Environment/Climate

Show Announcement: 2025 Oregon Legislature’s Pro-Nuclear Bills

Airs at: Tue, 02/11/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Show Announcement: 2025 Oregon Legislature’s Pro-Nuclear Bills This Week on KBOO News In Depth Tuesday, February 11th @ 5:30 pm Tune in to KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland or listen online at kboo.fm Join us for an in-depth look at the pro-nuclear legislation making its way through... Read more

Laura Rost on Bee City USA

Airs at: Thu, 02/06/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Laura Rost of Bee City USA builds local community programs to support pollinators around the nation, one city at a time Read more

What's Next with Zenith?

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On the morning of February 3, right in the middle of Locus Focus, we learned that Portland's new mayor and acting city administrator approved the much contested Land Use Compatibility Statement for Zenith Energy's expansion along the banks of the Willamette River. This was ... Read more

Shining a Light on Portland's Dirty Secrets about Zenith Energy

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For several years the city of Portland has been very opaque in its dealings with Zenith Energy. Two years ago, in a backroom deal, the city gave Zenith the green light to continue to expand its rail shipments of fossil fuels, under the guise that the company would switch to... Read more

Barbara Ford on Activism and Art

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

We hear excerpts from an interview Desiree Hellegers conducted with the Portland activist, writer, artist Barbara Ford in 2017 about her history of activism as part of the Thin Green Line is People History Project, a digital archive of Pacific Northwest fossil fuel resis... Read more

More Music to Meet the Moment

Airs at: Fri, 01/24/2025 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Produced for: The Songcircle

This week on The Songcircle: More Music to Meet the Moment (and help us move through it). Highlights: Live and rare versions of fave songs from The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and Joni Mitchell Brand new country music from Ringo Starr Words of wisdom from John Trudell and... Read more

Paul Susi of PDX ID Assistance

Airs at: Thu, 01/16/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Paul Susi of PDX ID Assistance helps unhoused people who've been swept by the city's law enforcement and lost their crucial personal documents. He's expanding his reach in the local community and has insight on aspects of recovery that are not on the radar of many people. Read more

Resisting Google in the Gorge

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Since the construction of a Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon in 2006, the city has become a magnet for data centers looking for tax breaks, and cheap energy and water to power and cool them. Beginning in 2021, with representation from the Reporters Committee for Fre... Read more

Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Eco-Disasters in Japanese Film. Japan has rich traditions of filmmaking and of approaching films as commentary on daily life. But Japanese cinema also offers rich commentary on ecological crises. Jan Haaken talks with University of Oregon professor Rachel DiNitto about her ... Read more