Environment/Climate

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Try Vegan PDX returns to "That Vegan Show"

Airs at: Fri, 09/26/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Founded in 2007, Try Vegan PDX is a volunteer run 501c(3) based in Portland, Oregon. "Our vision is to build and support an inclusive vegan community while advocating for compassion and non-violence towards all beings. Try Vegan PDX offers education, resources, events, s... Read more

The CEI Hub: A City Council Perspective

Airs at: Mon, 09/29/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Until recently very few Portlanders spoke about, let along fretted over the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub along the North Reach of the Willamette River. But in the last couple years it has become more of a public concern because of the inherent danger of stori... Read more

Hope Dies Last

Airs at: Mon, 10/06/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
"Hope dies last" is a concept popularized by Jessie de la Cruz, a farmworker activist with the United Farm Workers. It refers to the enduring human spirit and capacity for resilience, envisioning creative solutions and persisting even when facing dire circumstances like ... Read more

What Can We Do About The CEI Hub

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For decades the six mile long tank farm along the north reach of the Willamette River, known as the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub (CEI hub), has lurked with its toxic stew of liquid fossil fuels and chemicals, seemingly unnoticed by most Portlanders. Except for its ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 15, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Mole, which includes the following segments: War and Climate Chaos: Laurie Mercier speaks with antiwar and climate activist Janet Weil, who discusses the Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis and Militarism Project. They also disc... Read more

War and Climate Chaos

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks with antiwar and climate activist Janet Weil, who discusses the Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis and Militarism Project. They also discuss why environmental movements have avoided including militarism as an urgent concern for stemming climate catas... Read more

Gaslighting Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program first aired on March 31, 2025 Northwest Natural Gas's Smart Energy program advertises itself as a way for customers to “offset” their natural gas emissions by funding projects that the company says “reduce, or prevent the release of, greenhouse gases.” But ... Read more

Floodplains, Stormwater and Climate Resilience

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Floodplains are our watershed's natural buffer from the impacts of flooding as they absorb and filter water. But when floodplains are developed, we permanently lose those ecosystem benefits. In Oregon, many of our floodplains are developed for industrialized uses, which ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 28, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On Monday's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:  Laurie Mercier interviews Paul Ortiz, professor of labor history at Cornell University and author of An African American and Latinx History of the US. They talk about Latinx activism since the Trump election and how anti-... Read more

The Continuing Struggle to Stop NEXT at Port Westward

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For years the fossil fuel industry has set its sights on Port Westward, just outside Clatskanie, Oregon, where there is a small industrial park along the Columbia Estuary. Port Westward has very little industrial development on what is primarily highly productive agricul... Read more