Environment/Climate

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Silent Spring 56 Years Later

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A devastating expose of the harmful effects of synthetic pesticides, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was an unlikely bestseller when published in the fall of 1962. Immersing herself in a dauntingly wide-ranging body of technical and scientific evidence, Carson turned a series... Read more

Just Transition

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the struggle to prevent massive fossil fuel projects from transforming Northwest communities into centers for oil, coal and fracked gas facilities, proponents of these projects claim these terminals, refineries and production facilities will create much needed jobs. Whil... Read more

Happy Earth Day from Threshold Shift

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
The mountains are calling...   Happy Earth Day, everyone! In honor of KBOO's 24-hour Earth Day soundscape history I am inviting you to check out the Threshold Shift archive where you can hear sounds from all over the world...from Papua New Guinea, to Madagascar, to the Ce... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 9th, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This Episode of The Old Mole Variety Hour is hosted by Denise Morris and includes Bill Resnick talk with Chuck Collins is an author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Go... Read more

Columbia County: Agriculture vs. Industry

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Port Westward, owned and operated by the Port of St. Helens, is ground zero for a string of controversial fossil fuel developments, including fracked gas, coal, and oil terminals. The Port recently announced plans to renew a lease option with Northwest Innovation Works to b... Read more

An Idiot's Field Guide to US Public and Tribal Land Management

Airs at: Sat, 03/31/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  To make some of this information easier to get to (less scrolling than on the episode page) here it is in a hopefully more digestible format. You can hear a somewhat impromptu interview about these topics here. All opinions expressed were my own. For clarification, there... Read more

This Land is Our Land

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  For those who missed the Friday night airing of Threshold Shift, the audio is now streaming. Hear the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and perspectives from... Read more

Climate Activism and the Necessity Defense

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Almost all charges were dropped last week against the West Roxbury protesters, who were arrested for blockading construction on the West Roxbury fracked gas pipeline. It was anticipated the protesters would invoke the necessity defense. Jan Haaken speaks with Kelsey Skaggs,... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 2, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Old Mole, and we will hear: Israel's War Against Gaza: Why the Israelis are attacking Gaza again; Founding Myths—Founding Crimes: What might happen when a nation's founding myths turn into founding crimes Climate Change Activ... Read more

This Land is Our Land

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Get ready, my friends, as Threshold Shift will be coming back on air in the wee hours between Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 with a VERY special episode featuring recordings by Dr. Bernie Krause recorded in Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and the Arctic N... Read more