Environment/Climate

flooding in Pakistan

For the Old Mole Variety Hour August 23, 2010. The well-read red has been reading about the floods in Pakistan, which UN officials have called the worst disaster in decades. But as is usual these days, this purportedly natural disaster has some very human causes, and the ... Read more

Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World

Airs at: Wed, 08/18/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Stan Cox, Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer). In his enlightening study, Cox looks at the consequences of air-conditioning on our environment and on o... Read more

August 16 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this program dealing with the fight to protect net neutrality from the big media corporations; understanding personal traumas in the context of the politics of terror; the fake crisis in Social Security; Native American thinking about sustainability; an... Read more

Native Perspectives on Sustainability

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Dave Hall, environmental activist and PSU teacher, talks with Jan Haaken about his project, Native Perspectives on Sustainability. His earlier interview on this topic is here. Dave and Jan discuss how indigenous leaders understand the concepts and practices that can ... Read more

Hatchery Fish Threatening Endangered Salmon

Airs at: Wed, 08/11/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Federal scientists recently released a report indicating that hatchery fish are threatening endangered salmon in the Columbia River Basin. KBOO environmental reporter Jacob Anderson-Minshall talks to the State of the Salmon director about the new findings and what they ... Read more

Sierra Club Sues the EPA

Airs at: Tue, 08/10/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO's environmental reporter talks to a Sierra Club attorney about why the organization is suing the EPA. Although the Sierra Club joined forest and paper industry groups in filing suit over the "tailoring rule" the environmental organization isn't siding with industry.... Read more

THE BP OIL DISASTER: APPROACHING THE AFTERMATH

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Now that oil has more or less stopped hemorrhaging from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the mainstream media is reporting on a government study that claims that 75% of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico is gone. Only, that's not what the report actually said, ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 08/12/2010

Airs at: Fri, 08/13/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

This week Mayor Adams and other officials announced support for an "iconic" ten-lane bridge across the Columbia River. What does the community really need? Dave and JoAnne talked with members of the Third Bridge Now project about an alternative, they say relieves traffic c... Read more

Climate Crisis: Get mad, then get busy!

Airs at: Thu, 08/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." Global warming remains controversial. Why??? The planet is experiencing record heat. Phytoplankton (a huge source of oxygen) reduced by 40% since 1950. Australian scientists look at ten indicators showi... Read more

Charles McGee II and Amanda Lawrence from Josiah Hill Clinic on Lead in your Blood

Airs at: Wed, 08/11/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving Charles McGee II and Amanda Lawrence from the Josiah Hill Clinic join us in the KBOO Studio to talk about the importance of being tested for lead levels in the blood, even for adults. Most of the emphasis around lead has centered around lead expos... Read more