Environment/Climate

David Ray Griffin, Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?

Airs at: Sat, 07/30/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

David Ray Griffin will go down in history (assuming the future has a history) as the most important theologian and prophet of the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is a philosopher/theologian who has written over 25 books on that topic. He wrote another... Read more

STOPPING LNG IN CLATSOP COUNTY

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

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 was defeated, when Oregon LNG withdrew the... Read more

Rescuing Portland's Fossil Fuel Ban and Supporting Fossil Fuel Divestment for METRO

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Special Programming: Public Affairs

Locus Focus is off today. Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Sandy Polishuk and Mia Reback of 350PDX about Portland’s Fossil Fuel Ban, which was passed in November. Now the City staff is offering a draft of proposed code changes that falls far short of ensuring the impact ... Read more

LIVE 350 Followup

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2016 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

350 PDX Leaders talk about their organization and how they make an impact Read more

LIVE Vanport Mosaid Festival

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2016 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

We take a trip back to the event that destoryed the Vanport area and how the community migrated on Read more

Pro-peace/Anti nukes: Physicians for Social Responsibility motivated by public Health concerns

Airs at: Wed, 07/27/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Recovery Zone

Physicians for Social Responsiblity (PSR) was founded in 1961 when a group of Boston physicians analyzed the medical consequences of nuclear bombs. Local physicians and scientists started Oregon PSR 20 years later to advocate against nuclear weapons and urge cleanup of t... Read more

Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast, the People's Justice and Peace Campaign in Cleveland and the Dangers of Fracking

Airs at: Thu, 07/21/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: a special breaking news edition of the Elections Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast. Also, a report from the people justice and peace campaign carrying forth in the streets of Cleveland, outside the Republican campaign. And we take a close look at how bo... Read more

Rick Ufford-Chase, Resisting Empire

Airs at: Sun, 07/17/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Rick Ufford-Chase was the moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly from 2004 to 2006. He worked as a Presbyterian Mission Worker for twenty years on the U.S./Mexico border, supporting migrants and refugees and developing educational programs for people... Read more

Donald Worster on "Shrinking the Earth: The Rise and Decline of American Abundance"

Airs at: Thu, 07/21/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng interviews environmental historian Donald Worster about his new book, "Shrinking the Earth: The Rise and Decline of American Abundance." Donald Worster takes a global view in his examination of the ways in which complex issues of worldwide abundance and... Read more

COYOTE AMERICA

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don't come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyot... Read more