Environment/Climate

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Celebrating the Thin Green Line - An Earth Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For nearly two decades communities across the Pacific Northwest have been fighting off multiple efforts to turn the region into a fossil fuel export hub. Today we’ll look back at the successes of what Eric de Place with Sightline Institute calls the Thin Green Line, On thi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 19, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole. In recognition of Earth Day, coming up this week on April 22, our segments today examine our options for the future in the face of global warming and how we can organize to prevent impending climate chaos. Renewable ... Read more

Clean Energy Fund

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg speaks with Portland Clean Energy Fund activists Anissa Pemberton and Adriana Voss-Andreae about how the PCEF organizing effort has positioned the climate justice community to more successfully challenge the structural elements of our political economy tha... Read more

Degrowth

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Old Mole Joe Clement about the argument for degrowth within international environmental, anti-colonial and anti-capitalist movements. Degrowth proposes radical wealth distribution by way of a planned scale-down and re-organization of the economy in... Read more

Renewable Energy

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with Kelly Twomey Sanders, one of the principle investigators of LA100, the Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study. This integrated engineering-economic analysis underlies LA’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045. Bill and Kelly talk about the vision ... Read more

Earth Day Oregon connects non-profits and businesses for climate action

Airs at: Wed, 04/14/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Thursday, April 22nd is Earth Day. The importance of the impending climate crisis has individuals and organizations looking for ways to make a difference, and Earth Day can be a catalyst for thinking about the climate future. One organization puts its efforts towards con... Read more

Earth Day Special: Ecological responsibility for family farmers

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  KBOO's Isobel Charle talks with Alice Morrison of Friends of Family Farmers to get an update on the state of Oregon's small and mid-sized farms. Alice shares her take on being a farmer during the pandemic, links between racial justice and farming, as well as the main str... Read more

Earth Day Special: Crag Law Center

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2021 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
  Crag Law Center is a small but mighty nonprofit organization that provides free and low-cost legal services to communities, environmental groups and Native American tribes who are fighting to protect our wild places, clean water, communities and climate. Crag’s Executive... Read more

Earth Day Special: Grounding Waters Mentorship and the Blueprint Foundation

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2021 at 8:30am - 9:00am
  The Blueprint Foundation is a small organization dedicated to introducing Portland's Black and Brown students to careers in environmental science and green infrastructure. KBOO's Nick Campigli spoke with Blueprint's Program Director Jason Stroman and Executive Director D... Read more

Upcoming panel: "Protecting Mother Earth: The history, legacy, and possibilities as experienced by Native Americans"

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  On Wednesday, April 14th at 6 p.m., the Oregon Community Rights Network and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund are hosting a webinar entitled, “Protecting Mother Earth: The history, legacy and possibilities as experienced by Native Americans.” KBOO's Althea ... Read more