Environment/Climate

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Well-read Red: pathological consumption

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads George Monbiot's essay, republished on Alternet, about the insanity of waste hidden in consumerism and the political barriers to questioning it. Monbiot considers how so many trinkets, disposable goods, planned and perceived obsolesence, are forced upon ... Read more

Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 Rebroadcast of program originally aired on 3/7/2011 Until World War II, Odessa was one of Europe's great multicultural cities, a place of optimism and light. For nearly a century its colorful street life inspired poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin, Mark Twain and Is... Read more

Hypnophobia

  ---> 2nd and 4th Friday nights/Saturday Mornings from Midnight to 3am. Hypnophobia The Hypnophobia collective presents our dear listeners with a variety of noises including: debate, Japanese d-beat, sound collages, hard core, cascadian metal, and whatever else our ti... Read more

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 sug... 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 D... 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 ho... 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, Edito... 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 For... 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,... 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. The... Read more