Energy/Natural Resources

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Hanford Journey

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Since time immemorial the Yakama Nation lived along a stretch of the Columbia River now known as the Hanford Reach. This area provided sources of food and medicines and contains many sacred sites, like Gable and Rattlesnake mountains, and the white bluffs that peer down ... Read more

Between doomerism and hopium: A conversation with Patrick Mazza

Airs at: Wed, 06/26/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Host Paul Roland welcomes back Cascadian climate activist and writer Patrick Mazza for a deep dive into our present predicament. Back in the day, when they were younger and somewhat more optimistic about our prospects of fighting power and environmental devastation, P... Read more

Risk Bonds: So We Don't Pay for an Industrial Disaster

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The gravest risk to Portland and much of Northwestern Oregon is posed by the enormous tank farms that line the North Reach of the Willamette River. These tanks hold 90% of the fossil fuel used in the entire state of Oregon as well as other hazardous substances. When a bi... Read more

The Cost of Free Land

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The American strategy to exterminate the indigenous people who lived on this continent before the European settlement was many pronged. One of its elements was to entice immigrants from Eastern Europe to come to America with the offer of receiving free land to farm. This... Read more

The Mountain Valley Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
According to the fossil fuel industry, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is recognized as a critical infrastructure project, essential for our nation’s energy security and energy reliability. But for communities from West Virginia to Southern Virginia this 300 mile-long pipel... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 3, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The San Onofre Syndrome: The Nuclear Free Team of the Sierra Club Grassroots Network is offering a series of three films to watch online without charge, with the second of the films... Read more

The San Onofre Syndrome

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Nuclear Free Team of the Sierra Club Grassroots Network is offering a series of three films to watch online without charge, with the second of the films available from today--June 3rd—through June 10th.  Titled SOS: The San Onofre Syndrome: Nuclear Power’s Legacy, th... Read more

Natural Happiness

Airs at: Sun, 06/02/2024 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Alan Heeks is a conservationist, social entrepreneur and author of Natural Happiness: Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself. Alan runs workshops on developing personal resilience using organic gardening parallels to help people handle the stresses of modern ... Read more

Rethinking and Reshaping Our Transportation System, with Rep. Khanh Pham

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Transportation generates the largest share of Oregon’s carbon emissions. It's one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize because it involves changing our daily lives. In order to achieve our climate goals, we need to not only drive less, but to act upon the realization th... Read more

Gaslight: The Fight to Stop the Atlantic Coast PIpeline

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While Oregonians were fighting to stop the behemoth Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Southern Oregon, communities in Virginia were facing a similar struggle to stop an even larger and longer pipeline that would have crossed the Blue Ridge Mo... Read more