Environment/Climate

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The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 29th 2018

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole  Greenwashing and Global Climate Justice: Bill Resnick talks to John Foran about corporate greenwashing and what must and can be done to save the planet.  John Foran is professor of sociology at the University of Califo... Read more

The Plot to Loot America's Public Lands

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last week, the bulk of the National Parks Service advisory board resigned en masse in condemnation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's abject indifference to climate change and the department's massive roll back of protections for public lands. This comes on top of the Trump... Read more

Press**Watch for January 25th, 2018

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
[[[[SIMULCAST ON PERISCOPE ....LIVE VIDEO @kboopresswatch on Twitter--and possibly on Facebook as well at Theresa Mitchell.]]]] Join KBOO today--because the revolution will be broadcast on community-owned nonprofit radio!   TODAY'S TOPIC: The climate emergency has begun a... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this Martin Luther King day. In addition to the songs of Woody Guthrie and Bill's comments about them,  we hear: California fires, floods, mudslides, loss of life. But California will recover.  Probably not Puerto Rico and many undeveloped countries. Bal... Read more

Turning Countries Into S-holes

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads an article about Donald Trumps explicative remarks about marginalized countries: "The US Role in Turning Countires into S-Holes" on Z-net. Read more

Climate Change, Disaster Capitalism, Recovery and Inequality

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 8:45am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Foran about how inequality shapes climate change and the fall-out of natural disasters, from Santa Barbara to Puerto Rico and beyond. Read more

Oregon's Clean Energy Jobs Bill

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This spring, Oregon has the opportunity to take a major step in the transition from polluting energy to a clean energy future. The Clean Energy Jobs bill, currently being considered by the Oregon legislature, limits climate pollution and invests in clean energy strategies t... Read more

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