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Hanford's Legacy: Renamed or Contained?

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The United States Department of Energy wants to reclassify 70,000 gallons of high-level nuclear waste in a cluster of tanks near the Columbia River. DOE’s proposal seeks to reclassify the pollution as low-level waste so that DOE can fill the tanks with grout and leave the w... Read more

Bears Ears, Chaco Canyon and BLM Lease Auctions with Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 12/12/2018 at 8:00am - 9:30am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  A year after Trump reduced the size of the Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent, the BLM has been auctioning off oil and gas leases near sacred sites like Bears Ears and Chaco Canyon. An update from Jacqueline Keeler, editor of Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak... Read more

Is China Destined to Become the New World Hegemon?

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In the first of a three part interview Bill Resnick interviews China scholar Richard Smith on how China became a world economic and political power, able to challenge U.S. world supremacy, and thus fulfill its historical destiny as they see it--to lead the world.  For more,... Read more

Evening News on 12/10/18

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
City of Portland Audit An audit has found problems with how the City of Portland is directing environmental restoration projects and "green streets" designed to control storm water. OPB reported that the Bureau of Environmental Services is spending millions on projects ai... Read more

The Facts and Fiction of George H.W. Bush

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  The Segregationist Roots of the 'School Choice' Movement...Plus Headlines on the Green New Deal and More  Gerald Horne, Dianne Ravitch, Pam Tau Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 3, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear these segments: 1. Bill Resnick and Jeremy Brecher discuss the proposal sponsored by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a Green New Deal. 2. Clayton Morgareidge shows how a Green New Deal would run against the g... Read more

Commentary: A Green New Deal

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge lays out the enormous changes demanded by a Green New Deal, and argues that the movement  behind a Green New Deal has to be anti-capitalist. You can read this commentary here. Photo Credit: The Clarion Read more

Tacoma LNG Hearing and Discussion

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The push for massive fracked gas projects continues to put pressure on communities across the Pacific Northwest. Last month there was a public hearing in Tacoma, where the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency took public comments on Puget Sound Energy's proposed hybrid LNG fuel hub... Read more

The World's Largest Methanol Refinery Update

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
On November 13, a report  written by the company proposing the world’s largest fracked-gas-to-methanol refinery was released by the Port of Kalama and Cowlitz County, WA. The proposed fossil fuel refinery at the Port of Kalama in Southwest Washington is controversial becaus... Read more

Evening News on 11/27/18

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
PPS Sexual Conduct Rules The Portland Public School Board has released its new proposed policy on professional conduct, but not everyone is happy with it. The six page document is the result of a promise made by the School Board to adopt a policy of conduct after it was re... Read more