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Sick of Oil Terminals

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
    Desiree Hellegers speaks with health professionals, organizers, elected officials and concerned community members who testified at Wednesday’s EFSEC hearing in Vancouver about the anticipated health impacts of airborne emissions from proposed Tesoro Savage oil termi... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 12, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts, with music from Weather Report and these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot about Labour gains in the UK Elections. Desiree Hellegers brings voices from the last hearing on the proposed Tesoro terminal. Clayton explores why our so... Read more

EFSEC Closes Comment Period for Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Yesterday evening, Washington State’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, closed its final hearing on the proposal to construct a 360,000 barrel-per-day crude oil trans-shipment terminal at the Port of Vancouver, Washington. Now the final decision is in the ... Read more

In-Depth: Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for News In Depth
KBOO reporter Tom Flynn speaks with Bob Hoehne, a wilderness volunteer with Umpqua Watershed of Roseburg. He is making a presentation tonight, Thursday June 8, at 7:30 pm at Patagonia in NW Portland, at a photography exhibition featuring land around Crater Lake. Hoehne and... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 5, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1. Tom Athanasiou of the Earth Island Institute talks with Bill Resnick about Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord; 2.  Patsy Kullberg interviews local poet Judith Arcana about truth i... Read more

Trump's Climate Change Withdrawal

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick interviews Tom Athanasiou of the Earth Island Institute on Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord. They also discuss the great opportunity for meaningful action. Tom Athanasiou is the author of Divided Planet. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 5th, 2017

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes.. Bill Resnick interviews Tom Athanasiou of the Earth island Institute on Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord. Patsy Kullberg interviews poet and activist Judith Arcana about he... Read more

Lincoln County Spray Ban Reactions

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
Yesterday, KBOO reported on the victory of a ballot measure in Lincoln County, Oregon, that bans the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. It also establishes community environmental rights, pre-empting so-called “corporate rights,” which lead to local jurisdictions... Read more

Trump Withdraws US from Climate Deal

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
President Trump announced today that he is withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate agreement. This comes after several days of speculation on what the predictably unpredictable president would do after meeting with European leaders, who tried to pressure him in... Read more

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban Passes

Airs at: Wed, 05/31/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
A ballot measure has passed in the Lincoln County May Special Election which bans the aerial spraying of pesticides. It also includes language pre-empting corporate rights in favor of community rights, and is the first such law to be passed directly by voters in the nation.... Read more