Environment/Climate

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Movie Moles: "Noah"

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 On this Earth Day special, our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement review the new movie "Noah" about a famous ancient flood.  It raises issues about who is responsible for climate disasters and what our obligations are to those who are hit by them Read more

Copper Mining on St. Helens?

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
With moves afoot to start mining minerals, including copper, near Mt. St. Helens, Bill Carter's new book Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World becomes required reading. Here Carter joins the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier for a conversation abo... Read more

Climate Change Action

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What can be done to make the necessity of radical action to prevent catastrophic climate change obvious to everyone?  Jeremy Brecher of the Labor Network for Sustainability talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the latest science on global warming and what can and... Read more

Cascadia Confluence - launching earth week in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Tomorrow is earth day, and people across the world are organizing two weeks of action to bring attention to the issue of climate change, and the urgent need to take radical action for the future of life on earth. The movement is called ‘Earth Day to May Day’, and it aims ... Read more

Earth Day to May Day

Earth Day to May Day – a global convergence for climate justice, is taking place around the world, and here in Cascadia, from April 22nd to May 1st. The ten days of action will include teach-ins, protests, call-in campaigns and direct action. KBOO is a sponsor of local ev... Read more

Investigative journalist Michael Ruppert found dead of apparent suicide

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Long time investigative journalist and former Los Angeles police officer Michael Ruppert has died of an apparent suicide at the age of sixty three. Ruppert first gained notoriety in 1996 when he showed up at a contentious meeting with C-I-A director John Deutsch.   Th... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 14 2014

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with John Feffer about the relationship between divestment in infrastructure and ecological collapse Jan Haaken talk with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about the militarization of our borders an... Read more

John Feffer on infrastructure divestment and ecological collapse

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Feffer about "homegrown terrorism". In particular, they consider how looming ecological catastrophe is exacerbated by years of divestment in our various forms of infrastructure --- transportation, sewage and water systems, food-systems, energ... Read more

Portland Ranks Sixteenth for Solar Power in the Nation

Airs at: Thu, 04/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A report released on April 10 by Environment Oregon ranked Portland sixteenth among US cities for solar power. KBOO reporter Ethan Martin spoke with Charlie Fischer of Environment Oregon and Andrea Jacob of Solar Forward for more on the report and Portland's ranking. Read more

Paradox Tree in Danger from Development

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A unique and massive tree known as a Paradox Walnut in the Mt. Tabor area of Portland is threatened by a new housing development. People in the neighborhood are trying to protect the tree and on April 10 the developer agreed to meet with them. KBOO reporter Paul Roland spo... Read more