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Kitzhaber's Federal Forest Plan

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Yesterday evening, the Oregon Board of Forestry unanimously approved a federal forest plan personally presented by Governor John Kitzhaber. The plan aims to direct the Board's actions in order to create a more favorable context for both commercial and stewardship activity o... Read more

Oregon Ranks #13 Out of 12 States In Solar Energy

Airs at: Tue, 01/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A report on top 12 states that are leading the way in SOLAR power energy was released today. The report was called  Lighting The Way: What We Can Learn From America’s Top 12 Solar States.   The report also oulines the conditions and policies that have enabled a rise in sol... Read more

Polar Inversion in the United States Has a Possible Link to Artic Ice Melt

Produced for:  Evening News
Much of the U-S is currently being hit with extremely cold weather in what’s been termed a ‘polar inversion’. While meteorologists are careful to point out that no single weather event can be linked to climate change, multiple studies have shown a possible link between the ... Read more

Environmental Groups Legally Challenge Railroad Coal Transport

Produced for:  Evening News
A federal judge in Washington has decided to allow a legal challenge to coal transport by railroad. The lawsuit argues that the coal trains violate the clean water act because of the amount of coal dust that ends up in lakes and rivers. A coalition of environmental groups c... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 30, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole full of ideas that rock the dominant paradigm:  climate insurgency, decentralized and democratic energy, a critique of femmephobia, and the end of work and capitalism.   To hear the whole show with musical breaks, use the play bu... Read more

Climate Change: A New Insurgency?

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Since mere protest has not led to real action on climate change, a growing movement for stronger measures calls for civil disobedience.  Tom Becker reads from Jeremy Brecher's piece "Climate Protection: The New Insurgency" published in Foreign Policy in Focus.   (Photo: Ben... Read more

Decentralizing Energy

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
How could the production and distribution of energy be cleaner and more subject to local control?  Energy expert Al Weinrub talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how locally and cleanly produced electricity, not requiring fossil fuels, could engage local communities ... Read more

Pesticide Restriction Proposal

Airs at: Thu, 01/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
OREGON REPRESENTATIVE JEFF REARDON HAS INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD LIMIT THE PERSONAL HOME USE OF PESTICIDES. THE BILL’S INTENT IS TO PROTECT BEE POPULATIONS. EVEN SO, NOT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGREES WITH THE PROPOSAL. SCOTT DAHLMAN FROM THE OREGO... Read more

Tribal Ceremony on Tarsands Megaload Route

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A tribal ceremony took place in Pendelton on December 23 on the route of the Alberta tarsands megaload. The coalition of indigenous people from across the Northwest were joined by other activists who oppose moving extraction equipment to Canada through Oregon. Many people... Read more

Capitalism: the Epochal Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from John Bellamy Foster on capitalism and epochal crisis, about the converging economic and environmental disasters of the present era of monopoly, financialization, and planetary destruction. Read more