Environment/Climate

Risk Bond Bill Passes Oregon Legislature

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For over a century a massive array of tanks filled with noxious, explosive liquid fuels and chemicals has been an existential threat to the Pacific Northwest. It still is, but as a result of the passage of the Risk Bond Bill at the end of this past legislative session, w... Read more

The Death and Life of Kulla Kulla Creek

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on 01/26/2026 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.... Read more

Reviving the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland is gifted to have a mighty river flowing through the heart of the city. Unfortunately for more than a century this priceless resource has been abused, degraded and polluted, and for many decades Portlanders turned their backs on the Willamette River. But things ... Read more

A Different Nature: Earth Day

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight will have a minimum of talking as we do an Earth Day show... some recent releases of environmental sounds...   Read more

Toxic Past, Heated Future: Resilience at the Portland Harbor

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
We often think of the Willamette River as a scenic backdrop for recreation, but for many, it is a site of "slow violence". On this episode of Locus Focus, Dr. Vivek Shandas of Portland State University explores how the harbor’s industrial legacy—a "toxic graveyard" of W... Read more

News In Depth: John DeVoe from WaterWatch of Oregon on Data Centers and Water Usage in The Dalles

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Rachael Garcia speaks with John DeVoe from WaterWatch of Oregon about the impact of the data center industry on Oregon water resources, and the Congressional action to give The Dalles more of the Mt. Hood National Forest ... Read more

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