Energy/Natural Resources

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Striking Back at Northwest Natural

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Northwest Natural, Oregon's largest fracked gas utility, has been doing its best for several years to delay the region's move to full electrification. But in the past few months the company is getting its comeuppance in the form of an expanded lawsuit from Multnomah County,... Read more

Protecting and Strengthening Our Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the next week or so we will find out whether or not the United States will remain a democracy. The suspense and stress cannot be more intense. But on the day before Election Day we will try to cut through the anxiety and focus on how we must protect and strengthen our de... Read more

False Promises of the “Nuclear Renaissance”

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In their Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker take up the current push by Amazon, Google and Microsoft to unite BIg Tech and Small Nuclear to satisfy their corporations' voracious appetites for electricity.  Business journals herald this new deployment of nu... Read more

Falling for the Biomass Delusion

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The UK-based bioenergy company Drax is coming to the West Coast. Drax, which faces accusations of misleading regulators by denying that they are sourcing wood pellets from old-growth forests, is now partnering with rural county supervisors in California to build massive woo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 28, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Genocide Gentry: The Genocide Gentry Project exposes the executives and board members of major weapons companies who also hold prestigious and powerful positions at museums, cul... Read more

Toppling the Fossil Fuel Giants

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On September 27, Kentucky State Representative Justin Pearson came to Portland to talk about his community’s triumph against the Byhalia Connection Pipeline in Southwest Memphis. He was joined by local environmental justice advocates who shared past victories in our region ... Read more

A conversation with Abby Martin of The Empire Files

Airs at: Wed, 10/16/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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Another Bad Idea for the Columbia River Ecosystem

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Houston-based company, NEXT Renewables LLC Oregon is proposing to construct a major new refinery at Port Westward, near Clatskanie, on the Columbia. This project would immediately become one of Oregon’s top greenhouse gas polluters. The refinery would be one of the larg... Read more

Hydrogen Hype

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Hurricane Helene dramatically illustrates how climate chaos is impacting us right now. Yet while there are real solutions that will enable us to stop emitting greenhouse gases, the fossil fuel industry continues to promote a menagerie of false solutions that do not actually... Read more

Buscando America on 10/01/24

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa escucha sobre la contaminación de aguas subterráneas que pone en riesgo el agua potable de cientos de familias latinas en el este de Oregon. Hablamos con Ubaldo Hernández, director de Comunidades, Zaira Sánchez, directora de organización comunitaria en Oreg... Read more