n... Read more

The Economic Opportunities Analysis

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Every five years the city reviews its land use planning and determines if there is enough industrial land to meet a state mandate requiring the city to have sufficient industrial land for the next twenty years. This process creates what's known as an Economic Opportuniti... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Will FOFA Fix or F**k our Forests?! A Debate with Citizen's Climate Lobby

Airs at: Tue, 01/06/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Host Michael Gaskill has been a vocal critic of the so called Fix our Forests Act or FOFA, that is making its way through Congress. He says, it is a cynical, bad faith bill that at best, doesnt address the wildfire issues it purports to solve, and could actually make ... Read more

Looking Back at a Wretched Year yet Ahead with Hope

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
What a weird, wretched, gut-wrenching year 2025 has been. Probably even worse than many of us had feared at the end of last year. But despite worsening climate chaos and glimpses of the end of democracy, there are glimmers of hope ahead. On this episode of Locus Focus, ... Read more

The Noxious Spread of Data Centers, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 12/29/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program aired originally on November 3, 2025 The landscape of Washington County has been transformed from one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world into a maze of gargantuan data centers. On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the tale of how t... Read more