Environment/Climate

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Elections and Climate Change

Airs at: Tue, 11/15/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Democrats fared better in the midterm elections than pollsters predicted and many climate organizations are celebrating the outcome of many races. In Oregon, Tina Kotek narrowly defeated Republican Christine Drazan—an anti-abortion conservative who also promised to gut ... Read more

Maya Khosla on What the Forest Holds

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  What can the forest teach us of grief, of joy, of humanity? This week, poet and scientist Maya Khosla invites listeners into the forests of Northern California to find deep reverence for the power of biodiversity. Maya's expertise on wildfires shines through this deep an... Read more

Climate Change in an Island Nation / Climate Talk vs. Climate Action

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Project Censored
  Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week's program. While the COP27 climate conference was underway, she spoke with Khadeeja Naseem, a cabinet minister from the Maldive Islands; the Maldives are one of the countries most endangered by sea-level rise. Their conversation included... Read more

How To Handle COP27: Despair, Panic & Cunning

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Earth Riot Radio
  The investor class is not just callous and probably criminal. They seem to have no idea what Justice means. The nations and tribal people of the global south, struggling with drought, floods, fires, mudslides, sea-rise, aka Climate Chaos... are in Egypt calling out to t... Read more

Living a Net Zero Lifestyle

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  We have heard of net zero energy. Net zero construction. But the heart of sustainability is seeking to live a net zero life. How do you get through this life with as little adverse impact on the generations that follow.   Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station fo... Read more

COP27 in a Police State

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Code Pink Radio
  The COP27 UN Climate Meeting is happening in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, now: November 6 to November 18, 2022. A climate summit is more urgent than ever. So, why are activists across the world protesting it? Join CODEPINK radio and special guests, including Sharif Abdel Kou... Read more

Why Is the Arctic Suddenly Burning?

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Radio Ecoshock
  Guest Dr. David Gaveau on newly seen Arctic feedback. Alex rants on COP27 Climate Conference. Al Gore's COP27 opening remarks: we are failing - and no one believes we will do anything to stop emissions.    11-11-2022     Read more

A Forest Lets Out the Liberators in Jails

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Earth Riot Radio
  Brittney Griner and Alaa Abd el-Fattah speak to us in this Earth Riot, and two women from New Zealand follow up: India and Leila. My attempt to translate the Earth's language is guided by these special teachers. First, I try to leap over Trump's wall, where I have been t... Read more

Uncovering Plant-Human Intimacy

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  Breathing in the joy and lessons of the plant life surrounding us, Ayana and guest Antonia Estela Perez share an enriching conversation on the power and magic of coming to know the world around us. Antonia dives into the tension that exists in living in and caring for la... Read more

Oregon Public Utility Commission Stands up to NW Natural

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
At long last Oregon regulators are beginning to rein in the state’s largest gas utility. Earlier this year NW Natural came to the Oregon Public Utitlity comission with a proposal to drastically raise its rates. The rate increases would mainly pay for executive bonuses, inve... Read more