Environment/Climate

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UN Nations Agreed to Be On High Alert After Emergency Meeting

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The UN Security Council had an emergency meeting last night about the North Korean missile launched over Japan. Nearby nations and UN states are on high alert with Secretary of Defense James Mattis saying quote, "We're never out of diplomatic solutions." after he spoke to t... Read more

Houston Floods

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Gulf Coast of Texas has been hammered by Hurricane Harvey. The Houston area is experiencing flooding like never before. To find out about conditions on the ground, KBOO reporter Doug McVay spoke with Dean Becker, a news reporter and public affairs producer at Pacifica r... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 28 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with urban design professor Nicco Larco about how technology, from ecommerce to autonomous vehicles, has and might yet affect cities. Desiree Hellegers interviews Portland singer-songwriter Naomi Little Bear Morena about... Read more

Threshold Shift

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Hear the Earth You're Missing Threshold Shift is a collection of field recordings created and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens from across the globe. Why do we record? By many accounts, there is less than 2% of the Earth that is free ... Read more

How Bush and Cheney Ruined America and the World; and The Redemptive Future of Fig Trees

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Philosopher, David Ray Griffin, just published his 12th book on 9/11 Skepticism, Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World. In this book he writes about the effects of 9/11 (toppling of governments--Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and now Syria--, the shredding of th... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 21, 2001

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Tom Becker, this episode of the Old Mole aired as a solar eclipse, almost but not quite total in Portland, was occurring. The eclipse leads the Moles to reflect in various ways on how dependent humanity is on natural and cosmic forces. What we have done to our soi... Read more

Soil Depletion and the Climate

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The ability of our atmosphere to maintain a livable climate depends on the soil and the plants that grow in it. Diana Donlon talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the damage we are doing to both climate and soil and how better management of the soil could help greatl... Read more

Soil Depletion and the Climate

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The ability of our atmosphere to maintain a livable climate depends on the soil and the plants that grow in it. Diana Donlon talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the damage we are doing to both climate and soil and how better management of the soil could help greatl... Read more

Toward an Ecological Civilization: David Korten

Airs at: Tue, 08/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Will Rogers, a famous U.S. humorist once said, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Good advice. Wish that it were heeded when it comes to climate change. Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says, “there's tremendous disagreement” ab... Read more

ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS with Dr. Laurel Neme

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
Co-host Dab Steadman talks with Dr. Laurel Neme about her book:  "Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species".  This book outlines in great detail the painstaking work that  U.S. Wildlife enforcement of... Read more