Locus Focus

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Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Hosted by:

Barbara Bernstein

Produced by:

KBOO

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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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Topic tags:

Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate

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THE DEATH & LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreadin... Read more

Growing a Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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What if there was a relatively simple, cost-effective way to help feed the world, reduce pollution, pull carbon from the atmosphere, protect biodiversity, and make farmers money to boot? According to geologist David R. Montgomery the answer is right beneath our feet. In his... Read more

SACRIFICE ZONES

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

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As the fossil fuel industry turns up its pressure to turn the Pacific Northwest into a fossil fuel export hub, a Thin Green Line stands in its way. On this special one-hour edition of Locus Focus, we premiere Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein's latest radio documentary, SA... Read more

MOSIER ONE YEAR LATER

Airs at: Fri, 06/02/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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On June 3, 2016, the small town of Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge, near Hood River, made regional and national news of the most unfortunate kind. Firefighters battled for 14 hours to contain a dangerous oil fire from a derailed 96-car Union Pacific train carrying highly... Read more

REFINERY TOWN

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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This program was originally broadcast on March 20. 2017 In 2012 a massive fire ripped through the Chevron Richmond Refinery, sending a towering plume of toxic smoke into the air over Richmond, California. For over a hundred years, Richmond was a classic company town, whose... Read more

CAFOS IN OREGON

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Oregon is already home to one of the nation’s largest industrial-scale dairy operations. Located near Boardman, Threemile Canyon Farms houses 70,000 cows and is a major source of ammonia and other pollution emissions. On March 31, despite unprecedented public opposition, th... Read more

NO ONE EATS ALONE

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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In today's fast-paced, fast-food world we all seem to be eating alone, all the time - whether it's at our desks or in the car. And as much as we feel cut off from our friends and families, we certainly feel even more disconnected from all the other people in our vast foodsc... Read more

A GREAT ARIDNESS

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brin... Read more

THE DEATH & LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreadin... Read more

Urban Biodiversity Is Not An Oxymoron!

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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One of the biggest challenges to protecting, restoring and managing significant urban natural areas and critical fish and wildlife habitat is the notion that cities are bereft of significant wildlife or the habitats that support them----that urban biodiversity is an oxymoro... Read more

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