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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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A Field Philosopher's Guide to Fracking

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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When philosophy professor Adam Briggle moved to Denton, Texas, he had never heard of fracking. Five years later he would successfully lead a citizens' initiative to ban hydraulic fracturing in Denton—the first Texas town to challenge the oil and gas industry. On this epi... Read more

Nestlé vs. the Gorge

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Nestlé has proposed to build a controversial bottled water facility in Cascade Locks in the heart of the Columbia Gorge. But many residents of Hood River County believe that this project would set a dangerous precedent that would allow Hood River County's water to be pac... Read more

Slick Water

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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When Jessica Ernst’s well water turned into a flammable broth, the biologist and long-time oil patch consultant discovered that energy giant Encana had secretly fracked hundreds of gas wells around her home in Rosebud, Alberta, piercing her community’s drinking water aqu... Read more

PACIFIC NORTHWEST: FUTURE FOSSIL FUEL EXPORT HUB OR NOT?

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON JULY 20, 2015   This week the Portland City Council continues its deliberations on developing a strong policy to stop new fossil fuel transport infrastructure in Portland. We are rebroadcasting this episode of LOCUS FOCUS, that orig... Read more

SHELL OIL LEAVES THE ARCTIC

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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For 40 hours last August, kayakitivists and Greenpeace climbers delayed the Royal Dutch Shell Oil icebreaker MSV Fennica from leaving the Portland shipyard where it was being repaired to head back to Shell's oil drilling operation in the Arctic.  A few weeks later Shell ... Read more

CAN A LITTLE BIRD DEFEAT BIG OIL?

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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For months the federal government anxiously debated whether to invoke the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to protect the greater sage grouse. In late September, despite intense pressure from environmentalists, the Interior Department caved in to fossil fuel interests and an... Read more

Are GMOs Safe - A Science Debate

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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There appears to be a growing consensus among scientists that GMO food is safe to eat and that GMO opponents are "anti-science." GMO advocates lump GMO opponents with climate deniers and people who refuse to vaccinate their children. But does the science behind GMO safet... Read more

Using RICO to Get Big Oil

Airs at: Mon, 10/12/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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An investigation by InsideClimate News has revealed that Exxon conducted research as far back as 1981, confirming that fossil fuels were playing a major role in causing climate change. But instead of using this research to alert the public about these concerns, the compa... Read more

WHERE THE DEAD PAUSE AND THE JAPANESE SAY GOODBYE

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON FEBRUARY 16, 2015 Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s family owns a Buddhist temple 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In March 2011, after the earthquake and tsunami, radiation levels prohibited the burial of her Japanes... Read more

The Koch Brothers and the Pacific Northwest

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST MARCH 9, 2015 Billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, two of the richest people in the world, bankroll a network of organizations whose agenda is to gain indisputable control of the nation's political process. Their money support... Read more