Host Barbara Bernstein spoke with Michael Armstrong, Deputy Director of the
Office of Sustainability for the City of Portland about the greening of
Portland.
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How do the 2008 Oregon election candidates stack up … environmentally, that
is. Our Backyard will feature all the candidates between now and the May
primary but first up, the candidates for U.S. Senate: 6 Democrats are vying
for the nomination and the opportunity to unseat ...
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A discussion about Colin Stryker's film, Riverways, which addresses the
following and how they interconnect: salmon, dams, private fisherman,
commercial fishing, wheat farmers.
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KBOO's Chris Andrae spoke with one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit:A group
of Forest Service Employees has filed a second lawsuit against the Forest
service challenging the agency's use of flame retardant chemicals.
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Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this program reviews the case for veganism with
an animal rights activist and a vegan cookbook author. We also hear from a
Seattle activist who works with homeless women, and from an Italian
geographer about the resistance in Sardinia to privati...
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There are more reasons than you may have dreamed of why a vegan diet is
good for you and the planet. Matt Rosell and Isa Chandra Moskowitz tell
the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about some of them. Matt works with In
Defense of Animals. Isa is the author of several vegan ...
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Much of what is said about responding to climate change and the coming
climate crisis puts the responsibility on the consumer, on the individual.
We're told to buy fluorescent light bulbs, or hybrid cars, or recycled paper,
or other products - and that's supposed to someh...
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April 4, 2008News and Public Affairs DayCall and become a member during our
marathon News and Public Affairs day - drawings, prizes and matching pledges,
with limited-offer thank you gifts all day long! At 7:30 Melodie Silverwolf
hosts Positively Revolting Talk Radio. The ...
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Another edition of KBOO's locally produced environmental series: Our
Backyard.This edition: The Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA)(H.R. 2421/S.
1870) provides a clear statutory definition and a clear Congressional
mandate to protect all of our Nation’s waters and wetlands. ...
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Unclear about exactly what the WTO (World Trade Organization) does and how
it uses its powers? Mary Bottari, Director of Global Trade Watch's
Harmonization Project, lays it all out in this lucid interview with the Old
Mole's Bill Resnick.
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