Environment/Climate

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Old Mole Variety Hour for May 25, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Densie Morris Hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes Pandemic Bailout: Bill Resnick interviews economist Yeva Nersisyan. Yeva has recently been studying and writing on the Federal multi-trillion dollar relief programs as the pandemic shut down the economy. She... Read more

NE Portland neighbors come together to save a giant Sequioa tree

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Neighbors in NE Portland are coming together to try and save a giant Sequoia tree which has been slated for removal. The tree has created foundation damage to a nearby home, but only one homeowner in the area has advocated for it to be cut down. The city cut order is und... Read more

Jordan Cove LNG Pandemic Update

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Since the COVID-19 Pandemic struck, there have been important developments in the fifteen year struggle to stop the Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. When we last talked about this issue, the state of Oregon had just denied two critical per... Read more

Sean Scorvo Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Sean Scorvo is a democrat running for the Oregon House District 23rd seat.  He talked with Don Merrill about how he finds the treatment of hispanic Americans reprehensible considering all they do for the American economy, why Gerrymandering is a sin democrats share with rep... Read more

Mark Gamba Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Mark Gamba is a democrat who is running for the US House seat in the 5th District.  He talked with Don Merrill about why environmental responsibility is the key to bringing America back from its economic brink, how covid-19 is an excellent place to "reset" our culture, and ... Read more

Voices for Animal Liberation with author and activist Brittany Michelson

Airs at: Fri, 05/22/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
Brittany Michelson is a teacher, writer, and animal rights activist. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University Los Angeles and teaches writing and activism- related classes in a private K-8 program. Her short writing appears in multiple online journals... Read more

Mt. St. Helens Eruption 40th Anniversary

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This May 18 is the fortieth anniversary of Mt. St. Helens last major eruption, which blew 1,300 feet off the top of the mountain and created the largest landslide in recorded history. Exactly 40 years, one hour and 28 minutes ago from the start of this week's Locus Focus, M... Read more

Bringing the Earth into Balance in Times of Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The COVID-19 pandemic is a brutal reminder of how out of balance our planet has become. Decades of explosive human population growth and an increasingly mobile population have put us in close contact, squeezed natural habitats, and forced wild animals to occupy cities or pe... Read more

Hannah Lillith Assadi and Achy Obejas on Take Us To A Better Place

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Hannah Lillith Assadi and Achy Obejas, contributors to the story anthology Take Us To A Better Place, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. You can download a free copy of the ebook at https://www.rwjf.org/fiction. Hannah Lillith Assadi... Read more

Boundaries

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole Intern Sarah Summerhill reads an excerpt from her piece "Boundaries," recently published in Washington State University Vancouver's literary magazine, the Salmon Creek Journal. The essay was inspired by an experience in a Native American literature class last summe... Read more