Environment/Climate

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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... Read more

The Case for Veganism

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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 ... Read more

The Story of Stuff w/Annie Leonard--Consumers & Climate Change

Airs at: Thu, 04/03/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

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... Read more

2008 Spring News and Public Affairs Day

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 ... Read more

Clean Water: Who supports it; who doesn't.

Airs at: Tue, 04/01/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Our Backyard

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. ... Read more

All About the WTO

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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. Read more

Get This! April Fool's Edition

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: News - Morning

KBOO AM News - April Fool's Edition. All Scripts by Chris Andreae. Read more

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Airs at: Sun, 03/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Healthwatch

Host Dr. David Naimon talks with journalist Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. Pollan's advice to "Eat food, not much, and mostly plants" is not quite as easy as it sounds, since most of what you find at today's g... Read more

Oregon News Service on How Global Warming Endangers Salmon

Airs at: Thu, 03/27/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Global warming is endangering Oregon’s wild salmon, according to a new report, and existing recovery plans won’t be enough to help. KBOO’s Christian Danielsen has more, in collaboration with the Oregon News Service Read more