Tina Loo studies the impact of  hydropower projects on native people in Canada, and here she talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about how the techno-perspective of policy makers blinds them to the impacts of their projects on life in the areas where they are  located.    Professor Loo will be appearing next week (Nov. 6-7)  in Vancouver, WA at a major conference about dams -- Reversing the Flow: Big Dams, Power, and People in Global Perspective.

How can green chemistry revolutionize the materials we make, how they're used, and the benefits to our health and the environment.

Anti-nuclear activists came together in Portland this weekend to strategize about local actions to call for nuclear abolition worldwide.
Paige Knight with Hanford Watch gave an update about the cleanup of Washington state’s nuclear dumping ground:

The Oregon Forestry Board has voted unanimously to increase logging in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forest. KBOO’s Stefan Kamp has more on what this means for the future of the Northern Coast Range.

Demonstrators are planning a rally in Astoria, today, to again voice their concerns about the negative effects on the environment from liquefied natural gas.
KBOO’s Crystal Leighty has more.
 

The Portland Metro area will likely grow larger in the next fifty years. Local officials are already planning for the long term. KBOO’s Stefan Kamp reports.

Environmental activists staged several protests, forums and educational activities in New York this week, as world leaders met to discuss climate change at the United Nations.  KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg has more:
 

In June, the House of Representatives passed a major piece of Climate Legislation. A version of that bill was recently introduced to the Senate, here with some details is Kboo reporter, Lindsay Caron.

Tomorrow is weatherization day.  The sierra club along with organizations, business, unions and local officials across the united states will participate in activities to emphasize the benefits of investing in energy efficiency.
KBOO’s David NOCK-um-son spoke with Allison Forbes from the sierra club’s national clean energy solutions campaign about weatherization and the availability of government funding to help pay for it.