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Fracked Gas in the NW and West Virgina & Impeachment in DC with Eric de Place

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Eric de Place, the director of the Thin Green Line at Sightline Institute in Seattle has broadened his portfolio beyond the Northwest and is now sharing the lessons learned in the Northwest about how to stop fossil fuel projects with environmentalists working to stop fracki... Read more

08 TRIPP-P 19Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 10/31/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
In this episode, Hosts Cory & Lesley sit down to discuss the Global Climate Strike Movement inspired by 16 year old Swedish Activist, Greta Thunberg, and the impact that the youth of today are having on addressing climate change - such as with the lawsuit Juliana v. the Un... Read more

Buscando America on 09/24/19

Airs at: Tue, 09/24/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Segunda semana de campaña de recaudación de fondos bajo el lema de "Mic to the People // Micrófono para la gente". En cabina Patricia Vázquez nos invita al evento artístico BorderXer. En Krónikas de Viaje conoce a Angélica S. colaboradora de Agua y vida,  Mujeres Derechos y... Read more

Holding the Thin Green Line, Part One

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As the fossil fuel industry increases pressure to turn the Pacific Northwest into a fossil fuel hub, a Thin Green Line stands in its way. Now that communities across the region have stopped numerous coal and oil projects, the industry is pushing even harder to build the Wes... Read more

Bomb Trains

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On July 6, 2013, a train hauling crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, resulting in fires and explosions that killed 47 people and wiped out a large part of the small Canadian town's center. In the six months following the deadly disa... Read more

Interview with Mosquito Fleet

Airs at: Tue, 09/03/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  Monday afternoon, protesters involved with the activist group Mosquito Fleet gathered on the Columbia River in canoes and kayaks in protest of the Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Project. This project would triple the current capacity of Transmountain, which carries cru... Read more

Surveillance on the Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A few weeks ago the Guardian broke a chilling story: "Law enforcement groups, including the FBI, have been monitoring opponents of a natural gas infrastructure project in Oregon and circulated intelligence to an email list that included a Republican-aligned anti-environment... Read more

Press**Watch: hurricane season

Airs at: Thu, 09/05/2019 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Join me for the news you're not supposed to know, as I interview Oregon House primary candidate PAIGE KREISMAN, a veteran, a Democratic Socialist, and a transgender woman! Read more

Would you risk arrest for life on earth?

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Amy Johnson will be speaking with one of the valve turners who spent 6 months in prison for shutting down a tar-sands pipeline in North Dakota on October 11th, 2016, Michael Foster. As well as Bonnie McKinlay, who hosts workshops in Portland, Oregon on Civil Disobedien... Read more

Holding the Thin Green Line, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
THE LONG AND TWISTED TALE OF JORDAN COVE tells the story of what could be the largest Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal on the West Coast. This mammoth facility, proposed for Coos Bay, Oregon, would be fed by a 229 mile long, 36" wide pipeline transporting fracked ga... Read more