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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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PACIFIC NORTHWEST: FUTURE FOSSIL FUEL EXPORT HUB OR NOT?

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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As pressure keeps building to turn the Pacific Northwest into a major petrochemical export hub, resistance to these projects grows as well. On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk again with Dan Serres of Columbia Riverkeeper about the current status of proposed oil trai... Read more

ENERGY, CREDIT AND THE END OF GROWTH

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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The prosperous economies and the culture of growth that industrialized nations take for normal, and that most other nations aspire to, rest on cheap energy. But now that we have tapped the easy energy stores, the push for continued growth is taking increasing amounts of ... Read more

WHOSE ARCTIC IS IT?

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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The Arctic is a showcase for the effects of climate change, especially with the alarming decline in the extent of summer sea ice and its amplifying effects on warming. The region is an area of contention as well, as the expansion of open water entices Arctic nations with... Read more

TOMS RIVER

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON JUNE 15, 2015 Chemicals are an integral part of modern life, but sometimes we forget just how dangerous they can be. The story of Toms River, New Jersey, is a poignant reminder of the risks of mixing chemicals and capitalism—a stor... Read more

CAN GEOENGINEERING SOLVE GLOBAL WARMING?

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST MAY 4, 2015 Modified jets spewing sulfuric acid could haze the skies over the Arctic in a few years “for the price of a Hollywood blockbuster,” as physicist David Keith of Harvard University likes to say. That’sgeoengineering, the d... Read more

TOMS RIVER

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Chemicals are an integral part of modern life, but sometimes we forget just how dangerous they can be. The story of Toms River, New Jersey, is a poignant reminder of the risks of mixing chemicals and capitalism—a story journalist Dan Fagin unravels in his Pulitzer-Prize–... Read more

SHELL OIL'S INVASION OF SEATTLE

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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In late 2012 Shell Oil’s Kulluk drilling rig ran aground near Alaska’s Kodiak Island, putting an end, it seemed, to Shell's ambitious plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean. But now Shell plans to return to the precarious Arctic seas this summer for another try at ta... Read more

THE GREAT TRANSITION

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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The age of oil and coal is rapidly coming to an end. Mounting scientific evidence has dispelled all doubt that the byproducts of these fossil fuels are dramatically increasing the rate of climate change and all its devastating consequences. Meanwhile, reserves of these n... Read more

Will the Pacific Northwest be Transformed into a Petrochemical Export Hub?

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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The Pacific Northwest is noted for its magnificent mountains, rivers, coastline and verdant farmland. The region also holds itself up as a model of environmental stewardship and sustainability. Yet at the same time, forces inside and outside of the Northwest are pushing ... Read more

The 1980 Mt. St. Helens Eruption - Then and Now

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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This May 18 marks the 35th anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, that blew the top 1,300 feet off the mountain and triggered the largest recorded landslide in the earth's history. The eruption disrupted the lives of thousands of people and wildlife and tran... Read more

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