Environment/Climate

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Climate Legislation Bill Goes to Senate

Airs at: Wed, 10/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In June, the House of Representatives passed a major piece of Climate Legislation. A version of that bill was recently introduced to the Senate, here with some details is Kboo reporter, Lindsay Caron. Read more

Weatherization for Energy Efficiency

Airs at: Thu, 10/29/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Tomorrow is weatherization day.  The sierra club along with organizations, business, unions and local officials across the united states will participate in activities to emphasize the benefits of investing in energy efficiency.KBOO’s David NOCK-um-son spoke with Allison Fo... Read more

Pro Alt Energy Protest held at Pioneer Square.

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Oregon is known for its focus on alternative energy but what many people don’t realize, even those who live in oregon, is that virtually all the electricity supplied to the people of Portland is generated at the Boardman coal fired power plant. KBOO’s Crystal Alinsky bring... Read more

Climate Activists to Rally for Solutions to Global Warming.

Airs at: Fri, 10/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This weekend, Climate Activists with the Three Fifty Campaign will join together across the United States to rally for real solutions to global warming and voice their support of clean energy solutions. The Three Fifty Oregon Movement and Rising Tide will be holding severa... Read more

Coal Mining Threatens Mountains Use for Wind Power

Airs at: Tue, 10/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Coal mining has begun on a West Virginia mountain that activists have termed the nation’s ‘most endangered mountain’.Coal River Mountain is the tallest peak in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia.But it will quickly become one of the smallest, if the mountaintop remo... Read more

The October 26 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Tom Becker, this show deals with US military action in Afghanistan, the challenge to corporate-industrial society from climate change, and with putting people to death for crimes they did not commit.   We hear haunting and apocalyptic music by Laibach from Sloven... Read more

The 350 Movement & Copenhagen

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Environmental writer and activist Brian Tokar talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the 350 Movement and its limits.  For stronger measures than will emerge from the upcoming Copenhagen climate conference, go here, here, and here.   Read more

The Brink of Extinction

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
"Industrial civilization is functionally incompatible with life on this planet and is murdering the planet."  So argues  Chris Hedges in this piece from TruthDig, read here by Tom Becker.    Read more

A Rousing Discussion on our Environment and Global Warming

Airs at: Tue, 10/27/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe and Abe had more than one topic to bring to the table, but once they got started on Global Warming and the Environment, the calls came streaming in.  A caller recommended The Alliance for Democracy as good reading. Read more

Portland's Urban Growth Boundary: Thirty Years Later

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the late 1970s, an imaginary line was drawn around the Portland area. Inside the line, urban development could flourish. Outside that line the farms and forestland that characterize western Oregon would remain intact. This line, called the urban growth boundary, has save... Read more