Environment/Climate

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Aerial Spraying violations: Applebee Aviation license suspended

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Regulators from two state agencies have fined an aerial spraying company a total of almost ten thousand dollars. Applebee Aviation has been fined by the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration eighty eight hundred dollars and the state Department of Agriculture... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 28, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode on documentaries, dictatorships, the Middle East, and Marx. These are the individual segments:  Bill Resnick talks with Ismael Hossein-zadeh about events in the Middle East. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentary ... Read more

Thirsty for Justice: The Struggle for the Human Right to Water

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Like the residents of Hood River County opposed to a planned Nestle water bottling plant in Cascade Locks, local activists in Mount Shasta, just south of the Oregon border, are trying to stop a Crystal Geyser bottling operation from opening in their community. A growing mov... Read more

KILLING CORMORANTS ON THE COLUMBIA

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
Dab Steadman talks with Bob Sallinger, Conservation Director at the Audubon Society of Portland, about the government plan to kill a huge number of double-crested cormorants on East Sand Island in the mouth of the Columbia River.     In June 2014, the  Army Corps of Enginee... Read more

Communities fight back against corporate water takeovers

Airs at: Fri, 09/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On Wednesday evening in Hood River, the Local Water Alliance launched the Hood River County Water Protection Measure, a ballot initiative that would ban corporate water bottling facilities in the county. A large crowd filled the Springhouse Cellar Winery to hear speakers, wa... Read more

Taking on a corporate behemoth

Airs at: Sun, 09/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guest Aurora del Val of Local Water Alliance announces new ballot measure to ban commercial water bottling facilities in Hood River County, which was launched Wednesday, September 23 in Hood River. Nestle is one of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world, and ... Read more

Native fishing people speak out against Nestle water deal

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Two speakers from September 16 rally in Salem: traditional Klickitat chief Johnny Jackson (in center of photo at left) and Warm Springs Tribal Councilman Carlos Smith (to the left of Jackson). 150 to 200 tribal fishing people and Oregon residents gathered on Wednesday, Sep... Read more

'Nchee Wana Fishing People Against Nestle, Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 09/16/2015 at 12:00am
150 to 200 tribal fishing people and Oregon residents gathered yesterday on the 120 tribal member, Gorge residents, and concerned citizens rallied in Salem calling on Gov. Kate Brown to protect Oregon’s water from Nestlé. State Capitol steps to urge Governor Kate Brown ... Read more

'Nchee Wana Fishing People Against Nestle, Part 1

Airs at: Wed, 09/16/2015 at 12:00am
150 to 200 tribal fishing people and Oregon residents gathered yesterday on the 120 tribal member, Gorge residents, and concerned citizens rallied in Salem calling on Gov. Kate Brown to protect Oregon’s water from Nestlé. State Capitol steps to urge Governor Kate Brown ... Read more

Vic Remmers faces protesters as he attempts to cut ancient trees on two sites in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 09/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland residents in two separate neighborhoods engaged in civil disobedience today to stop ancient trees from being cut down by developer Vic Remmers. A neighborhood group in Southeast Portland has banded together to stop the cutting of two old-growth trees near 41st Ave... Read more