Environment/Climate

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Washington State Initiative 1631

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program was initially broadcast on October 1, 2018. On November 6 Washington State voters will have a chance to vote on an initiative that would put a fee on the state’s largest polluters, including the oil industry and utilities that have not switched over to clean... Read more

Evening News on 10/23/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Tavern shooting Police rushed out to the Glass House Tavern at 97th and Sandy Boulevard around 1:30 this morning after reports of gunfire. When they got there, they found a man on the sidewalk with at least one gunshot wound, who they pronounced dead at the scene. While t... Read more

Mary Wood on Juliana v Gov

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier discusses with Mary Wood, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the University of Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center, the Juliana case, the "trial of the century" held in Eugene beginning October 29, about the youth plaintiffs who on ... Read more

Climate Change and NeoFascism

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel reports on climate change and authoritarian states, and how both are consequences of capitalism.  You can find the text of a longer version of her remarks, with links to sources, on the Old Mole blog. Image cropped from Klimacamp 2018 - 121 - 01.06.2018 20-5... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 22nd, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, in which we hear these pieces: Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the new... Read more

Global is local Climate

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Weve been told that were at a crossroads in the fight against climate change, and that we need to act fast to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. But even before the dire warning issued by scientists, organizers across the world have been fighting climate change and thi... Read more

Let the Rodents do the Work! How Beavers Help to Restore Eco-systems

Airs at: Wed, 10/24/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  Humanity has been referred to as a "desert-making species," but by partnering with the beaver we could reverse that trend, according to Ben Goldfarb, author of Eager, The Surprising, Secret Lives of Beavers and Why They Matter, and Steven Murschel, an educator with the B... Read more

Court Rules In Favor of Groups Suing EPA

Airs at: Thu, 10/18/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Earlier this week, a federal court ruled in favor of groups that sued to force the Environmental protection agency to protect columbia basin salmon and steelhead. Columbia riverkeeper brought the suit along with other conservation and trade organizations. The decision a... Read more

Election Forum Focused on Marginalized Communities at Sentinel Hotel

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
        The Coalition of Communities of Color held an election forum today at the Sentinel Hotel. KBOO’s Sam Bouman was there and has this report. Read more

LNG Coos Bay to Tacoma

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Before a plethora of proposals for coal and oil terminals starting popping up in the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, there was Liquid Natural Gas, or LNG. Intense public opposition to coal and oil terminals and trains prevented virtually all of them from being built. But... Read more