Environment/Climate

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 6, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: Autoworkers and Climate Change: Bill Resnick talks with Sam Gindin about the United Auto Workers and GM in Canada, and raising expectations around not just bread-and-butter issues but retooling the auto industry to combat climate... Read more

2020: Where will the fossil fuel fight take us in the coming year?

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This past year was a rollercoaster ride for communities across the Northwest fighting major fracked gas infrastructure projects. On the one hand, scientifically-baseless environment impact statements were submitted for Kalama Methanol and approved for Tacoma LNG. On the oth... Read more

Public Power

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Mari Rose Taruc of the Utility Justice Campaign. For 25 years she has organized environmental justice (EJ) campaigns for clean air, affordable housing, renewable energy and climate solutions in local, state, national, and international arenas. Today... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for Dec 30, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel hosts the last Old Mole Variety Hour of 2019, and we hear these pieces: Public Power: Bill Resnick talks with Mari Rose Taruc of the Utility Justice Campaign of Oakland, CA, which is seeking a publicly-accountable takeover of the investor-owned utility PG&... Read more

A New Coast

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Communities and countries around the world are now declaring that we are in a climate emergency. Most of these declarations focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the more comprehensive resolutions also call for a just transition, meaning that frontline communities ... Read more

Rescuing the animals left behind, with Elizabeth Jones

Airs at: Fri, 12/27/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Ava of the Gaia

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with attorney and author Grace Nosek about her Ava of the Gaia trilogy--a hopeful climate fantasy series featuring a young female heroine. Nosek is a founding member of the University of British Columbia Climate Hub and carries out research on how to confro... Read more

Ecological Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews John Bellamy Foster, Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon, and author of many books, including The Robbery of Nature and The Return of Nature. He edits the journal Monthly Review, making it into a go-to source for thinking about climate... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour December 23rd, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts the Episode of the Old Mole which includes: Ecological Revolution: John Foster teaches at the University of Oregon, writes a lot including The Robbery of Nature and the Return of Nature. He edits the journal Monthly Review, making it into a go to sou... Read more

Presswatch for 12/19/19

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2019 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

The House has voted for two articles of impeachment, but will they bring it to the Senate for trial or will Pelosi delay to get a fair trial out of Moscow Mitch? Meanwhile Bolivia suffers under dictatorship and Chilean protesters face disappearance and rape. And Australia... Read more