Environment/Climate

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Oregon's DEQ and the Oregonian's Limited Critique

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick congratulates the Oregonian for its expose of the Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Legislature, and the companies who successfully demand the right to bathe us in dangerous pollution. He disputes that this happens mostly as a product of campaign... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 11, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with John T. James about the extent and the causes of fatal medical errors. 2. Frann Michel discusses Earth Strike. 3. How and why the capital-labor struggle disappeared from political c... Read more

Earth Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  (Frann Michel for the Old Mole Variety Hour March 11, 2019; School Strike image by Leonhard Lenz [CC0])   Young climate activists have called for a one-day school strike on March 15th. Earth Strike, as it’s also called, is expected to be the largest yet of these events... Read more

Fukushima 8 Years Later

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
On March 11, 2011, Japan experiened a magnitude 9 earthquake. The tsunami and destruction that resulted irreparably damanged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant causing radiation leaks and tons of radioactive waste.  Anti-nuclear activists continue to push for govern... Read more

Poetry and Science

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Poetry and sound with Judith Arcana of Poetry and Everything, Tiel Ansari of Wider Window Poetry, and Nikki Martin of Threshold Shift. We'll be exploring the intersections between poetry and sound, words and representation, art and science on this International Womxn's Day.... Read more

The Final Straw Radio 03-07-2019

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  This week, The Final Straw Radio is sharing two interviews. First up, Bursts spoke with glo merriweather and jamie marsicano, two supporters of Rayquan Borum, a young black man accused by Charlotte PD of killing Justin Carr, another protester out during the Charlotte Upr... Read more

Why Natural Gas is Neither Natural nor Green

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on February 11, 2019 As North America veers away from oil and coal, so-called natural gas is being promoted as a green bridge fuel to a renewable future. Such is the reasoning behind massive gas projects being proposed for the Pacific Northw... Read more

Rayquan Borum Trial Begins + Scaling Up Climate Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
Rayquan Borum Trial Begins + Scaling Up Climate Resistance This week we’re sharing two interviews. You can download it here. First up, Bursts spoke with glo merriweather and jamie marsicano, two supporters of Rayquan Borum, a young black man accused by Charlotte PD of kill... Read more

Oregon's Clean Energy Jobs Bill

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
More than a decade ago, Oregon began putting laws on the books to limit global warming pollution, but every time a bill is proposed to cap carbon emissions while growing a clean economy and job market, it has been blocked by major polluters' clout. This year, the state legi... Read more

A Climate Beast Awakens

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker shares the article An Unforeseen Climate Beast Awakens! written by Robert Hunziker for Counterpunch. East Antarctica is a sleeping monster. It was believed by climate scientists that its ice sheet would be stable into the next century. But the monster is stirring... Read more