Environment/Climate

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Breaking the Iron Wall on the Lower Willamette River

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Willamette River is a confluence of social, ecological, economic and historical significance and yet we continue to struggle to protect the very place that sustains us. But we are beginning to see a crack in the iron wall that has ruled the lower Willamette, created ... Read more

Entertainment

Airs at: Fri, 06/13/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
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Zenith Gets Its Hearing

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on May 26, 2025   On May 12, The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing, where over 300 people testified against DEQ approving Zenith Energy’s draft Air Contaminant Discharge Permit. This is the last permit Zen... Read more

Thermal Energy Networks

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In a growing number of communities across the United States, gas utilities, supported by state legislatures, labor unions, environmental groups and other stakeholders, are exploring Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) to decarbonize buildings and create clean energy jobs. TEN... Read more

Evening News on 05/30/25

Airs at: Fri, 05/30/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of  KBOO's Evening News: Descendants of the Black Portlanders who were displaced from Central Albina reach a settlement with Portland New toxic river algae behaves differently than previous blooms And, Oregon’s bill to ban book bans moves forward Read more

Emerald Ash Borer

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Emerald Ash Borers will continue their rapid spread across the U-S. The Ash Borers have already killed hundreds of thousands of Ash trees since their discovery in 2002. Read more

Portlanders rally against PGE plan to cut down trees in Forest Park

Airs at: Thu, 04/17/2025 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Portlanders rallied outside of City Hall on Wednesday, April 17th in opposition to a decision by the City Hearings Officer to allow Portland General Electric to move forward with a plan that would cut down at least 400 trees in Forest Park. KBOO’s Lexus Ponce reports. Read more

Erika Ironwood of Craft and Cauldron

Airs at: Thu, 05/29/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Erika Ironwood of Craft and Cauldron, Wildcrafting Educator & Herbalist. They have a whole slate of foraging crafts and workshops coming up that run through the summer. Read more

Building the World We Believe In

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In these disturbing times as we watch democracy crumble and wonder whom the oligarchs will go after next, how do we ground ourselves in the work we need to keep doing? First they come for the immigrants, then international students and now FBI agents are showing up at th... Read more

Effie Greathouse of Clean Air for Schools

Airs at: Thu, 05/22/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Effie Greathouse of Safe Indoor Air for Oregon Schools. They are a community of scientists, parents and community members advocating for safe air in schools. Read more