Energy/Natural Resources

Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Riding the freedom bus, as students and young people all across America continue to protest Trump's ascension to the White House. Also, a report back back and update from Standing Rock, as the Flashpoints team heads out to North Dakota for a week of... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 24, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this show and we hear these segments: 1. Economist Marty Hart-Landsberg makes the case for Measure 97. 2. Psychologist Tod Sloan discusses the psychic impacts of oppression. 3. Desiree Hellegers interviews local activists about Portland's contracts with se... Read more

G4S at Standing Rock

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers interviews Maxine Fookson of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Peter Miller of Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights (AUPHR) about Portland city contracts with the the global security company G4S, which has recently been in the news in connection wi... Read more

A MINE ON MT. ST. HELENS?

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Since 2010, Ascot Resources has been trying to get a permit to conduct exploratory drilling for gold, copper and molybdenum deposits on Mt. St. Helens, with plans to ultimately develop a mine. The proposed drilling project is located just outside the boundary of the Mount S... Read more

Would a Crisis Benefit Left or Right?

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Flashpoints was pre-empted last night for the Presidential Candidate Debate, so we'll hear the latest episode from the series Radio Ecoshock with host Alex Smith. The show asks, "Should we hope for a crisis as a way out?" Alex speaks with Eddie Yuen from Pacifica's "Again... Read more

Bill McKibben on the State of the Climate Movement

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2016 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

Host Theresa Mitchell interviews environmental activist and author Bill McKibben about the state of the climate movement and what it takes to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Bill McKibben’s 1989 groundbreaking book, The End of Nature, was the first of his 13 remarkable... Read more

EXPANDING OIL TRAIN TRAFFIC THROUGH THE COLUMBIA GORGE

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Four months after an oil train derailed and caught fire in the Columbia Gorge town of Mosier, the Wasco County Planning Commission has approved a proposal by Union Pacific to expand its rail facilities through Mosier, at the very site of the derailment in June. According to... Read more

Alternative Radio with Chris Williams on Eco-Socialism

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

This program from Alternative Radio was pre-empted yesterday for a special Democracy Now broadcast on the Presidential Debates. Chris Williams is an environmental scholar and activist. He is professor of physics and chemistry at Pace University and chair of the science d... Read more

STOPPING LNG IN CLATSOP COUNTY

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Originally Broadcast on August 1, 2016 For twelve years residents of Clatsop County (in the NW corner of Oregon) battled proposals to build massive Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminals near the mouth of the Columbia River. On April 15, 2016, the last of these proposals wa... Read more

Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Host Dennis Bernstein devotes the entire show to an interview with Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist, who is planning to travel the US in her mobile radio station, talking about the confluence of ecology, health and... Read more