Environment/Climate

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The Thin Green Line in 2018

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Donald Trump is targeting the Pacific Northwest for accelerated fossil fuel development. He brought the Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay back from the dead, designating it as the highest priority site for LNG development on the West Coast. And now he is opening up the c... Read more

Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions

Airs at: Wed, 01/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  The Black Panther Party was formed by community college students in Oakland California in 1966, the year after Malcolm-X was murdered in New York City. Its original name was the Black Panther Party For Self Defense. The Black Panther Party set an example by its community... Read more

Court Confirms Constitutionality of Portland Fossil Fuel Zoning Rules

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On January 4th, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed, in large part, a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision that undermined Portland’s landmark fossil fuel terminal zoning amendments, passed unanimously by the city council in December 2016. The court ruled that Portla... Read more

Opening the Trump Time Capsule

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Toward the end of 2016 Sightline Institute's Programs Director Eric de Place created a Trump Time Capsule project. He sent out an email to his friends and colleagues asking them to write down their predictions for the future, trying to envision the unusual events and disrup... Read more

Will 2018 top the climate chaos of 2017?

Airs at: Wed, 01/03/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Why is North America colder than the Arctic? What can we expect as the Arctic continues to lose sea-ice and snow? Are we in a “climate emergency”? Can we do anything to stabilize climate? We'll explore these questions and more with Paul Beckwith, Climate System Scientist... Read more

Brave New (Age) Logging in the Breitenbush Watershed

Airs at: Wed, 12/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Probably most people in the KBOO radio signal area are familiar with Breitenbush Hot Springs--the gorgeous retreat/conference center with world-class hot springs located in the lush Ancient Forest of the Breitenbush River watershed, east of Salem. What many people may no... Read more

The Potomac Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  The F-Word Christopher Chambers on Corporate Media...The 'Potomac Pipeline' Threatens DC Area...Headlines on DACA, Tax Scam, Medical Marijuana...Gerald Horne on ANC Elections and International Rebuke to Trump on Jerusalem  This years final segment of the F-Word, our mont... Read more

Press**Watch: Now the generals talk war

Airs at: Thu, 12/21/2017 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Presswatch
This show was intended to be about climate change, but it only gets a mention toward the end.  That's because, as I researched it last night and this morning, I found increasing evidence that the Second Korean War is being planned.  I can deduce this not only from the recog... Read more

Junk Raft

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As you celebrate the holidays this week, we are rerunning this program about the insidious problems created by plastic pollution. Something to think about as you figure out how to dispose of all that holiday packaging. This program originally aired on November 6, 2017. New... Read more

Firestorm

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire “the Beast.” It acted like a mythical animal, alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Yet i... Read more