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Michael Claire on the Oil Addiction

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What is to be Done

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with David Dayen, the editor of the American Prospect, a bi-monthly magazine on U.S. Politics.  They discuss the many opportunities President-elect Biden will have through executive privilege to circumvent a Republican-controlled senate and the fiscal ha... Read more

Fracked Gas on the Columbia

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While all of us have been focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, a major recession, dramatic impacts of climate chaos and election madness, the fossil fuel industry continues its efforts to build fracked gas projects along the Columbia River. On this episode of Locus Focus we t... Read more

Diversifying Power

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won the election and despite Donald Trump's ongoing hissy fits, tens of millions of Americans are celebrating this victory for democracy. Yet this victory is attenuated by the millions of Americans who still voted for Trump and the other lea... Read more

Buscando America on 11/10/20

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En esta emisión hablamos de las más recientes elecciones en EEUU y conversamos con el columnista Javier sierra sobre lo que se avecina en temas medio ambientales.  Desde Riobamba Ecuador, hablamos con Cayetana Salao aka Caye Cayejera rapera y activista social por los de... Read more

The Left and the Law

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker survey some of the victories in the November elections for criminal justice reform. They also discuss the criminal case against human rights attorney Steven Donziger-- ultimately for holding Chevron responsible for its heinous oil mining practic... Read more

Now What?

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. They discuss what a Biden Administration might do on the great issues of our day if mightily pushed by the left including climate change, pandemics, racism, militarism, an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 9th 2020

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes: Now What? Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. They discuss what a Biden Administration might do on the great issues of our day if mightily ... Read more

Drones over the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Verizon is planning to build a drone testing facility along the Willamette River in North Portland. Until recently few people knew about this plan and it seems that Verizon hoped to get the project approved away from the public eye. However neighborhood activists got wind o... Read more

Hot Dams on the Columbia

Airs at: Mon, 10/12/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on August 24, 2020 Right now salmon are making the miraculous journey from the Pacific Ocean, up the Columbia, to the place each fish was born. All salmon ask for is a river with cool flowing water. But because of the stagnant reservoirs beh... Read more