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PDX-Earth Episode 100
Today's show discusses how Donald Trump's decision to de-fund scientific research has opened the door for China, why FEMA will no longer make door-to-door canvasses in disaster areas - and how that hurts disadvantaged communities, President Trump's absurd call to re-open Alcatraz prison,…

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April 30, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 99
PDX-Earth Episode 99 Today's show discusses Donald Trump's decision to dismiss the 400 scientists working on the congressionally mandated 6th National Climate Assessment, the Environmental Protection Agency's cancellation of 800 grants - most of which address environmental justice, the suddenly uncertain future of…

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April 25, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 98
Today's show discusses the environmental legacy of Pope Francis, the legal showdown looming between the Trump Administration and environmental groups, the indigenous Peruvian campaigner who saved the world's most polluted river, the rebound of Oregon grey wolves, an interview with Senator Jeff Merkley…

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April 10, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 97
Today's show discusses the Trump Administration's decision to open half of U.S. Forest Service land to logging, Canada opts to drop its revolutionary carbon tax, the National Park Service's decision to whitewash - then un-whitewash - its Underground Railroad information, the National Weather…

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April 2, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 96
PDX-Earth Episode 96 Today's show discusses why former Vice-President El Gore relocated his climate change work to Paris - but believes the Trump Administration can't stop the "sustainability revolution," why the scientist who discovered acid rain believes the U.S. could see a return…

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March 28, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 95
PDX-Earth Episode 95 Today's show discusses how 3.7 million Californians now live in dangerous fire zones, why the NIH won't fund the health effect of climate change, the National Weather Service's decision to ground some of its weather balloons, the Oregon report that…

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March 24, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 94
Today's show discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to eliminate its scientific research branch, electric vehicles from China that are making big promises, the impact of bird flu on wild birds, how Oregon achieved a major electric vehicle milestone, an Oregon bill that…

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March 17, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 93
Today's show discusses the Supreme Court's ruling against Republican red states over climate lawsuits, the North Sea tanker collision that is leaking jet fuel and toxic chemicals, the U.S. Interior's attempt to reduce protections for migratory birds, Portland General Electric's controversial plan to…

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March 17, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 92
Today's show discussed how Donald Trump's job cuts at the National Weather Service and other federal agencies have endangered the public's safety - as a federal judge believes, the Supreme Court's EPA water quality ruling, how El Paso converted waste water to drinking…

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February 26, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 90
Today's show discusses President Trump's relentless attacks on the environment - including shelving a key climate change report, banning paper straws in favor of plastic, and barring Associated Press reporters from the White House for refusing to recognize the "Gulf of America in…

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