Environment/Climate

Opening the Trump Time Capsule

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Toward the end of 2016 Sightline Institute's Programs Director Eric de Place created a Trump Time Capsule project. He sent out an email to his friends and colleagues asking them to write down their predictions for the future, trying to envision the unusual events and dis... Read more

Will 2018 top the climate chaos of 2017?

Airs at: Wed, 01/03/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Why is North America colder than the Arctic? What can we expect as the Arctic continues to lose sea-ice and snow? Are we in a “climate emergency”? Can we do anything to stabilize climate? We'll explore these questions and more with Paul Beckwith, Climate System Scient... Read more

Brave New (Age) Logging in the Breitenbush Watershed

Airs at: Wed, 12/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Probably most people in the KBOO radio signal area are familiar with Breitenbush Hot Springs--the gorgeous retreat/conference center with world-class hot springs located in the lush Ancient Forest of the Breitenbush River watershed, east of Salem. What many people may... Read more

The Potomac Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

The F-Word Christopher Chambers on Corporate Media...The 'Potomac Pipeline' Threatens DC Area...Headlines on DACA, Tax Scam, Medical Marijuana...Gerald Horne on ANC Elections and International Rebuke to Trump on Jerusalem This years final segment of the F-Word, our mo... Read more

Press**Watch: Now the generals talk war

Airs at: Thu, 12/21/2017 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

This show was intended to be about climate change, but it only gets a mention toward the end. That's because, as I researched it last night and this morning, I found increasing evidence that the Second Korean War is being planned. I can deduce this not only from the re... Read more

Junk Raft

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

As you celebrate the holidays this week, we are rerunning this program about the insidious problems created by plastic pollution. Something to think about as you figure out how to dispose of all that holiday packaging. This program originally aired on November 6, 2017. ... Read more

Firestorm

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire “the Beast.” It acted like a mythical animal, alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Ye... Read more

What's behind Trump's slashing of the Bears' Ears protected area

Airs at: Wed, 12/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Guest Host Jacqueline Keeler, of Dine' (Navajo) and Yankton Dakota heritage has written extensively about the Bears' Ears National Monument. She contributed an essay to Red Rock Stories: Three Generations of Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah’s Public Lands, a trade e... Read more

Planet Earth in Hospice? (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 01/12/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

I was absolutely captivated by Richard’s article, “Are We Doomed?” Despite the dire tone of this article I was delighted to see it because I thought finally, someone was saying things I’d thought for the past 30 years. Someone is telling the truth! Here is my pers... Read more

Slash Those Energy Bills: Tips from a Man Walking the Walk (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 01/26/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

A friend who works at my local food coop here in Corvallis tipped me to his co-worker whose been way ahead of the curve when it comes to saving energy. Jonathan Carroll is known as a person who really walks the walk. Over time he has slowly, thoughtfully created a l... Read more