Environment/Climate

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Evening News on 11/19/18

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
First Black Woman Elected President of the Portland Rose Festival Teri Bowles-Atherton was elected President of the Portland Rose Festival Foundation at the Annual Board meeting on October 25th. Bowles-Atherton, who currently serves as Director of Physician Development and... Read more

Election is Over, What's Next?

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
After much anxiety, social justice and climate activists were mostly heartened by the mid-term election results. Now, what are the next steps we must take to ensure that a progressive agenda moves forward in Oregon and across the country? On this episode of Locus Focus we ... Read more

Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism

Airs at: Fri, 11/16/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
The Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (MADRelief) Training Team recently visited Portland for a presentation and workshop. Currently, MADRelief is on a national capacity-building and educational tour. They will explain how natural storms turn into unnatural disasters through dange... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 12, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker hosts this episode of the Mole, bringing us these segments: 1. Bill Resnick and labor activist Diane Feeney discuss the future of the labor movement and the job of building a green economy. 2. Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken review the 2014 film "Marwenc... Read more

Climate Change, Conflict, and Refugees

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Thom Becker reads from an article entitled “Climate Change Is Increasing Regional Conflict and Creating Millions of Refugees Across the Globe” By Steve Trent  for the online news page, AlterNet. Photo: Syrian refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey (September 7, 2017) Photo Credit: ... Read more

Towards Radical Reconstruction

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Diane Feeley, coordinator of National Organization for Women, who has devoted her life to working in the labor movement and many of the social movements for democratic socialist revolution.  They discuss how to work in movements -- like Medicare for ... Read more

Homeowners against the SW Capital Highway Expansion Project

Airs at: Wed, 11/14/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is planning to create sidewalks and bike lanes along both sides of SW Capitol Highway, with construction slated to start in spring of 2019. This would mean eliminating 306 trees and creating 12 foot retaining walls. Andrea Firpo, hom... Read more

Portland Business Alliance vs. the Environment

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Recently the Portland Business Alliance endorsed the massive Jordan Cove LNG export terminal proposed for Coos Bay. But this is not the first time this influential business organization, which claims a membership of 1,900, has advocated for positions that put our communitie... Read more

Portland Pursues Alternative to Compliance with EPA Lead Levels

Produced for:  Evening News
In Nineteen Ninety One (1991) the United States Environmental Protection Agency published the lead and copper rule, to minimize nurotoxins in water. The rule established a maximum contaminant level goal of zero for lead in drinking water. The Portland Water Bureau has neve... Read more

KBOO Election Night Coverage 2018

Airs at: Tue, 11/06/2018 at 4:00pm - 10:00pm
KBOO will be providing live election night coverage Tuesday November 6th from 6 - 10 pm. Tune in for live analysis and reports of local and national election results. 4 - 6 PM Amy Goodman's Democracy Now and The Intercept  6-7 PM   Pacifica National Coverage   7- 8 PM... Read more