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Gaslight: The Fight to Stop the Atlantic Coast PIpeline

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on May 27, 2024.   While Oregonians were fighting to stop the behemoth Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Southern Oregon, communities in Virginia were facing a similar struggle to stop an even larger and longe... Read more

Dangerous Pipedreams

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on May 13, 2024   We are at the precipice of a climate emergency. If we do not seriously begin to cut our carbon emissions now we will be entering an uncharted territory of climate chaos. But instead of accelerating the adoption of verifi... Read more

Northwest Forest Update

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
There's a lot happening in our forests in the Northwest, even while our attention may be focused elsewhere (like on the upcoming elections). But now is a good time to check in with Alex Budd, Alliance Organizer with Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance, about issues... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 22, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and features the following segments:   Left & the Law: Kamala Harris Vice President Kamala Harris faces renewed scrutiny as calls intensify for Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race. Whatever the outcome of DNC jocke... Read more

Criminalizing Columbia River Indians

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Celilo Wy’am guest Mole Lana Jack interviews Yakama fisherman and fishing rights activist Andy Sohappy about resisting and navigating a gauntlet of colonial agencies, jurisdictions, and police that collectively criminalize, impoverish and imprison Native fishers exerc... Read more

Cleaning Up Hanford

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The most contaminated place in the western hemisphere is right here in our backyard, the Hanford Site in Eastern Washington, the global birthplace of both nuclear energy and nuclear bombs. During WWII, the area was confiscated from Native Tribes without their consent ... Read more

The Great River: The Making & Unmaking of the Mississippi

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For thousands of years Native peoples made their homes in the Mississippi watershed, that spans nearly half of what is now the United States. They respected the “great river” and lived peaceably alongside it. But when European settlers arrived they upended Native lives a... Read more

60k Portland residents live in neighborhoods that are 9 degrees hotter than average, because of the built environment

Airs at: Wed, 07/10/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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War and Climate Change

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks with Neta C Crawford about militarism and climate crisis. Crawford is the Montague Burton Chair in International Relations  at the University of Oxford and is co-founder and co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University She is author o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 15, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Media Watch: Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? US Guardian correspondent and activist Rebecca Solnit argues that the corporate media is hell... Read more