Environment/Climate

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CLIMATE VICTORY: FERC deals blow to Coos Bay gas export facility and pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In a decision that stunned both backers and opponents of the project, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Friday dealt a major blow to the proposed Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas export facility in Coos Bay. FERC denied applications from the Calgary-based e... Read more

Landmark youth climate case defended against Motion to Dismiss in Eugene court hearing

Airs at: Wed, 03/09/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Twenty-one youth, represented by attorney Julia Olson, defended their landmark constitutional rights climate case before Judge Thomas Coffin in District Court in Eugene this morning. Their lawsuit, which argues that the federal government violates their rights to life, libe... Read more

Guest Beverly Bell on last week's murder of Honduran Indigenous activist Berta Caceres

Airs at: Wed, 03/09/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Last Thursday, March 3, Honduras Indigenous leader and environmentalist Berta Caceres was gunned down in her home in La Esperanza. She was 44. Caceres had been in the middle of a decade-long struggle to stop a dam project in the territory of her indigenous Lenca people. A j... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 7, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode, with segments on ecosocialist responses to capitalist-caused climate change, the mystery of US power in Palestine, the trauma of expecting no-cause eviction and the power of collective defense, and the religious melodrama of fantasy journal... Read more

John Foran: Climate Changing, System Must

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews John Foran about the dangers of climate change and tipping points. Climate change is threatening to make the planet uninhabitable--perhaps quite soon--but the response by U.S. elites has been feeble. Why, and What can be done? They refer listeners to... Read more

Are we on the verge of abrupt climate change? If so, why are we acting as if we're not?

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
There is a real possibility that we are already entering into runaway climate change, with the unprecedented loss of Arctic sea ice at this time of year. But most institutions, media outlets, politicians, corporations, etc. continue as if there is no real urgency. As Climat... Read more

How Frequent Are Oil Spills in the Amazon?

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
As many as eight separate indigenous communities along the banks of the Amazon in Northwestern Peru continue to clean crude oil from a series of pipeline ruptures which began in late January. KBOO reporter Robin Ryan spoke with an expert at Amazon Watch about the regularity... Read more

Mt. Hood forests again under assault!

Airs at: Wed, 02/24/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Comments are due on Thursday, February 25, on the proposed Polallie Cooper timber sale on the northeastern flank of Mt. Hood.  Ten miles south of the community of Parkdale, Polallie Cooper includes the Wild and Scenic East Fork Hood River corridor, portions of the proposed ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 22, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this show, largely about the struggle and culture of Africans and African Americans, and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Frank Ackerman on the costs of curbing climate change to manageable levels v. the costs of continuing on the current path. ... Read more

Curbing Climate Change vs. The Costs of Business as Usual

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 12:00am
Bill Resnick talks with Frank Ackerman on the costs of curbing climate change to manageable levels v. the costs of continuing on the current path. Frank Ackerman is an economist who has written extensively about the economics of climate change, energy and other environmenta... Read more