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BRINGING CLIMATE JUSTICE TO THE CLASSROOM

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MAY 23, 2016 In what may be a first in the nation, the Portland, Oregon school board passed a sweeping “climate justice” resolution that commits the school district to “abandon the use of any adopted text material that is found to... Read more

EXPANDING OIL TRAIN TRAFFIC THROUGH THE COLUMBIA GORGE

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Four months after an oil train derailed and caught fire in the Columbia Gorge town of Mosier, the Wasco County Planning Commission has approved a proposal by Union Pacific to expand its rail facilities through Mosier, at the very site of the derailment in June. According to... Read more

We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting! with Marshallese writer Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner,a Marshallese writer and climate justice activist about We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting! A Night of Poetry and Conversation, happening Thurs. Sept 29, 7-9pm, at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave (Eli... Read more

Alternative Radio with Chris Williams on Eco-Socialism

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  This program from Alternative Radio was pre-empted yesterday for a special Democracy Now broadcast on the Presidential Debates. Chris Williams is an environmental scholar and activist. He is professor of physics and chemistry at Pace University and chair of the science d... Read more

Sick Oceans

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
"The Sick Ocean" by Robert Hunziker reports on the terrible and deteriorating health of the world's oceans and emphasizes the the vital importance of the oceans for the health of the entire planet. Tom Becker reads. Read more

Bill McKibben on the Grassroots Climate Change Movement

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2016 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben will be speaking about Climate Action Beyond Paris in Portland on Saturday October 22nd, at the First Unitarian Church at 1121 SW Main Street. This event is being sponsored by 350PDX. Bill McKibben is the founder of 350.org, the... Read more

Climate Change and the New Agenda in Portland's Public Schools

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  Nearly 100% of climate scientists report that climate change is happening and happening because of human activity, but the public consensus on climate change is still split about 50-50. Denial continues to be persistant and pervasive, as deniers cite "zombie sceptic theo... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 19, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts this membership drive episode, on which we hear these segments: • Teressa Raiford of Don't Shoot Portland discusses current challenges to Oregon’s criminal injustice system • Mike Snedeker, a death penalty lawyer, comments on the connections between ... Read more

Neglected Climate News

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom reads from an essay by Dave Lindorff:  “Can Capitalism and Mankind Both Survive? US Journalists Duck the Big Climate  Question.” Read more

"Human Beings with 5 Fingers" Reporter Going To Standing Rock

KBOO is proud to support Standing Rock and to bring this message to you from KBOO reporter Christopher Francisco, Dine' (Navajo). Christopher is producer and host of Human Beings with 5 Five Fingers on KBOO.FM. Recently, Christopher reported from the Peltier Justice Ride ov... Read more