Environment/Climate

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Old Mole Variety Hour for April 20

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Mole and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Portland city sustainable official Michael Armstrong about what Portland is doing about climate change. 2.  Tom Becker reads an article about the imminent dangers of serious water shortages. ... Read more

Drought: Death by a Thousand Cuts

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads Robert Hunziker's article from Counterpunch dealing with the imminence of serious drought due to climate change.  Keller Fountain dry" by Tedder - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.">Photo Credit: Tedder Read more

PDX v Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Michael Armstrong, who leads the Sustainability section of the Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. The Bureau just released a draft of the 2015 Portland/Multnomah County Climate Action Plan. Armstrong talks about what he would do if he ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 13, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode, which features discusssion of climate crisis, crummy jobs, Studs Terkel's anti-racism, and the psychology of police violence. To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the separate segments, follow the links b... Read more

US Congress Introduces Legislation to Fast-Track TPP

Airs at: Thu, 04/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Top Congressional legislators reached a deal earlier today to introduce fast-track legislation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to Congress. As the ranking Democrat on the Finance Panel, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden was crucial in reaching an agreement between Republicans and De... Read more

Brian Tokar on Climate Change and Social Change

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Brian Tokar of the Institute for Social Ecology, 350vermont , and UVM about climate apocalypse and why we shouldn't despair. Read more

WATER WARS: Local communities fight back against Nestle water bottling plants

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
A six-year battle to keep Nestle out of Cascadia and the Columbia Gorge is heating up again as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has agreed to trade its water rights at Oxbow Springs, which could pave the way for a Nestle bottled water plant in Cascade Locks, just ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 6, 2015

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which features discusssion of Iran, Climate Crisis, and Rosa Luxemburg To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the separate segments, follow the links below. And to keep up with the Mole, check out our Facebo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 23, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts and we hear:   Bill Resnick and Robert Naimon talk about Israel and Palestine Desiree Hellegers talks with Dan Serres about the environmental and safety risks of oil-by-train facilities Joe Clement reads a tongue-in-cheeck commentary about the Po... Read more

Dan Serres on oil-by-train dangers

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2015 at 12:00am
Desiree Hellegers interviews Dan Serres, Conservation Director of the Columbia River Keeper, about the potential environmental and safety impacts of a proposal to site the largest oil-by-rail storage facility in the United States right here in our own backyard in Vancouver,... Read more