Environment/Climate

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Presswatch 7/14/2011

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Host Theresa Mitchell discusses Fukushima as well as the raising of the US debt limit. Read more

Protester arrested at BP headquarters in New Orleans

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Three people were arrested in New Orleans Thursday outside the headquarters of British Petroleum in an act of non-violent civil disobedience. KBOO interviewed one of those arrested. They were protesting the ongoing refusal of BP to acknowledge the extent of damage from la... Read more

E-205 with Portland Commissioner Nick Fish

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland is touted for its great parks system, but if you live on the far east side of the city, east of I-205 you wouldn't know it. But hopefully that is about to change. Over the years, Portland Parks & Recreation has acquired a number of great properties for future pa... Read more

Wireless radiation: reducing the risk

Airs at: Wed, 07/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
In this special one hour feature, host Stephanie Potter interviews Dr. Kerry Crofton, author of Wireless Radiation Rescue: Safeguarding your Family from the Risks of Electro-Pollution. A recent  warning from the World Health Organization states that  cell phone radiation is... Read more

Ongoing Protests by Cascade Forest Defenders in Coos County

Airs at: Thu, 07/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
  Two groups of environmental activists have launched a series of blockades and tree-sits in Coos county’s Elliott State Forest to impede logging in the area.   KBOO’s Ren Green spoke with Jason Gonzales, spokesperson for the Cascadia Forest Defenders, for an update on the ... Read more

Voices from the Edge 07-21-11 Columbia River Crossing

Airs at: Thu, 07/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
This week on Voices from the Edge, host Jo Ann Boman asks, "Can Oregon afford the Columbia River Crossing?" Jo Ann Bowman is a former state legislator, former executive director of Oregon Action and past board president of Portland Community Media as well as a long-time... Read more

Gerry Pollet of Heart of America NW joins Abe to discuss the latest on the Hanford nuclear site

Airs at: Tue, 07/26/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on vacation.   Since its birth during the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has left a toxic legacy in its wake, from displaced populations to groundwater contamination to radiation in the Columbia River. Now, the U.S ... Read more

More Talk Radio 07/18/2011

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey comment on various topics including: our dependence on technology, re-purposing job skills to adapt to the emerging green economy, and same sex marriage. Read more

A Market Abolitionist Argues for Cap-&-Trade

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill and Robin Hahnel start by talking about why he opposes markets when central to economic systems, advocating participatory economic planning, even in the case of so-called market-socialism, which Bill succinctly c competetively extracting profits to work. Robin points o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 25th

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts today show and we hear: Bill talks with market-abolitionist Robin Hahnel about cap-&-trade Larry Bowlden Reviews Maggie O'Farrell's "The Hand That First Held Mine". Joe Clement and Donald Joughin review Captain America. Tom reads Paul... Read more