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Keep Nestle Out of the Gorge, A Coaliton forms to oppose bottling in Cascade Locks

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2010 at 12:00am
Oxbow Springs in Cascade Locks is the target of Nestle Corporation's plans for bottling millions of gallons of water from the springs and from city well water. Listen, to find out about Nestle, their plans and the coalition to oppose them. Coming to you from the studio, gue... Read more

Press**Watch: Corporate climate killers

Pwclimate The mean concentration of approximately CO2 was at 316 parts per million by volume (ppmv) in 1958, and rose to approximately 369 ppmv in 1998. (Climate Ark) It's looking like it's going to be a beautiful day here in Greater Cascadia for destroying corporate rul... Read more

More Talk Radio

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Cecil and Celest talk with Laura Flynn, Member of the Board for the Aristide Foundation for Democracy about the situation in Haiti. CD-2008 Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04-15-10

Airs at: Thu, 04/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Near-Deadly Error: An interview with exonerated death row inmate Juan Melendez-Colon It is hard to imagine spending over 17 years on death row for a crime you did not commit. Juan Melendez-Colon did just that following his 1984 conviction and sentencing to death in the k... Read more

Bill McKibben on "Eaarth"

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Well-known author and global warming activist, Bill McKibben, founder of the 350 movement, sits down with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick for this special 30-minute interview about the state of the Earth and  what humanity (that is, you and me) will have to do to survive on a ... Read more

FIGHTING CELLPHONE TOWERS: A Trumpeter-maker's Battle

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Cellphone towers have become ubiquitous and although the jury is out on their safety, few people bother anymore to fight new ones going up in their neighborhoods. The common wisdom is that you can't win. Even local jurisdictions, like city and county governments, have li... Read more

Farmer Joel Salatin on Sustainable Farming

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Farmer Joel Salatin on Sustainable Farming Today's guest is Joel Salatin, the sustainable farmer made known by Michael Pollan. He is featured in a new film called FRESH which is opening in Portland on April 24th. at the Hollywood Theatre April 24 - April 28 2010, at 4122 N... Read more

Trade and the environment

Airs at: Fri, 04/16/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
  A forum held this week in Portland educated people in the community about the connections between trade and the environment. KBOO’s John Walsh was there, and brings us this report: Read more

Are Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Behind Gender Variance?

Airs at: Tue, 04/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gender Blender
On April 13th's Outloud show, Jacob Anderson-Minshall (co-host of KBOO's Gender Blender) talked with science writer Deborah Rudacille, author of The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism and Transgender Rights about the connection between environmental pollution (especial... Read more

Rose Quarter redevelopment issues

Airs at: Wed, 04/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
  Several members of the Rose Quarter Redevelopment Committee have recommended that the city put the project on hold until certain key issues are addressed. Will Macht is one of those who filed a minority report outlining a number of concerns with the project, including th... Read more