Environment/Climate

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Cap & Trade 101

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Cap-and-trade systems are being touted across the country as the most likely way to reduce carbon emissions and they have been in practice in Europe for several years. But cap-and-trade is controversial in the eyes of some envrironmentalists—who see carbon trading as a form... Read more

Hanford Still Radioactive, Part II

Airs at: Wed, 11/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Hanford nuclear site: Still Radioactive after all these yearsJoin KBOO's Chris Andreae and David Rosenfeld as they take you on a virtual tour of the world's first large-scale nuclear reactor, located just four hours from Portland, in Richland Washington.  Then hear a ta... Read more

Hanford Still Radioactive After All These Years

Airs at: Wed, 11/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This is Part 1 of a two-part special.  You can listen to Part 2 here. Join KBOO's Chris Andreae and David Rosenfeld as they take you on a virtual tour of the world's first large-scale nuclear reactor, located just four hours from Portland, in Richland Washington.  Then hear ... Read more

John Perkins and Hoodwinked Live in Studio

Airs at: Tue, 11/17/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Author and former "economic hit man" John Perkins joins Abe and Joe for a look behind the mirror at the coporations who have made America into history's first truly global empire. Perkins examines why global financial markets collapsed, ... Read more

Political Perspectives on 11/18/09

Airs at: Wed, 11/18/2009 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Global Warming: Part 3 Marianne Barisonek hosts. Her guest is journalist Steven Faris, author of "Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change." CD-2096 Read more

WHAT IS PLAN B 4.0

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, has come out with a new book PLAN B 4.0: MOBILIZING TO SAVE CIVILIZATION. This plan for how we can (and must) cut global emissions by 80% by the year 2020, suggests existing technologies and know-how that will accomplis... Read more

James Hoggan: Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming

Airs at: Wed, 11/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Climate Change Series, Part 2.        Kathleen Stephenson interviews James Hoggan, author of Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming.  He is chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian chapter of Al Gore’s The Climate Project.  Read more

Wake Up and Smell The Boot Polish

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe is by himself, and he opens the show with a reading of an article from August of 1993 that was printed in a small independent rag called PDXS.  The article was entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Boot Polish," and warned us of a pe... Read more

Climate Crisis: Going Against Terrible Odds to Set Things Right

  "I have been overwhelmed with the amount of data coming out this week, and part of me just wants to either drink myself into oblivion or become a hermit. But I will not give up yet, and maybe we can at least slow it down.  May our great-great grandchildren forgive us…"  -... Read more

Climate Crisis: Going Against Terrible Odds to Set Things Right

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Stephanie Potter interviews naturalist Richard Albertson, whose book The Sky is the Limit--A Brief and Easy Explanation of Climate Change for Present and Future Voters, speaks directly to citizens--he tells how climate change works and goes on to the "inescapable conclusion... Read more