Environment/Climate

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 1, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts! We hear music from Blind Boy Paxon and Blue Scholars! The show includes... Bill Resnick talks with Al Bradbury, a former KBOO Labor Radio host, who now works for the monthly labor magazine, Labor Notes. Larry Bowlden reviews "Intrusions", b... Read more

Fixing Diesel Emissions in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

With Oregon’s diesel emissions being the sixth highest in the nation, attempts to pass laws that might put the State’s limits on par with California’s have stalled in the legislature. Because State law limits diesel emissions very little, activists are concerned that Ore... Read more

No Time/Climate Bomb Mixtape

Airs at: Sat, 05/23/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Mixtape

This mixtape includes clips from MLK Jr speech at Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, "Time has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers, "Downpressorman" by Peter Tosh, and "Burning Down the House" by the Talking Heads. It was produced by Paul Roland for his Wednesday Talk R... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 18, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode, with segments on electoral politics vs political movements, videocameras and policing, warrior capitalism, and the psychology of responding to climate change. To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the ... Read more

Psychology and Politics: Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan focus their "Psychology and Politics" segment on the complex cognitive and emotional responses that arise as people come to terms with climate change and think about what to do about it individually and collectively. They discuss campus campaigns... Read more

Cascadia Day with David McCloskey

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: News In Depth

May 18th is the anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption, chosen by former Seattle University professor David McCloskey as a day to represent Cascadia because of it's visceral reminder ofthe dynamism of our region. We live under massive forces that shape our world, in ... Read more

Molly Brown on her book "Coming Back to Life," co-authored with Joanna Macy

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Join Lyn and Ani for a discussion with Molly Brown, teacher, life coach, and author. Her latest book is called Coming Back To Life, and was co-written with Joanna Macy. Coming Back to Life is an updated guide that to The Work That Reconnects, Joanna Macy's critically imp... Read more

Activists call for nuclear plant in Washington to remain offline indefinitely

Airs at: Fri, 05/08/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

The only nuclear plant in the pacific northwest, the Columbia Generating Station, is going offline tomorrow for the first time in two years for a routine re-fueling. But a number of citizen and environmental groups are hoping that the plant will stay offline for a lot lo... Read more

Portland neighbors come together to save Overlook Bluff

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

A group of neighbors in north Portland are mobilizing a last-ditch effort to save an oak savannah and heritage tree on a spot of land they call ‘Overlook Bluff’. The savannah is located in the neighborhood north of Overlook Park, west of Interstate Avenue, overlooking th... Read more

The Ecology of a Police State: 2015 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference panel

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Panagioti Tsolkas moderates this panel, which explores the intersections between the epidemic of mass incarceration and the environmental degradation which occurs, directly and indirectly, as a result of it, including: the immediate impacts of pollution from these often-... Read more