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Musician's Union Goes Solar

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Musicians' Union has installed solar panels on its building, and to celebrate, they are throwing a party with music, food, and drink this Sunday, August 17, 3-7 pm, 325 NE 20th Ave.  We hear Bill Resnick talking with Pat Oherron, a Portland surgeon and emergency room ph... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 4 2014`

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode. Musical selections were from: Dead Prez "Police State", Mischief Brew "Free Radical Radio Fever", Killing Capitalism with Kindness "Lost Train", and Beastie Boys "Sabotage". The following links are to the individual segments. The whole show c... Read more

Utah Tar-Sand Activist Arrested During Blockade

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On Monday July 21, 21 protestors were arrested during a attempted U.S. Tar Sand Oil blockade.  http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865607367/Protesters-from-across-US-arrested-at-Utah-tar-sands-mine.html Utah is well-known for its polluted inversions during the winter month... Read more

The Great March for Climate Action

Airs at: Fri, 06/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
This week we speak with John Abbe, a member of the Great March for Climate Action, a community of concerned citizens marching from Los Angeles to Washington DC to “change the heart and mind of the American people, our elected leaders and people across the world to act now t... Read more

Brooks Fahy and Rick Swart Interview

Airs at: Wed, 07/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Brooks Fahy is the Executive Director of Predator Defense, an animal advocacy organization based in Eugene, OR. Rick Swart is the spokesperson for the Oregon Division of Fish and Wildlife. KBOO's Don Merrill talked with both of these experts about the recent euthanizing o... Read more

Protest action at Seneca Jones biomass plant in Eugene

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Activists with Cascadia Forest Defenders and Earth First! converged on the Seneca Jones biomass plant in Eugene this morning to protest the company’s privatization of public lands in the Elliott State Forest and ongoing pollution in West Eugene.   Several protestors locked ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 30, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this latest report from the Old Mole, and we hear about threats to privatize our Postal Service; the contradiction between capitalism and a survivable planet; a novel about coming of age in a small town; and the music and radical politics of saxophonist Fre... Read more

Capitalism and Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
A healthy economy is one that is growing; but how long can a healthy planet sustain a growing economy?  In a recent blog post, Alyssa Röhricht lays out the contradiction between capitalism and the survival of life on Earth.  Tom Becker reads it for us.   Read more

Stewart Phillip, Pres. of Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, talks about Northern Gateway pipeline

Airs at: Fri, 06/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Rose City Native Radio
On June 17, the Canadian government approved the hotly contested Northern Gateway pipeline, which would carry diluted tar sands crude oil from Alberta to the British Columbia Coast. Since then, protestors have sat in at one Member of Parliament's office and chained and padl... Read more

In Depth: 5th Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Paul Roland speaks with Ariel Deranje about the 5th Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk, which calls attention to the continued exploitation of fossil fuels in Alberta, Canada and its effects on the land. Read more