Environment/Climate

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You don't have to be a beekeeper to help honey bees.

Hope you had a chance to listen to the 12/12/12 Dirtbag show--it was the first annual beekeeping edition. Portland author Rosanna Mattingly was one of the guests. She talked about her new book, Honey-Maker: How the Honey Bee Worker Does What She Does. In the book she sugges... Read more

Anti Coal Export Movement Heats Up in the Pacific Northwest

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
UN Climate talks in Doha, Quatar ended in Failure this last week. But the bad news didn’t stop local activists. The battle to stop coal exports thru the Pacific Northwest is going strong, gaining strength with each hearing! Join host Linda Olson-Osterlund this for A Deep... Read more

Not much gardening this month, so this month's Dirtbag is the first annual beekeeping edition.

Airs at: Wed, 12/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Dirtbag
You've got to admit that there is not much going on in the garden this month -- which makes it a perfect time to make December's Dirtbag a beekeeping edition! Host Glen Andresen welcomes four guests (Jim is off this month so he can meet with the governor) for the full hour ... Read more

Permafrost, Carbon, Methane and the Climate

Airs at: Wed, 12/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Andrew Geller speaks with Dr. Ted Schuur, an Associate Professor in the University of Florida's Biology Department and Principal Investigator of the Permafrost Carbon Network, discuss permafrost and what's happening to it in a rapidly warming Arctic. Then Joe Romm, Editor o... Read more

December 12th HEARING FOR COAL TRAINS THROUGH COLUMBIA GORGE AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON

HEARING FOR COAL TRAINS THROUGH COLUMBIA GORGE AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON--Peabody and SSAMarine’s Gateway Pacific (Bellingham) proposal: 54 million tons of coal per year. Wednesday, December 12th, Rally at 3pm, Hearing 4-7 pm; Clark College Gaiser Student Center, 1933 Fort V... Read more

Department of Environmental Quality Holds Public Hearings On Coal Terminal

Airs at: Wed, 12/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 This December the Department of Environmental Quality will hold three hearings in Oregon where the public may comment on Ambre Energy’s proposed Morrow Pacific Coal Export Project. Under the proposed system, coal would be strip-mined from Montana and Wyoming, an... Read more

Spokane Residents Protest Coal Export Terminal

Airs at: Wed, 12/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Close to a thousand activists opposing coal exports turned out at a public hearing in Spokane yesterday to voice concerns to the Army Corps of Engineers. Another public hearing in Boardman Oregon last night brought in over two hundred coal opponents. They c... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 26, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein about Wal-Mart and the workers organizing against it on Black Friday.  Joe Clement introduces Utah Phillips talking & singing about blaming & dumping the bosses.  The movie moles Jan Haaken and Frann Michel discuss... Read more

World Bank Warns Globe Could be Cooked by 2060: Where’s the News?

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Dave Lindorff's analysis of the World Bank's recent report on the likelihood of catastrophic global warming, and of the failures of the mainstream press to report on it except in the business section Read more

Idaho group appeals Forest Service decision to allow exploratory drilling for gold

Airs at: Tue, 11/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
  Normal 0 On Friday, the Idaho Conservation League appealed a Forest Service decision approving exploratory drilling by the Vancouver, B-C-based Midas Gold Corporation in central western Idaho. KBOO’s Paul Roland has more.     Read more