Environment/Climate

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Wildfires and Climate Change

Airs at: Tue, 07/29/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This morning Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein is joined by Timothy Ingalsbee, former forest firefighter and now executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology. They discuss causes for the current rash of wildfires in California and how they are ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 28, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 07/27/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Viable options for saving the planet and making life better; a novel about mending family ties; The New Yorker's Obama cartoon cover;  and the history of victims' rights -- all these are discussed by the Old Moles on this show hosted by Tom Becker, who plays some of Billy B... Read more

A Future for the Earth

Airs at: Sun, 07/27/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Global climate activist Guy Dauncy talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about available technologies and policies that could save the planet.  Dauncy is with Earth Future. Read more

West Coast Convergence for Climate Action

Airs at: Sun, 07/27/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Get This
Chris Andreae hosts a special program all about the West Coast Convergence for Climate Action, 8 days of Low Impact Living and High Impact Action with skill shares, sustainability demonstrations, direct action, community organizing, and entertainment. Read more

The Food Show covers Saké and Buffalo

Airs at: Sun, 07/20/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
Dewey Weddington (Saké One) joins Food Show hosts Marliese, Miriam and Mark for a discussion of how saké is made in Oregon. Mark will discuss Parma. He just returned from a trip to Italy. Allen Rousseau from the Portland Farmer's Market discusses Pine Mountain Buffalo Ra... Read more

Climate Change's Effect on Our Lives: a Report from the EPA

Airs at: Wed, 07/16/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The E-P-A released a report today detailing regional impacts of climate change on the public health, livelihood and quality of life in America. Jacob Anderson-Minshall brings us more about the impact on the state of Oregon Read more

Art Focus on 7/17/08

Airs at: Wed, 07/16/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Julie Bernard speaks with Dr. Phyllis Cantrell Reynolds, The Tree Woman. There's nothing she doesn't know about trees. Incipient nonagenarian Dr. Phyllis Reynolds is a well-known expert on Portland's Heritage Trees. She wrote the book Trees of Greater Portland (1993, Timber... Read more

Training Cane Berries

Airs at: Sun, 07/13/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen discusses the various techniques used to corral, train, and trellis raspberries, blackberries and other cane berries. Plus listeners' gardening questions. Read more

Fisheries Update: Ladders Save Salmon

Airs at: Wed, 07/09/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Agency calls for Willamette dam fish passage--Kboo's Nathan Jimenez has the story: A federal agency says three dams in the Willamette Valley should have fish passage structures if the stream's Chinook salmon and Steelhead are to avoid extinction. The National Marine Fisheries... Read more

Western Turf Wars

Airs at: Tue, 07/08/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Mike Hudak, author of Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching about the horrendous damage done to millions of acres of fragile public lands by overgrazing livestock.  Read more