Energy/Natural Resources

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Farrah Chaichi Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Farrah Chaichi is a democrat running for the Oregon House in the 35th District.  She talked with Don Merrill about how training in political science and criminal justice lead to social activism, why the housing market is difficult even for someone like her who is plugged... Read more

Healing Grounds

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The regenerative farming movement has mostly centered around restoring soil and ecosystem health and leaving our land, waters, and climate in better shape for future generations. But regenerative farming also requires reckoning with our nation’s agricultural history that... Read more

Kathleen Harder Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Kathleen Harder is a democrat who is running for Oregon's new 6th US House District.  She talked with Don Merrill about how her medical experience will help bring more practical approaches to the Congress, how her educational experience will bring more attention to Orego... Read more

Labor and the Environment

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On Sunday, March 20th, the locally produced documentary, "Necessity: Climate Justice & the Thin Green Line" will have its theatrical premiere at Kiggins Theatre in downtown Vancouver, Washington. This is the second film in a two-part series on climate activism directed b... Read more

Not Another Fracked Gas Pipeline Expansion!

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Pacific Northwest has fought off two methanol refineries in Washington and an LNG Export terminal and pipeline in Coos Bay, but the fracked gas industry still has this region in its crosshairs. TC Energy is full steam ahead with plans to expand its Gas Transmission N... Read more

Gas prices at near record highs in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2022 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Daily News Headlines
  Gas prices in the Portland area are at near record highs and are expected to keep climbing due to the Russian invasion of ukraine. According to AAA Oregon/Idaho, last week the Oregon average price for regular gas rose $0.05 from $3.98 to $4.03/gallon. Russia is one o... Read more

Celilo Falls: Past, Present and Future

Airs at: Wed, 03/09/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    On March 10, 1957, The Dalles Dam flooded Celilo Falls, for at least 11,000 years the most important salmon fishery and trading center for Indigenous people of the Columbia River basin and the greater Pacific Northwest. An event to commemorate that fateful day 65 ye... Read more

Michael Cross Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Michael Cross is a democrat running for Oregon governor.  He talked with Don Merrill about why he switched from a staunch republican to a staunch democrat, how is run-ins with the law gives him a perspective his other candidates don't have, and why he believes his plan o... Read more

Hopes for Oregon's Short Legislative Session

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Oregon’s 2022 short legislative session is drawing to a close. While short sessions, which happen during even years, often focus on budgets, unfinished business, and a limited set of new policy ideas, this year is different. Numerous bills have been introduced and are no... Read more

Militarism, conflict and the climate crisis: a vicious circle

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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