Energy/Natural Resources

Renewed Indigenous-led resistance to lithium mine in Nevada

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Today's guest is Dorece Sam, an enrolled member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone tribe and a descendnt of Ox Sam, a survivor of the September 12, 1865 massacre at Thacker Pass. Sam has been involved with the Ox Sam Camp, an Indigenous-led prayer camp at Peehee Mu’h... Read more

Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

A one-hour morning weekly show, Thursdays at 8:00am Journalist Lisa Loving brings grassroots activists on the air to talk about local issues -- and what YOU can do to plug into community movements, now. Read more

Fossil Fuel Risk Bonds

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

The construction and operation of fossil fuel infrastructure is causing expensive physical and economic damages to land, air, water and frontline communities on an almost daily basis. But if, for example, a major earthquake destroys the tank farms comprising Portland’s Crit... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 15, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Atomic Days: The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington no longer produces plutonium for nuclear bombs. But its lethal legacy remains. In his new book, Atomic ... Read more

Atomic Days

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington no longer produces plutonium for nuclear bombs. But its lethal legacy remains. In his new book, Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, author Joshua Frank digs into the history of this ... Read more

Goldendale Energy Storage Project

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Boston-based Rye Development wants to build the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric development in the Pacific Northwest and in the process destroy irreplaceable Tribal Cultural and Religious Resources. Pumped storage is touted as the most efficient way to store solar and ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 8, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes a re-broadcast segment from Against the Grain: Pipeline Populism: Many have concluded that the climate emergency will only be addressed by mass collective action. But given the small size of the U.S. left,... Read more

Pushing for Environmentally Friendly Buildings

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Transportation is the highest source of greenhouse gas emissions but emissions caused by residential and commercial buildings, including from electricity and natural gas use, are close behind. In 2021, while transportation was responsible for 35% of Oregon's carbon emission... Read more

Certified Disaster

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

The oil & gas industry is turning to unproven and unregulated “gas certifiers” like Project Canary that claim to “measure” emissions and label their methane gas as “responsibly sourced”. The certified gas industry allows companies to charge a premium for their products, an... Read more