The Human Beat

Join Human Beat host Roger Rocka for a discussion on local solutions to the issue of homelessness on the coast.

Join Host Roger Rocka for The Human Beat. Show Synopsis: “Welcome to the Human Beat. I’m Roger Rocka. Oregon Forest laws were the topic when representatives from Oregon Wild spoke recently at the Fort George Lovell Room. Chandra LeGue and Jason Gonzales argued that Strong Forest Laws Are Good For Business and jobs, even as...

Host Roger Rocka takes us to Clatsop Community College for a talk on forestry and climate change by Dr. John Talberth, director of the center for sustainable economy, world resources institute. His appearance was sponsored by the college and the Columbia River Estuary Action Team. 

Join host Roger Rocka as he talks with Dan Serres, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper, about plans to build a methanol plant at the Port of Kalama, a project that would use fracked natural gas.

On The Human Beat, host Roger Rocka talks with Marc Ward of Seaside, the founder in 2002 of Sea Turtles Forever (seaturtlesforever.org). They talk about the islands of plastic garbage in the ocean, the harm it does, the effect on our own beaches, and what we can do about it.