Environment/Climate

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 15, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Atomic Days: The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington no longer produces plutonium for nuclear bombs. But its lethal legacy remains. In his new book, Atom... Read more

Atomic Days

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington no longer produces plutonium for nuclear bombs. But its lethal legacy remains. In his new book, Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, author Joshua Frank digs into the history of th... Read more

Goldendale Energy Storage Project

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Boston-based Rye Development wants to build the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric development in the Pacific Northwest and in the process destroy irreplaceable Tribal Cultural and Religious Resources. Pumped storage is touted as the most efficient way to store solar a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 8, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes a re-broadcast segment from Against the Grain: Pipeline Populism: Many have concluded that the climate emergency will only be addressed by mass collective action. But given the small size of the U.S. le... Read more

Pushing for Environmentally Friendly Buildings

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Transportation is the highest source of greenhouse gas emissions but emissions caused by residential and commercial buildings, including from electricity and natural gas use, are close behind. In 2021, while transportation was responsible for 35% of Oregon's carbon emiss... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 1, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Civilization and its Future, Part 2: Bill Resnick interviews John Bellamy Foster. They discuss the future as the world continuously warms, wreaking havoc with vast destructive storm... Read more

Civilization and its Future, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews John Bellamy Foster. They discuss the future as the world continuously warms, wreaking havoc with vast destructive storms, spiraling food prices, whole populations desperately fleeing, and more. At some point people around the world will awake and... Read more

Interview with Amber Canavan of Compassionate PDX

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: That Vegan Show

Join me as I interview Amber Canavan, an organizer with Compassionate PDX. Compassionate PDX is a grass-roots group of volunteers dedicated to creating political change in favor of non-human animals. Their current campaigns are Fur Free Portland, Fur Free Oregon, and Foi... Read more

Certified Disaster

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

The oil & gas industry is turning to unproven and unregulated “gas certifiers” like Project Canary that claim to “measure” emissions and label their methane gas as “responsibly sourced”. The certified gas industry allows companies to charge a premium for their products,... Read more