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Will Oregon Become a Hub for So-called Renewable Fuel?

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
At a critical bend in the Columbia River Estuary, a company called NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc., is seeking to build a new, massive renewable diesel refinery. The proposed refinery at Port Westward would be one of the largest producers of renewable diesel on the West Coast. M... Read more

Portland Palestinians and Jews Share Grief and Demand Ceasefire in Gaza

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Portland Jews and Palestinians whose families in Israel and Gaza have been and continue to be impacted by the current escalation gathered for a press conference October 30th, 2023 at the Portland office of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. This follows last week's release of a j... Read more

The Brave New World of Renewable Diesel

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
There is no question that we need to cut our carbon emissions substantially and quickly in order to prevent our planet from becoming uninhabitable. While the move to electrify transportation is an obvious step toward decarbonization, the fossil fuel industry has other ideas... Read more

#FreeDULF

Airs at: Wed, 11/01/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: #FreeDULF. On October 25, police in Vancouver, British Columbia, raided the office of the Drug User Liberation Front. Plus, the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs held an intersessional meeting to discuss progress in international drug control.... Read more

The Imaginary Possible starts this Thursday at 9am

Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
From chatbots to applicant tracking systems and facial recognition, AI is transforming our world or the better and for the worse. Each week on the Imaginary Possible Podcast, I talk to experts in AI, as well ordinary people who are asking big questions about our future — w... Read more

Well-Read Red: Violence in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg looks at the story behind the story of the devastating violence unfolding in the Middle East. Some analysts argue the conflict is fueled by the neo-colonial strategy of suppressing progressive voices in favor of extremist regimes that the US (or its pro... Read more

Assaults on Public Education, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks to Jennifer Berkshire, a teacher of journalism, her specialty education and the right’s continuing attack on public education, to replace it with private voucher schools teaching the right’s ideas on patriotism, sexual morality, and the obligations of ... Read more

The Latest Campaign to Stop Zenith Energy

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last spring Zenith Energy, the Houston-based fossil fuel company who has been operating a massive oil-by-rail operation in Portland Harbor, met secretly with staff from city commissioner Dan Ryan's and Carmen Rubio's offices, to hammer out a backroom deal that granted the c... Read more

Righting Wrongs Worldwide - #Reform2023 Highlights Part Two

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Righting Wrongs Worldwide - #Reform2023 Highlights Part Two. The Drug Policy Alliance held its 2023 biennial international Reform conference over the weekend of Oct. 19-21. Over a thousand activists, advocates, organizers, researchers, and oth... Read more

Voices For The Animals: Run To Death-Why Horse Racing Needs To End

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  Horse racing has historically been known as the Sport of Kings. But in the modern day, horse racing is demonstrably rampant with corruption abusive drugging of horses, catastrophic injuries, and dangerous breeding practices. The Jockey Club’s own Equine Injury database r... Read more