Environment/Climate

Earth Day Special Programming

On Monday, April 22nd, KBOO Community Radio celebrates Earth Day with special programming devoted to everything Mother Earth, ecological justice, environmental awareness, climate activism and animal rights advocacy. Either poetic and imaginative, or highly researched and... Read more

Portland City Council Digest for December 4, 2024

Airs at: Wed, 12/04/2024 at 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

Listen to this story below. Close to a hundred people, including staff and media, were in the temporary Council Chambers at the start of Wednesday morning’s 9:30 meeting. The City Council has been meeting at the city’s Development Services Center near the PSU campus whi... Read more

PGE Wants to Clearcut in Forest Park

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Portland General Electric (PGE) has submitted a proposal to the city of Portland to update and expand their power grid infrastructure. The proposal, known as the Harborton Reliability Project, would upgrade one existing power line, and clearcut nearly five acres of forest i... Read more

Remembering Bob Sallinger

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On this episode of Locus Focus we honor Oregon Environment Icon Bob Sallinger, who died on October 30. For over 30 years Bob has been a regional fixture advocating and fighting to protect our rivers, wildlife, forests and communities from environmental and social degradatio... Read more

Music to Meet the Moment

Airs at: Fri, 11/22/2024 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Produced for: The Songcircle

Tune in to The Songcircle for Music to Meet the Moment, and help us move through it. Artists: Stevie Nicks, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Lucinda Williams, George Harrison, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Marvin Gaye, Toni Price, Rufus Wainwright, Ringo Starr, Brandi Carlile, R... Read more

(ENCORE/UPDATE) A Girl, A Goat, & A Humane 4-H Alternative

Airs at: Fri, 11/22/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Back in April of 2023, a 9-year-old girl in Shasta County, California was raising a 4-H goat named Cedar when she realized that she couldn't go through with giving up her friend to be sold and slaughtered, as the program demands. The fair board, which runs the 4-H progra... Read more

Big Vision for the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Today we honor Oregon Environment Icon Bob Sallinger, who died on October 30. For over 30 years Bob has been a regional fixture advocating and fighting to protect our rivers, wildlife, forests and communities from environmental and social degradation and injustice. One of h... Read more

Socialist City Councilors-elect Talk Labor

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Socialist City Councilors-elect Tiffany Koyama Lane, known as Teacher Tiffany, and Mitch Green, a green energy economist, talk about their vision for building working-class power in Portland, Oregon Read more

Stopping Zenith Energy Once and For All

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For seven years Portland community members have been trying to shut down Zenith Energy, a Houston-based oil company that sneaked into Portland in 2017. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality just opened the public comment period for Zenith’s draft Air Contaminant Di... Read more