Environment/Climate

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Tacoma on the Front Lines

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
According to Sightline Institute Tacoma, Washington is the major frontline community in the fight to stop fossil fuel development in the Northwest. After vehemently rejecting a proposal to build the world's largest methanol refinery at the Port of Tacoma, citizens are now t... Read more

Dry Farming - A Time-Proven, Earth-Friendly Farming Practice

Airs at: Fri, 06/22/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
  Dry Farming is a long-proven method for growing crops with little to no irrigation.   It's a time proven method that could play a major role in today's world going through climate change.  What exactly is this valuable process, and why haven’t we heard about it?  Guest A... Read more

Pacific Northwest in the Tar Sands Crosshairs

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It seems likely that the Canadian province of Alberta—home to a massive tar sands industry that produces some of the globe’s dirtiest and most polluting oil—has put the Pacific Northwest in its crosshairs. The province is partnering with the Canadian government, who recentl... Read more

Unprecedented Crime: Peter Carter and Climate Science Denial

Airs at: Tue, 06/12/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Dr. Peter Carter is founder of the Climate Emergency Institute.  He has served as an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change’s fifth climate change assessment in 2014. He has also presented on the implications of global climate change on food se... Read more

1% for Clean Energy

Airs at: Tue, 06/12/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Joe welcomes promoters of the Clean Energy Fund to KBOO to discuss the proposed 1% tax on large corporations.  Call in and join the conversation at (503) 231-8187. Read more

Capitalist Agriculture or Ecological Civilization

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks to Fred Magdoff, a soil scientist, on the multiple problems of capitalist agriculture and also the solutions, ecological agriculture and the sweeping changes necessary, sometimes called ecological civilization. Magdoff has written Building Soils for Be... Read more

Community Energy Project

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Cecil and Celeste speak with Sherrie Pelsma and Roc Aiken of the Community Energy Project in Portland. Community Energy Project believes that everyone deserves a safe, healthy, efficient home regardless of income. They do this through education, hands-on training, and dist... Read more

Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Cully

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Carolina Iraheta and Tony DeFalco of the organization Verde which is organizing in the Cully neighborhood to increase affordable housing, stop displacement, and make Cully a model in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stop global warming.   Phot... Read more

Portland Clean Energy Fund

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Cities all over the world are taking the lead on responding to climate change. In the United States over 1,000 Mayors have signed the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. Unfortunately there is a lack of funding at the local level to implement the types of renewable energy ... Read more

Revolutions in Leadership and Economics: Conversations with Linda Kohanov and Anthony Flaccavento

Airs at: Tue, 06/05/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Anthony Flaccavento was my first guest ever on this program when it was called Religion For Life. I had him on again last year when we discussed his book, Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real-World Experience for Transformative Change. He has be... Read more