Energy/Natural Resources

cartober25_1678x281.png

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 13, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers hosts this episode of The Old Mole Variety Hour, which features Criminalizing Solidarity: Historian Rachel Ida Buff talks with Frann Michel about connections between attacks on encampments in support of Palestine and encampments of houseless people, ... Read more

The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
More than a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions produced around the world today come from the simple steps of growing, catching, processing, transporting, and cooking food—and then dealing with leftovers. This alarming statistic motivated ecologist Mark J. Easter to ... Read more

The Best, the Worst and Most Interesting of Times

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It's the time of year again when we look back at the past year and ahead to the new with Eric de Place, with Salish Strategies in Seattle. As the impending next Trump administration looms ever nearer, we talk about productive ways we can prepare for that unknown, and loo... Read more

The Corporate Roots of Climate Change

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
New documents show how a deceptive PR strategy pioneered in 1950s California first exposed the risk of climate change and then helped the industry deny it.  Read more

Fire on the Island

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program aired originally on September 9, 2024 Today's program honors Oregon Environment Icon Bob Sallinger, who died on October 30. For over 30 years Bob has been a regional fixture advocating and fighting to protect our rivers, wildlife, forests and communities from... Read more

Chasing Chimeras: The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we confront the existential crisis of climate chaos there are two paths we can take. We can make dramatic changes that meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Or we can accept the fossil fuel industry’s self-serving climate solutions—renewable diesel, hydrogen, renewabl... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 30, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts the final Old Mole broadcast of 2024, which includes the following segments: War and Climate Crisis in the Middle East: Laurie Mercier  speaks with Dr. Zeinab Shuker, who is an assistant professor of sociology at Sam Houston State University a... Read more

War and Climate Crisis in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier  speaks with Dr. Zeinab Shuker, who is an assistant professor of sociology at Sam Houston State University and a fellow at the Century Foundation. Her research focuses on comparative global political economy and climate change, with special emphasis on the... Read more

Nukes for Needless Energy

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we transition to a truly renewable world two of the things we need less of are more and larger server farms and nuclear power reactors to feed them electricity. Yet that is the plan being hatched by Microsoft, Amazon and other tech giants. Amazon is eyeing Eastern Ore... Read more

PGE Wants to Clearcut in Forest Park

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland General Electric (PGE) has submitted a proposal to the city of Portland to update and expand their power grid infrastructure. The proposal, known as the Harborton Reliability Project, would upgrade one existing power line, and clearcut nearly five acres of fores... Read more