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THE CLIMATE CRISIS AT THE END OF YOUR FORK: An Interview with Anna Lappe

Airs at: Mon, 06/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
When we talk about the primary causes of climate change, the food we eat and how it's produced does not usually come to forefront of the discussion. Yet agriculture is responsible for nearly a third of the greenhouse gas emissions which are at the root of the climate cri... Read more

Shahid Buttar Bill or Rights Defense Committee and Bed Bugs in Portland, Oregon on the Digital Divide June 2010

Airs at: Fri, 06/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Hosted by: Dave DeAngelis, Rabia Yeaman Digital Divide for June 2010 Tune in to the Digital Divide this Friday, June 11, 2010. Dave DeAngeles speaks with Shahid Buttar of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee regarding the ever increasing domestic surveillance techniques. ... Read more

Stop the Slaughtering of the Dolphins Action Event

Airs at: Thu, 06/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
There was an action event held on Thursday, June 10th to stop the annual slaughtering on dolphins.  There were petitions to be signed which will be sent to the government in Japan, the United States government, and the International Whaling Commission.  With the legislation... Read more

June 7 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Thu, 06/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by new Mole Joe Clement (pictured here), this  show is part of  KBOO's special all-day programing about the Gulf oil disaster.   We hear from Michael Klare, author of Blood and Oil, who argues that deep water oil drilling is just one of the many "extreme" technologie... Read more

Stop the Slaughtering of Dolphins Action Event

Airs at: Wed, 06/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
There is an action event being held on Thursday, June 10th at the Someday Lounge in dowtown Portland in response to the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.  KBOO's James Dixon brings us the story... Read more

Impact of Oil Spills on Coastal and Wetland habitats

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Part of the day-long special programming on the Gulf oil disaster, this hour long forum examined the impact of oil spills on coastal and wetland habitats.  Hosted by Jacob Anderson-Minshall, the forum began with Tracy Chapman's Rape of the Earth and featured: Normal ... Read more

Press**Watch: SEABED LEAKING OIL

It's worse.  check this link:   Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL): Andrea we’re looking into something new right now, that there’s reports of oil that’s seeping up from the seabed… which would indicate, if that’s true, that the well casing itself is actually pierced… underneath t... Read more

Oil in the Progressive Narrative

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge discusses what kind of new left narrative might counter the right wing "free-enterprise" story and show up the gulf oil disaster as a crime.  You can read this commentary and find links to sources here.   Read more

Oil Disaster in the Niger Delta

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Sweet Crude is a new film about  the struggle between the people of the Niger River Delta and the Shell oil-megacorporation, and its director Sandy Cioffi talks here with the Old Mole's Wendy Webb about the film and the people's resistance to the ongoing desctruction of th... Read more

Deep Water Drilling: Motives and Dangers

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Michael Klare, writer for the Nation and author of several books, including Blood and Oil, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about deep water oil drilling as just one of the many "extreme" technologies that enrich the oil companies while endangering our lives and envi... Read more