Environment/Climate

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Joe talks about Labor, the History of Labor, and the Decimation of Labor today.

Airs at: Tue, 09/06/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris.  Abe Proctor is off this week. Joe talks about Labor History in the United States, and the State of Labor today. ...And...  For your listening pleasure... ...And...  For your Reading Pleasure...       Read more

Building a Working-Class Environmental Movement

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Daniel Randall, a supporter of the Workers Climate Action Network and a writer for the journal "Solidarity" in England, talks with Bill Resnick about how the environment (and not just jobs or wages) is a working-class issue. Daniel starts out by offering a few examples of w... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Labor Day 2011

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this labor day special and we hear:   Bill Resnick Morristalks with Daniel Randall about building an independent working-class environmental movement. Joe comments on paid and unpaid work. The Left and the Law tackle the "West Memphis Three".... Read more

Habitat? or animal rights? T.C. Boyle on his latest novel: "When the Killing's Done"

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Jim Schumock speaks with T.C. Boyle about his thirteenth novel, When the Killing's Done, which takes up some of the environmental themes of earlier novels such as A Friend of the Earth and The Tortilla Curtain, and stories like “Carnal Knowledge,” “Top of the Food Chai... Read more

August 29 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this show deals with corporate messaging in the classroom, reducing the carbon footprints of cities, and the current movie The Help. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can also follow us on Facebo... Read more

What Cities Can Do About Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Cities have an enormous carbon footprint: what are they doing about it?  What is Portland doing?  Michael Armstrong is Policy and Research manager for the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability responsible for implementation for the Portland and Multnomah County Cl... Read more

Who Teaches What About Coal?

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Scholastic Magazine was forced by activists led by our guest Bill Bigelow to take down its 4th grade curriculum created by the coal industry -- but this just the tip of the iceberg of corporate influence over what kids learn in school.  Old Mole Laurie Mercier talks with Bi... Read more

Earthquakes on the East Coast? What about all those nuclear power plants?

Airs at: Sun, 08/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" looks at the climate, earthquake & nuclear power safety in U.S., and more. Read more

EMERGENCIES: An Interview with Scott Winegar of the Portland Office of Emergency Management

Airs at: Wed, 08/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
The Portland Office of Emergency Management exists to coordinate emergency preparedness, response and recovery to protect lives, property and the environment. This is an interview by Zoe Loranger with  the Office of Emergency Management Operations Manager, Scott Winegar. Fo... Read more

Abe surveys the economic, social and political wreckage of the new age of austerity

Airs at: Tue, 08/23/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is still on vacation.   The current austerity fetish was never a good idea, and now we know it's bad politics, too. The austerity kick in Washington is exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. At a time of enormous economic duress, ... Read more