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Hood River Development

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Developer Robert Naito and Friends of Hood River co-attorney Brent Foster are on opposite sides of a proposed development on the Columbia River.  Both men talked with KBOO's Don Merrill about the Hood River Waterfront from their individual perspectives. Read more

Oregon Oysters & Ocean Acidification: CO2 Turns Seas Corrosive

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Oregon Oysters! So Popular on Summer Menus! At risk from Carbon Dioxide in the waters off our coast! Ocean Acidification is damaging sea life across the globe, now it’s putting the future of Oregon fisheries at risk. Host, Linda Olson-Osterlund on A Deeper Look is joine... Read more

TEN YEARS AFTER THE BISCUIT FIRE: A RETROSPECTIVE IN A SUMMER OF FIRE

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
TEN YEARS AFTER THE BISCUIT FIRE: A RETROSPECTIVE IN A SUMMER OF FIRE In mid July of 2002 a series of lightning strikes ignited a number of small fires in some very remote mountainous areas of SW Oregon. The fires merged into what became known as the Biscuit Fire, the larg... Read more

Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq

Airs at: Thu, 07/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Greg Muttitt, author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq. The departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left a broken country and a host of unanswered questions. What was the war really about? W... Read more

James Howard Kunstler on his new book TOO MUCH MAGIC

Airs at: Thu, 07/19/2012 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, a shocking vision for our post-oil future caught the attention of environmentalists and business leaders. In the seven years since its first publication, many of Kunstler’s warnings from The... Read more

The Big Float invites Portland to ride the waves across the Willamette River on floaty gear

Airs at: Wed, 07/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   The Big Float, coming up July 29, will put you on the Willamette River in a personal floatation device along with a couple thousand of your best pals doing the same thing. Last year, about 1,300 people floated across the Willamette and no one report... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 16, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts and interviews Bangladeshi writer and activist Azfar Hussain about his latest collection of essays. Bill Resnick talks with Arne Jungjohan, senior advisor for energy of the German Green Party and Director for the Environment and Global Dialogue Progra... Read more

Renewable Local Energy in Germany

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick speaks with Arne Jungjohan, a senior advisor for energy of the German Green Party and Director for the Environment and Global Dialogue Program of the Boell Foundation. They discuss the achievements of German community, green, and anti-nuke movements in recon... Read more

JOHNSON CREEK: 2012 STATE OF THE WATERSHED REPORT

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Johnson Creek flows 26 miles from its headwaters near the Sandy River to its confluence with the Willamette River, passing through five cities (Gresham, Portland, Milwaukie, Damascus, and Happy Valley) and two counties (Clackamas and Multnomah) along the way. Once a favo... Read more

A primer on summer pruning of fruit trees. Plus summer gardening basics.

Airs at: Wed, 07/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert devote the next two month's shows to some summer gardening basics: composting, watering, weeding, care during hot weather, potted plants...and your questions. Also, a primer on the when, where and why of summer pruning of fruit trees... Read more