Environment/Climate

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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

Evening News on 11/28/18

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
OSU Hate Crime Trial A hate crime trial for an Oregon State University student, and former student government representative, with ties to white nationalists, has begun today. Graduate student Andrew Oswalt, and an unknown accomplice, were captured by surveillance footage ... Read more

Evening News on 11/27/18

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
PPS Sexual Conduct Rules The Portland Public School Board has released its new proposed policy on professional conduct, but not everyone is happy with it. The six page document is the result of a promise made by the School Board to adopt a policy of conduct after it was re... Read more

Buscando America on 11/27/18

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  Carmelo Ramos miembro de Guardianes de la tierra México habla sobre los  migrantes que se encuentran en Tijuana y sobre lo que le tocó ver de la caravana en su paso por CDMX.  Javier Sierra habla sobre la situación en la frontera,  los incendios forestales en California ... Read more

Valve Turner Emily Johnston

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Emily Johnston about the trial in Minnesota last month where she and two other climate activists enlisted the Necessity Defense in a landmark jury trial.  In October of 2016 Emily was one of the five "valve turners" who together instigated shutdown ... Read more