Environment/Climate

Community Energy and Its Opponents

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick and Rebecca Claassen discuss community energy and how we can outmaneuver Trump to build operating models for clean sun and wind energy, electrified mass transit, agro-ecological farming, conservation of energy and much more. Then, in a continuation of last week... Read more

Trump's Incoherent Energy Policy

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

There are a lot of things that are inconceivable about Donald Trump, but the incoherence of his energy policy is especially mind boggling. He’s likely to wind up angering a lot of his key supporters in the fossil fuel industry, because some of his moves, such as resuscitati... Read more

Under-reported Stories, Fake News & Environmental Racism

Airs at: Wed, 02/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Guest co-hosts Nolan Higdon and Desiree McSwain, and senior correspondent Michael Levitin, open the program with a discussion about several recent under-reported stories. Then the talk turns to "fake news," as Chase Palmieri and Jared Fesler explain their web site -- Tri... Read more

Getting Smart: Bikes in Culture

Airs at: Wed, 02/01/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Bike Show

Since their birth in the early decades of the 19th century bicycles have captured the imaginations of artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers. H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, Naguib Mahfouz, Iris Murdoch, Charlie Chaplin, and Stephen King are ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 30, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker hosts this episode, and mentions the news that the woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till's lynching has admitted to lying. We also hear these segments: On the ACLU-Oregon Response to Trump's Anti-Immigration Order On California's Response to Trump's Ene... Read more

Stopping the Kalama Refinery

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, a senior engineer with Columbia Riverkeeper, talks with Laurie Mercier about the proposal for the world's largest methanol refinery, scheduled for the port of Kalama, Washington, and about strategies for resistance. The public comment period last... Read more

California Clean Energy in the Trump Era

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Erica Etelson of California's Local Clean Energy Alliance about her state's resistance to Trump's energy policies. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

An interview with Mat dos Santos, legal director of the ACLU of Oregon about challenges facing immigrants under the Trump regime. An interview with Erica Etelson of California's Local Clean Energy Alliance about her state's resistance to Trump's energy policies. ... Read more

Fueling Destruction

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Since 2005, when Congress passed a federal mandate to blend corn-based ethanol and other renewable fuels into conventional gasoline, the increased demand for corn – which has supplied nearly all of these mandated fuels to date – has resulted in a major transformation of the... Read more

Voices from the #INAUGURATE The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Voices From the #Inaugurate The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration...Gerald Horne on Trump's First Week in Office, Including Threats to Voting Rights, Mexico, China and the Environment. UNHEARD VOICES FROM THE ONLY PERMITTED PROTEST AT THE INAUGURATION OF D... Read more