Environment/Climate

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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

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

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 10, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode which includes: Is China Destined to Become the New World Hegemon? An interview with China Scholar Richard Smith on how China became a world economic and political power. Speaking Truth about the Dead: How to talk truthfully about the recently... 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

Interview: A Green New Deal

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Jeremy Brecher about a Green New Deal, a mobilization of U.S. resources, as in World War II, to show the way to stop global heating. A proposal for just that has been submitted to the U.S. Congress by a group of newly elected legislators, vastly rais... 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

Defend the Forest, Defend the Climate

Airs at: Fri, 11/30/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Join us for a discussion with environmental action groups Oregon Wild and Bark about the interconnectivity of forest health and climate change. "Forest Defense Is Climate Defense" is a new report released in October by Oregon Wild (formerly the Oregon Natural Resources Coun... 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 11/29/18

Airs at: Thu, 11/29/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Bike Path Booby Trap According to the Willamette Week, two of the three men that Booby trapped part of a bike path corridor earlier this month are being indicted on felony charges of assault and reckless endangerment. The three suspects: Antonio Tolman-Duran, Dakota Murphy... Read more