Environment/Climate

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Monsanto and You - from chemical weapons to your kitchen table

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2012 at 12:00am
This program was originally broadcast over the air on KBOO.fm in Portland, Oregon on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. It was part of the all-day public affairs fund drive special on challenging corporate power. Your community radio station is standing up against corpo... Read more

Ben Gotschall; Nebraska Rancher on the Fight to Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2012 at 12:00am
Ben Gotschall 4th generation Nebraskan cattle rancher and Energy Director for Bold Nebraska talks about the fight to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline. This pipeline would cross the fragile Ogalalla Aquifer threatening the water supply and environment of much of Nebraska. This ... Read more

Anything goes for the U.S. military these days; plus more on the Great Birth Control Fracas of 2012.

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2012 at 12:00am
  It's the Winter Membership Drive! Abe and Joe take your contributions, your phone calls, and hold forth on the newly-unaccountable U.S. military. Plus, the latest in the Great Birth Control Fracas of 2012.           Read more

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 101

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Who is ALEC and how do they purchase our democracy? Normal 0 The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is the venue through which global corporations and state politicians rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" re... Read more

Michael Shuman on his new book "Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street"

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with Michael Shuman about his new book "Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity--A Resilient Communities Guide" (from Chelsea Green.) Michael Shuman is direc... Read more

HIGH VOLTAGE: The Fast Track to Plug in the Auto Industry, Revisited

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Transportation accounts for about a third of all carbon dioxide emissions in America. Cars and trucks are the biggest source of our smog pollution, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Gas prices are rising, the dependence on foreign oil is an ongoing co... Read more

Ceridwin Terrill on her memoir: "Part Wild: One Woman's Journey with a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs"

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Portland naturalist, adventurer and author Ceiridwin Terrill speaks about her life with Inyo, a wolfdog she aquired as a puppy in hopes of protection and companionship.  Her book, Part Wild: One Woman's Journey with a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs, ... Read more

Jonathan Evison on his novel "West of Here"

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2012 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
 Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Northwest writer Jonathan Evison, author of "West of Here," the award-winning novel that became an instant New York Times bestseller and the #1 Indie Next Pick in hardcover. West of Here is set in the fictional town of Port Bonita, on W... Read more

AUTHOR CARL SAFINA: VOYAGE OF THE TURTLE & VIEW FROM LAZY POINT

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
"[Sea] turtles don't think about their next generation, but they risk and provide all they can to ensure that there will be one. Meanwhile, we profess to love our offspring above all else, yet above all else it is they from whom we daily steal. We cannot learn to be more... Read more

Fred Magdoff, "What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know about Capitalism."

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am
On a special combined version of Presswatch and Fight the Empire hosts Theresa Mitchell and Per Fagereng speak with author and professor Fred Magdoff about his book " What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism ," co-authored with John Bellamy Foster. A Citi... Read more