Energy/Natural Resources

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The Myth of Carbon Pricing

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A glaring unspoken dynamic orbits around the myth of carbon pricing as an economically effective means to address climate change. The assumption that carbon pricing works to avoid catastrophic climate chaos takes on a mythical quality, even as the data and science show t... Read more

Indigenous Peoples' Day Episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On this week's show, we bring you an Indigenous Peoples' Day Program produced by students with WSU Vancouver's Documentary Arts Initiative (DocArts), and featuring the following segments:  Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIPs), "Man Camps," and Fossil Fuels: ... Read more

Stop NW Gas Expansion

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The fossil gas industry knows that it's being driven out of business because there are so many actual clean alternatives now to what the industry has deceptively dubbed "natural" gas. But instead of gracefully going away or transitioning to fill another niche in our ener... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 6, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 10/06/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Jon Nelson and features these segments: CEI Hub: Portland’s Ticking Time Bomb:  The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub is a six-mile stretch of industrial land in northwest Portland between the Willamette River and Forest Park, where mil... Read more

CEI Hub: Portland’s Ticking Time Bomb

Airs at: Mon, 10/06/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub is a six-mile stretch of industrial land in northwest Portland between the Willamette River and Forest Park, where millions of gallons of  toxic and explosive liquids are stored in hundred-year-old tanks atop unstable land ... Read more

The CEI Hub: A City Council Perspective

Airs at: Mon, 09/29/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Until recently very few Portlanders spoke about, let along fretted over the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub along the North Reach of the Willamette River. But in the last couple years it has become more of a public concern because of the inherent danger of stori... Read more

Hope Dies Last

Airs at: Mon, 10/06/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
"Hope dies last" is a concept popularized by Jessie de la Cruz, a farmworker activist with the United Farm Workers. It refers to the enduring human spirit and capacity for resilience, envisioning creative solutions and persisting even when facing dire circumstances like ... Read more

What Can We Do About The CEI Hub

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For decades the six mile long tank farm along the north reach of the Willamette River, known as the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub (CEI hub), has lurked with its toxic stew of liquid fossil fuels and chemicals, seemingly unnoticed by most Portlanders. Except for its ... Read more

Gaslighting Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program first aired on March 31, 2025 Northwest Natural Gas's Smart Energy program advertises itself as a way for customers to “offset” their natural gas emissions by funding projects that the company says “reduce, or prevent the release of, greenhouse gases.” But ... Read more

Floodplains, Stormwater and Climate Resilience

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Floodplains are our watershed's natural buffer from the impacts of flooding as they absorb and filter water. But when floodplains are developed, we permanently lose those ecosystem benefits. In Oregon, many of our floodplains are developed for industrialized uses, which ... Read more