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What will happen to Umatilla Mustard Gas?

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 A private meeting was held today concerning chemical agent waste issues at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility near Hermiston, Oregon.   The issue at stake is how to dispose of one  ton containers of mustard gas. These containers account for nearly 70 percent of ... Read more

Interview with Free Geek

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Michelle Shroeder Fletcher interviews Shawn Furst and Michael Westwind from Portland's unique computer training and electronics recycling center.  Find out how to recycle old computer gear with Free Geek, or how you can earn your own computer by helping Free Geek build them... Read more

Pro-recreation and anti-habitat: BLM plan exposed!

Airs at: Sun, 01/06/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 A group of hunting and fishing advocates says the Bureau of Land Management’s new plan for public lands in Western Oregon focuses too much on increasing timber production and creating “ATV playgrounds,” and not enough on saving fish and wildlife habitat.  KBOO’s Spencer ... Read more

Nuclear Power is NOT a good idea

Airs at: Sun, 01/06/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  On The Environment
KBOO's Scott Forrester interviews Phillip Musegaas, policy analyst at RiverKeeper.com, about the current state of Nuclear Power in the United States, and why it's a bad idea to promote nuclear options as an environmental solution to the energy problem. Read more

CA car emission clean-up blocked by Cheney

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 Vice President Dick Cheney was behind a controversial decision to block California’s attempt to impose tough emission standards on car manufacturers.KBOO’s Crystal Leighty has more.  Read more

Portland Drinking Water Threat on 01/02/08

Airs at: Wed, 01/02/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
On the Jan. 3rd, Recovery Zone host Stephanie Potter speaks with Regna Merritt from Oregon Wild and Floy Jones from Friends of the Reservoirs who are working to protect Bull Run and Portland's water system. Recent federal rulings mandate hundreds of millions of dollars to b... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 31, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 12/30/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program opens with some reflections on why the presidential campaign is treated as a horserace, not as a debate on the future of the nation.  Bill Resnick talks with local bicycling activists Tim Calvert and Elinor Blue about how bicycli... Read more

Bombs tested on Hawaiian army base w/depleted uranium

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Hawaii’s Big Island, U-S Air Force planes are dropping unarmed bombs the size of a small automobile.The first fear was of a bomb missing its target and hitting a school or hospital.But now, as we reported yesterday on KBOO News, the army base where the practice bombs are... Read more

1226 Our Backyard

Airs at: Tue, 12/25/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Our Backyard
Another edition of the locally produced environmental series, Our Backyard, with KBOO's Edison Carder. This edition: A 'cocktail' of pharmaceuticals has been detected in the water supply. Read more

Corps of Engineers saves PDX trees from FEMA demolition

Airs at: Wed, 12/05/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The fight to save 100 mature trees along the Bridgeton levee in north Portland got a needed boost today from the U-S Army Corps of Engineers.The Corps is currently reviewing its levee vegetation policy and plans to issue the revised standards as part of a National Levee Veg... Read more