Environment/Climate

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William deBuys on "The West in Flames"

Airs at: Wed, 07/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with William deBuys about his recent article on TomDispatch.com "The Oxygen Planet Struts Its Stuff: Not a “Perfect Storm” But the New Norm in the American West." William deBuys, a TomDispatch regular, is the author of seven books, most re... Read more

American Canopy: Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Eric Rutkow about his new book American Canopy: Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation. The book tells the story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation’s history. Eric R... Read more

Hood River Development

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Developer Robert Naito and Friends of Hood River co-attorney Brent Foster are on opposite sides of a proposed development on the Columbia River.  Both men talked with KBOO's Don Merrill about the Hood River Waterfront from their individual perspectives. Read more

Oregon Oysters & Ocean Acidification: CO2 Turns Seas Corrosive

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Oregon Oysters! So Popular on Summer Menus! At risk from Carbon Dioxide in the waters off our coast! Ocean Acidification is damaging sea life across the globe, now it’s putting the future of Oregon fisheries at risk. Host, Linda Olson-Osterlund on A Deeper Look is joine... Read more

TEN YEARS AFTER THE BISCUIT FIRE: A RETROSPECTIVE IN A SUMMER OF FIRE

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
TEN YEARS AFTER THE BISCUIT FIRE: A RETROSPECTIVE IN A SUMMER OF FIRE In mid July of 2002 a series of lightning strikes ignited a number of small fires in some very remote mountainous areas of SW Oregon. The fires merged into what became known as the Biscuit Fire, the larg... Read more

Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq

Airs at: Thu, 07/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Greg Muttitt, author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq. The departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left a broken country and a host of unanswered questions. What was the war really about? W... Read more

James Howard Kunstler on his new book TOO MUCH MAGIC

Airs at: Thu, 07/19/2012 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, a shocking vision for our post-oil future caught the attention of environmentalists and business leaders. In the seven years since its first publication, many of Kunstler’s warnings from The... Read more

The Big Float invites Portland to ride the waves across the Willamette River on floaty gear

Airs at: Wed, 07/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   The Big Float, coming up July 29, will put you on the Willamette River in a personal floatation device along with a couple thousand of your best pals doing the same thing. Last year, about 1,300 people floated across the Willamette and no one report... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 16, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts and interviews Bangladeshi writer and activist Azfar Hussain about his latest collection of essays. Bill Resnick talks with Arne Jungjohan, senior advisor for energy of the German Green Party and Director for the Environment and Global Dialogue Progra... Read more

Renewable Local Energy in Germany

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick speaks with Arne Jungjohan, a senior advisor for energy of the German Green Party and Director for the Environment and Global Dialogue Program of the Boell Foundation. They discuss the achievements of German community, green, and anti-nuke movements in recon... Read more