Energy/Natural Resources

The Other Oil Spill in Mosier

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

On Friday, June 3, a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in the small town of Mosier, Oregon along the Columbia River Gorge. Multiple rail cars caught fire within a few yards of the town’s sewage plant, melting part of the sewage system and leaving residents with a wa... Read more

Patricia Tull, Inhabiting Eden

Airs at: Sun, 06/05/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Patricia Tull is an ordained Presbyterian minister and professor of Hebrew Bible. She retired from Louisville Theological Seminary where she is A.B. Rhodes Professor Emerita of Old Testament. She is the author of Inhabiting Eden: Christians, the Bible, and the Ecological ... Read more

Water World: Update on the EPA Superfund site on the Willamette Harbor

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

The EPA is supposed to release the proposed plan for the Superfund site at Porland Harbor on June 8th. Join me, Kristin Yount, at this time to review the long awaited proposed plan. Guest TBA For now this is an Interview from Feburary 17, 2016 with Rose Longoria from th... Read more

Bottlecaps & Spider Silk: Buzzing Songs from Africa

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: Africa-O-Ye!

Two hours of exceptionally vibratory sounds emitted from traditional instruments affixed with rattling and buzzing objects: thumb-pianos with loose bottlecaps, xylophones with gourd resonators and shuddering spider webs, begena strings buzzing against leather strips & other... Read more

LONGVIEW COAL TERMINAL MEETS ITS OPPOSITION

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On May 24 over a thousand people attended the first of three public hearings to discuss the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed coal export terminal at Longview, WA. If built, the project, sited right next to the Columbia River, would be the largest coal ter... Read more

Are you a survivor of the Enron debacle?

Produced for: News In Depth

The ENRON scandal was one of the biggest cases of corporate corruption in the history of the United States. Few people remember that Oregon was the hardest-hit state by the corporation’s implosion. ENRON owned Portland General Electric – the fraud-filled corporation’s only ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 23, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear these segments: • Bill Resnick talks with Tarah Demant of Amnesty International about the surprising numbers on support for refugees in the United States. • Frann Michel discusses the history of Vanport, the need for public hou... Read more

Voices from Anacortes Protests

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In the first of a two-part series, this week Desiree Hellegers shares field recordings she made in Anacortes, WA where dozens of kayaktivists were arrested for protesting the Tesoro fossil fuel plant recently. You can find her article about recent protests, "'Energy Wit... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews architects Robert Hoffman and Brian Cavanaugh about Snøhetta

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday May 24 Joseph Gallivan interviews architects Robert Hoffman and Brian Cavanaugh about Snøhetta, the Norwegian architecture firm that is designing the James Beard Public Market in downtown Portland and the Willamette Falls Riverwalk in Oregon City. Hoffman and Ca... Read more

THE BANKRUPTCY OF COAL

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Last month coal giant Peabody Coal filed for bankruptcy. Despite Donald Trump's vow to reopen coal mines if he is elected president, the coal industry needs a lot more than hollow campaign promises to stay alive. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Clark Williams-De... Read more