Environment/Climate

A New Coast

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Communities and countries around the world are now declaring that we are in a climate emergency. Most of these declarations focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the more comprehensive resolutions also call for a just transition, meaning that frontline communiti... Read more

Rescuing the animals left behind, with Elizabeth Jones

Airs at: Fri, 12/27/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Ava of the Gaia

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with attorney and author Grace Nosek about her Ava of the Gaia trilogy--a hopeful climate fantasy series featuring a young female heroine. Nosek is a founding member of the University of British Columbia Climate Hub and carries out research on how to con... Read more

Ecological Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews John Bellamy Foster, Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon, and author of many books, including The Robbery of Nature and The Return of Nature. He edits the journal Monthly Review, making it into a go-to source for thinking about clim... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour December 23rd, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts the Episode of the Old Mole which includes: Ecological Revolution: John Foster teaches at the University of Oregon, writes a lot including The Robbery of Nature and the Return of Nature. He edits the journal Monthly Review, making it into a go to s... Read more

Presswatch for 12/19/19

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2019 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

The House has voted for two articles of impeachment, but will they bring it to the Senate for trial or will Pelosi delay to get a fair trial out of Moscow Mitch? Meanwhile Bolivia suffers under dictatorship and Chilean protesters face disappearance and rape. And Austra... Read more

The Never Ending Saga of Tacoma LNG

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Nearly four years ago, as they were defeating the world's largest methanol refinery proposed for their port, activists in Tacoma found out that a large Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) distribution hub and storage facility was also being planned at the Port. Once they defeated t... Read more

Rural Community Building with Martha Verduzco and Katie Cook

Airs at: Wed, 12/18/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Rural Roots Rising

Rural Community Building features Martha Verduzco with Hood River Latino Network in the Columbia River Gorge and Katie Cook with Rural Voices in Gilliam County. From organizing marches and resource fairs to creating publicly accessible childcare, this episode emphasizes ... Read more

Climate Justice and Community Renewal

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Brian Tokar activist, author, and lecturer in Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont, and an active board member of 350 Vermont and the Institute for Social Ecology. His books include the The Green Alternative, Earth for Sale, Toward C... Read more

Flooding on the Yankton Sioux Reservation

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Moles Desiree Hellegers and Roben White, who is also a Lakota Cheyenne activist, speak with Yankton Sioux tribal member Shelly Saunsoci to get an update on conditions on the South Dakota reservation, which continues to be impacted by flooding and neglected by the sta... Read more