Energy/Natural Resources

Nuclear Bamboozles

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Big tech, oligarchs, and the push for revival of nuclear power: Jan Haaken interviews  Cathryn Chudy, a retired mental health therapist and a long time climate activist. She is a member of the Oregon Conservancy Foundation’s Board of Directors, Co-Chair of Sierra Club... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Nuclear deceptions, domestic terrorism, and the poetry of the long struggle: Frann Michel hosts this episode featuring these segments:  Nuclear Bamboozles:   Big tech, oligarchs, and the push for revival of nuclear power: Jan Haaken interviews  Cathryn Chudy, a retired... Read more

The Economic Opportunities Analysis

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Every five years the city reviews its land use planning and determines if there is enough industrial land to meet a state mandate requiring the city to have sufficient industrial land for the next twenty years. This process creates what's known as an Economic Opportuniti... Read more

Looking Back at a Wretched Year yet Ahead with Hope

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
What a weird, wretched, gut-wrenching year 2025 has been. Probably even worse than many of us had feared at the end of last year. But despite worsening climate chaos and glimpses of the end of democracy, there are glimmers of hope ahead. On this episode of Locus Focus, ... Read more

The Noxious Spread of Data Centers, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 12/29/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
This program aired originally on November 3, 2025 The landscape of Washington County has been transformed from one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world into a maze of gargantuan data centers. On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the tale of how t... Read more

A City in Love with its River

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Deadly algae blooms have desecrated sections of the Willamette River through Portland for many years. With the warming climate they are only growing worse. But it doesn't have to be this way. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Willie Levenson, director and ring... Read more

Multnomah County's Climate Justice Plan

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Multnomah County's Office of Sustainability has been working on a Climate Justice Plan for the past several months. The plan is a shared vision and roadmap for climate justice for Multnomah County, co-created by community members and local government staff. Over the past... Read more

Zenith Energy Challenged Again

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Advocates recently secured a significant victory in the ongoing fight against Zenith Energy. Last month, the Court of Appeals ruled that the Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS) issued by the City of Portland, which included a series of conditions applicable to Zenith... Read more

Coast Range Radio: How Trump's EPA Sabotage Affects Oregonians, and More

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Hosted by Michael Gaskill, with guest Britney Van Citters, Political and Organizing Director at the Oregon League of Conservation Voters. Britney joins to discuss how the Environmental Protection Agency is being refashioned into the Environmental Destruction Agency, OL... Read more

The Digital Rhythm Revolution

The Digital Rhythm Revolution Episodes play every 5th Sunday ( March, May, Aug, and Nov), 7-8p     Things are changing. Let's lean into the unknown.   Heavy Techno chops, Off-Kilter Beats, Spacious Dub, Static.       Read more