Environment/Climate

Earth Day Special Programming

  On Monday, April 22nd, KBOO Community Radio celebrates Earth Day with special programming devoted to everything Mother Earth, ecological justice, environmental awareness, climate activism and animal rights advocacy. Either poetic and imaginative, or highly researched and... Read more

Stopping Zenith Energy Once and For All

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For seven years Portland community members have been trying to shut down Zenith Energy, a Houston-based oil company that sneaked into Portland in 2017.  The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality just opened the public comment period for Zenith’s draft Air Contaminant D... Read more

Unpacking November 5

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
 What the hell just happened? The guests are Ani Haines and Teresa Mitchell. We’re unpacking the future. Read more

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

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 4, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Middle East in Crisis: Laurie Mercier speaks with Juan Ricardo Cole about Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon and the response from the Biden administration and American students on coll... 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

Outgrow the System

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If we are to save our planet from rapidly approaching climate catastrophe, business as usual is no longer an option. Outgrow the System is a new documentary about transitioning to a more sustainable economic system, by co-directors Cecilia Paulsson and Anders Nillson. Extin... 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

In Memoriam

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
“I got involved in climate change organizing in particular because it seemed to me it was the overwhelming issue facing the world right now.” In this 2017 interview, Lowen Berman (1942-2024), who came of age as a Jewish labor organizer involved in Civil Rights organizing in... Read more