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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
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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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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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Portland's Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Ban Hits an Obstacle

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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On July 19, 2017 the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) ruled that Portland’s Fossil Fuel Terminal Zoning Amendments, passed unanimously in December of 2016, is inconsistent with the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Portland’s fossil fuel policy intended to... Read more

Six Months of Trump

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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It's been nearly six months since Trump became president and over seven months since George Polisner, an Oracle senior executive, publicly resigned from the company after his boss joined Trump's transition team, pledging her support to the president-elect. Since then Geo... Read more

NORTHWEST TARGETS

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Please note: Locus Focus now starts at 10 am. For the past decade numerous communities across the Northwest have defended a thin green line, stopping or delaying fossil fuel projects that would dramatically alter the fabric of this region. But the fight is far from over. ... Read more

MOSIER OIL TRAIN DERAILMENT ANNIVERSARY

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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On June 3 of last year, an oil train derailed in the Columbia River Gorge in the little town of Mosier. Several cars caught fire and burned for 14 hours. If the normal Gorge winds had been blowing that day, Mosier would been destroyed, like Lac-Megantic. On the first an... Read more

The Latest Crisis at Hanford

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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On May 9 of this year, an extremely radioactive tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state partially collapsed. The tunnel is part of the PUREX facility (Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant), which was used to manufacture plutonium for nuclear weapons. ... Read more

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 sprea... 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 ... 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,... 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 hig... 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, who... Read more