Environment/Climate

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Ibra Taher Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Ibra Taher is a republican running as a Green Party candidate.  He talked with Don Merrill about why the right should trust him despite him switching parties, why Federal lands must be "disposed" of by turning them over to the states and how, if he gets into the US Congress... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 28, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Oregon Legislature 2022: Bill Resnick talks to Emory Mort about his experience in the 2022 Oregon legislative session as Chief of Staff of State Representative Teresa Alonso Leon who... Read more

Oregon Legislature 2022

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Emory Mort about his experience in the 2022 Oregon legislative session as Chief of Staff of State Representative Teresa Alonso Leon who specializes in immigration and education. Bill and Emory discuss the considerable accomplishments of the 2022 sessio... Read more

Robert Husseman Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Robert Husseman is a democrat who is running for the Oregon House seat in the 21st District.  He talked with Don Merrill about why a cash for clunkers program he'll propose could possibly be scaled up from electric bikes to include electric cars, why he as a former journali... Read more

Light My Fire?

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The latest climate projections are increasingly dire as the world climate clock now has only 7 years to reverse course. Increasingly large and intense wildfires are one of the major changes we are seeing as climate change accelerates. Megadroughts are also increasing which ... Read more

Report shows half of U.S. waterways don't meet Clean Water Act standards, 50 years later

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  It's been 50 years since the landmark environmental law, the Clean Water Act, was passed in 1972. It was an ambitious piece of legislation, and it made a real difference in some of the most polluted waterways in the U.S. But a new report from the Environmental Integrity ... Read more

Amber Richardson Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
  DISCLAIMER:  Ben Morris, who is the Communications Director at the Oregon Secretary of State contacted KBOO on 4/20 with the following corrections regarding answers given by Amber Richardson in her 3/16/22 interview with Don Merrill.  Mr. Morris' comments are posted her... Read more

Farrah Chaichi Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Farrah Chaichi is a democrat running for the Oregon House in the 35th District.  She talked with Don Merrill about how training in political science and criminal justice lead to social activism, why the housing market is difficult even for someone like her who is plugged in... Read more

Healing Grounds

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The regenerative farming movement has mostly centered around restoring soil and ecosystem health and leaving our land, waters, and climate in better shape for future generations. But regenerative farming also requires reckoning with our nation’s agricultural history that is... Read more

Kathleen Harder Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Kathleen Harder is a democrat who is running for Oregon's new 6th US House District.  She talked with Don Merrill about how her medical experience will help bring more practical approaches to the Congress, how her educational experience will bring more attention to Oregon's... Read more