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Arjun Makhijani on “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States”

Airs at: Sun, 06/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.” This week AP reported that, "Japan's gove... Read more

Obama Strikes Out On Global Warming

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads Bill McKibben's esssay "Obama Strikes Out on Global Warming," which tracks the unambiguous support the administration has given various carbon-intensive industries. It can be found at truth-out.org.   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 6th

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today show, hosted by Joe Clement, features discussions about the war on drugs, medicare for all, a tribute to Helen Keller, a commentary on animal resistance and a piece imploring that the Obama administration denounce its commitment to carbon fuels. For information about ... Read more

Interview with Nicole Foss on energy, finance, empire, and environment.

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Today Per Fagering and Kurt Liebezeit have a chance to sit down and interview Nicole Foss, editor of the popular financial news aggregation site The Automatic Earth, on the topics of energy and finance.  Nicole counts nuclear safety among her many areas of expertise, and a... Read more

WILL CHINA BECOME THE WORLD'S LEADER IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
After many years of being considered the carbon-emitting elephant in the room, now China is being touted as the new leader in green and carbon-reducing technologies. A new report produced by the Climate Group describes China's plans, spelled out in its 12th Five Year Pl... Read more

Morning Talk: The Rights of Mother Earth: Guest; Cormac Cullinan

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Maybe You’ve heard about it, the movement to establish the Rights of Mother Earth. Are you on board with it or do you wonder what the heck it really means? Either way, this is the show for you.  Host Linda Olson-Osterlund and guest Cormac Cullinan,  have a thoughtful and li... Read more

Can Oregonians co-exist with cougars?

Airs at: Tue, 05/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Stephanie Potter speaks with Jayne Miller, founder of the Oregon Cougar Action Team, an organization dedicated to the preservation of Oregon’s cougar and the ecosystem the cougar sustains. OreCat is an educational foundation working to help people make better decisions... Read more

Jayne Miller, founder of the Oregon Cougar Action Team, talks about Cougars

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Host Stephanie Potter speaks with Jayne Miller, founder of the Oregon Cougar Action Team, an organization for Oregonians dedicated to the preservation of Oregon’s cougar and the ecosystem the cougar sustains. OreCat is an educational foundation working to help people make ... Read more

New energy solutions could transform our world

Airs at: Fri, 05/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Robyn Shanti interviews the President of the New Energy Movement, Joel Garbon.  The New Energy Movement believes in funding and supporting truly free energy, separate from current alternative methods such as wind, solar and wave energy.  http://www.newenergymovement.org/ Read more

Will Oregon be first to end prohibition of cannabis?

Airs at: Wed, 05/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
 Host Stephanie Potter speaks Paul Stanford and Jennifer Alexander who are working to put the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2012 on the November, 2012 ballot. If passed this initiative would legalize the purchase of marijuana (through state licensed stores), license Oregon farmer... Read more