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James Hoggan: Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming

Airs at: Wed, 11/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Climate Change Series, Part 2.        Kathleen Stephenson interviews James Hoggan, author of Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming.  He is chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian chapter of Al Gore’s The Climate Project.  Read more

Wake Up and Smell The Boot Polish

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe is by himself, and he opens the show with a reading of an article from August of 1993 that was printed in a small independent rag called PDXS.  The article was entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Boot Polish," and warned us of a pe... Read more

Climate Crisis: Going Against Terrible Odds to Set Things Right

  "I have been overwhelmed with the amount of data coming out this week, and part of me just wants to either drink myself into oblivion or become a hermit. But I will not give up yet, and maybe we can at least slow it down.  May our great-great grandchildren forgive us…"  -... Read more

Climate Crisis: Going Against Terrible Odds to Set Things Right

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Stephanie Potter interviews naturalist Richard Albertson, whose book The Sky is the Limit--A Brief and Easy Explanation of Climate Change for Present and Future Voters, speaks directly to citizens--he tells how climate change works and goes on to the "inescapable conclusion... Read more

Let's Measure Obama's Performance to date...

Airs at: Tue, 11/03/2009 at 12:00am
 Obama's grade thus far? A mixed bag.Hosted by: Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Nearly a year after his election (but, in fairness, not yet a year into his first term), Barack Obama is an enigma. Thankfully, he has abandoned the rapacious aggression and naked nationalism of the Bu... Read more

KBOO Evening News: November 2nd, 2009 Airing

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Listen to the November 2nd, 2009 airing of the KBOO Evening News in its entirety! ^__^ Read more

Dams and Native Peoples

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tina Loo studies the impact of  hydropower projects on native people in Canada, and here she talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about how the techno-perspective of policy makers blinds them to the impacts of their projects on life in the areas where they are  located... Read more

CHASING MOLECULES

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
How can green chemistry revolutionize the materials we make, how they're used, and the benefits to our health and the environment.  Scientists now say there is substantial evidence that environmental conditions and environmental pollutants—among them synthetic chemicals use... Read more

Update of Cleanup of Washington State’s Nuclear Dumping Ground

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Anti-nuclear activists came together in Portland this weekend to strategize about local actions to call for nuclear abolition worldwide.Paige Knight with Hanford Watch gave an update about the cleanup of Washington state’s nuclear dumping ground: Read more

Increased Loggings Affect on Northern Coast Range

Airs at: Thu, 09/10/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon Forestry Board has voted unanimously to increase logging in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forest. KBOO’s Stefan Kamp has more on what this means for the future of the Northern Coast Range. Read more