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Environment/Climate

Saving Lloyd Center

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Lloyd Center is slated to be demolished if business leaders and developers in Portland have their way, Their plan is to demolish the entire mall to make way for a mixture of housing, commercial developments, “green space” and new throughways. On this episode of Locus Fo... Read more

News In Depth: "A Complete Betrayal" on Campaign Finance, and the Copernicus Climate Change Report 2025

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  "A complete betrayal," is what the League of Women Voters called Oregon House Bill 4018. The bill in the Oregon legislature seems innocuous enough on its face, a one page document requesting a report from the Secretary of State... Read more

News In Depth: Street Roots Article "Clawed Back," and Copernicus Climate Change Report 2025

Airs at: Wed, 02/18/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with Jake Thomas from Street Roots, about his latest article, called "Clawed Back: Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would codify how prison officials can haul people back behind bars if th... Read more

Data Centers - Scourge and Organizing Opportunity

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As data centers continue to pop up like noxious weeds, a growing movement is coming together to stop their spread. Like oil and gas pipelines before them, data centers are uniting people of diverse backgrounds and political views in a burgeoning movement of opposition to... Read more

The Glories of Willamette Falls

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The largest waterfall in North America is Niagara Falls, a world renowned tourist attraction with spectacular views from many angles. The second largest falls is Willamette Falls, 16 miles south of Portland, Oregon, which was one of the most significant cultural and food... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Robert Pyle on Founding the Xerces Society, Invertebrate Conservation, and Resurrection Ecology (part 1)

Airs at: Tue, 02/10/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Coast Range Radio is a radio show and podcast that holds conversations with inspiring individuals dedicated to creating a better world, produced by the Coast Range Association, and hosted by Michael Gaskill.  Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a pioneer and legend in invertebr... Read more

Book Mole: Thirsty Creek

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Recent history is full of examples of humans messing with nature in order to increase profits, only to cause lasting ecological damage that wasn’t taken into account. The mystery novel Thirsty Creek, by Portland lawyer and writer Jennie Bricker, reviewed by writer and... Read more

Let Them Eat Data?!

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This legislative session, Senator Sollman is trying for the fifth time to bring 1700 acres of some of the best farmland in the world into the city's urban growth boundary. Each time it's for a different reason, but this time much of the land would likely go to data cente... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Born Of Fire And Rain - Journey Into A Pacific Coastal Forest, With Oregon Author Peg Herring

Airs at: Tue, 02/03/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Coast Range Radio is a radio show and podcast that holds conversations with inspiring individuals dedicated to creating a better world, produced by the Coast Range Association, and hosted by Michael Gaskill.  On this episode, an absolute gem of a conversation with Oreg... Read more

Zenith Energy and the CEI Hub

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The city of Portland is in the midst of determining what to do about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub that houses 90% of Oregon's liquid fuels, in rickety old tanks on liquefaction soil, on top of two earthquake faults. At the same time the Portland City Council is... Read more