Environment/Climate

Killing Salmon to Lose Money

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program aired originally on May 6, 2024 The Willamette River Basin once supported tremendous salmon runs. Today, less than 10,000 wild Chinook salmon return each year to the Upper Willamette River basin, approximately a 97% reduction of the historic estimates. An... Read more

The Mountain Valley Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program aired originally on June 10, 2024 According to the fossil fuel industry, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is recognized as a critical infrastructure project, essential for our nation’s energy security and energy reliability. But for communities from West Vir... Read more

Gaslight: The Fight to Stop the Atlantic Coast PIpeline

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program originally aired on May 27, 2024. While Oregonians were fighting to stop the behemoth Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Southern Oregon, communities in Virginia were facing a similar struggle to stop an even larger and longer ... Read more

Dangerous Pipedreams

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program originally aired on May 13, 2024 We are at the precipice of a climate emergency. If we do not seriously begin to cut our carbon emissions now we will be entering an uncharted territory of climate chaos. But instead of accelerating the adoption of verified... Read more

Northwest Forest Update

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

There's a lot happening in our forests in the Northwest, even while our attention may be focused elsewhere (like on the upcoming elections). But now is a good time to check in with Alex Budd, Alliance Organizer with Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance, about issues we... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 22, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and features the following segments: Left & the Law: Kamala Harris Vice President Kamala Harris faces renewed scrutiny as calls intensify for Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race. Whatever the outcome of DNC jockeyi... Read more

Criminalizing Columbia River Indians

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Celilo Wy’am guest Mole Lana Jack interviews Yakama fisherman and fishing rights activist Andy Sohappy about resisting and navigating a gauntlet of colonial agencies, jurisdictions, and police that collectively criminalize, impoverish and imprison Native fishers exercisi... Read more

Cleaning Up Hanford

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The most contaminated place in the western hemisphere is right here in our backyard, the Hanford Site in Eastern Washington, the global birthplace of both nuclear energy and nuclear bombs. During WWII, the area was confiscated from Native Tribes without their consent and... Read more

The Great River: The Making & Unmaking of the Mississippi

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For thousands of years Native peoples made their homes in the Mississippi watershed, that spans nearly half of what is now the United States. They respected the “great river” and lived peaceably alongside it. But when European settlers arrived they upended Native lives and ... Read more