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May 28, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 103
Today's show discusses how the Chicago skyscraper that once killed 1,000 birds in a day has since reduced that number by 95 percent, fears of a West African locust invasion, President Trump's overhaul of federal scientific research, a lawsuit by 16 states and…

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May 22, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 102
PDX-Earth Episode 102 Today's show discusses how the depleted National Weather Service leaves the U.S. vulnerable to tornados and extreme weather, advocacy groups asking a federal court to restore climate and environmental justice webpages removed by the EPA, the Trump Administration's stop- and…

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May 15, 2025
PDX-Earth Episode 101
Today's show discusses the Republican Congressman who stocked up on mining, oil and gas stocks - then rammed an industry-friendly bill through his committee, the lawsuit that compelled the U.S. Department of Agriculture to restore climate change pages to its websites, FEMA's decision…

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May 7, 2025
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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