Environment/Climate

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Lester Begay on Human Beings with 5 Fingers

Airs at: Wed, 03/26/2014 at 12:00am
Welcome to the first episode of Dine' a-la' ashla'ii Radio Podcast! We interviewed Lester Begay about his efforts to address corruption within the Navajo Nation Government and to introduce alternative and environmentally friendly economic opportunities. Dine'-a-la' ashl... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 24 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show and we hear: Bill talks with Bob Peterson of Rethinking Schools about the corporate agenda against public education, and how advocates for real education are and must continue to resist it. Joe Clement talks with Anna Coote of the Ne... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show featuring revolutionary music from Chile, the musical and political history of the Allende years in Chile, the struggle for carbon-free and democratic control of energy, and the impact of wealth on school closures.   To hear the whole... Read more

Getting to Carbon-free

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clean Energy Action of Boulder, Colorado has been working to establish a municipal public utility commtted to clean and locally produced energy. Their work is opposed by the local investor-owned electric company that relies heavily on coal.  Leslie Glostrum, a biochemist... Read more

Survey Analyzes Possibilities for "Co-Existence" Between GMO and Non-GMO Crops

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
 The USDA Committee on 21st Century Biotechnology has released policy recommendations for what they call the “co-existence” of genetically modified (GMO) and non-GMO crops.  The policies were necessitated by a lack of data regarding GMO crop contamination and its effect ... Read more

Charles Eisenstein: "The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible"

Airs at: Fri, 02/14/2014 at 12:00am
In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? In his The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible, Charles Eisenstein submits that the old worldview of Separation must fall away, to be replaced by a new... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 10, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement is our host for this Membership Drive special for the Old Mole, playing music from the late Pete Seeger.  We hear  Norm Diamond and labor journalist Steve Early discuss the need to revitalize Union movement with democracy. Frances Moore Lappé talks wit... Read more

Frances Moore Lappé and Democracy in Everyday Life

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frances Moore Lappé, famously the author of Diet for a Small Planet, has been writing and speaking about ecology, democracy, and the way we live for many years.  Her most recent book is EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want, and she talks here wi... Read more

28 Timber Sales Cancelled in Oregon Coast Marbled Murrelet Habitat

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A coalition of Oregon environmental groups claimed victory after they reached a settlement with the state of Oregon, resulting in the cancellation of 28 timber sales in the Elliott, Clatsop and Tillamook State Forests. These lands include crucial habitat for the threaten... Read more

Agencies Debate Mercury Contamination in Oregon's McKenzie River

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is considering adding the McKenzie River, which supplies water to the city of Eugene, to a list of mercury-contaminated waters it will submit to the EPA. The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) is disputing the DEQ's... Read more