Environment/Climate

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Old Mole Variety Hour 28 April 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode on Politics, Poetry, and Prisons. Bill Resnick interviews Mike Parker of the Richmond Progressive Alliance about Chevron and city government. Joe Clement talks with Tamara Lynne and Daisy Montague of Living Stages about their upcoming working-c... Read more

Cascadia Rising: Biocentric Resistance panel, Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
  Biocentric Resistance as Catalyst for Bioregional Resistance A workshop led by Karen Coulter As the global climate crisis and the spreading radiation from the Fukishima nuclear reactor melt-down demonstrate, the destruction that humans cause to the environment now tran... Read more

Cascadia Rising: Biocentric Resistance panel, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Biocentric Resistance as Catalyst for Bioregional Resistance A workshop led by Karen Coulter As the global climate crisis and the spreading radiation from the Fukishima nuclear reactor melt-down demonstrate, the destruction that humans cause to the environment now transcen... Read more

Cascadia Rising: Emergency Preparedness, Community Resilience and Sustainability

Airs at: Sun, 04/27/2014 at 12:00am
Emergency Preparedness, Community Resilience & Sustainability: Same Idea, Different Timescales A panel featuring Jeremy O’Leary, Charla Chamberlain and Leif Brecke, 11 AM, Room 236 Jeremy O’Leary will be speaking from his experience working with federal, state, and local ... Read more

Railroad companies submit details of oil and coal transport -- to whom?

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A report this week by The Oregonian newspaper uncovered a major loophole in the monitoring and regulation of coal and oil transport throughout the state of Oregon. According to The Oregonian’s report, railroad companies are not required to submit full records to the departm... Read more

Garrett Rosenthal Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Garrett Rosenthal is a Democrat running for House District seat 37.  He talked with Don Merrill about how some of the revenue problems in timber counties might be related to taxpayer choice, why him being a policy wonk will serve his constituents and how his environmental e... Read more

Lauren Regan: Earth Day to May Day

Airs at: Tue, 04/22/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Today is earth day, a celebration of life on earth and a call to action to save the planet.  The day began in 1970, as the first wave of the environmental movement in the U-S was at its height. This year, cities across the country are planning ten days of action under the ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 21, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Earth Day special edition of the Old Mole.  It includes discussions of climate change and what must be done about it, the dangers of copper mining, a review of the big new flood movie "Noah", and a poem by the late Vern Rutsala about looking b... Read more

Movie Moles: "Noah"

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 On this Earth Day special, our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement review the new movie "Noah" about a famous ancient flood.  It raises issues about who is responsible for climate disasters and what our obligations are to those who are hit by them Read more

Copper Mining on St. Helens?

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
With moves afoot to start mining minerals, including copper, near Mt. St. Helens, Bill Carter's new book Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World becomes required reading. Here Carter joins the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier for a conversation about ... Read more