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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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Locus Focus on 07/29/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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WILDFIRES, EXTREME DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE Fire season is now upon us and across much of the western United States wild fires are burning out of control. Why are droughts becoming more extreme and how do they contribute to the severity of wild fires? On this episode of ... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/22/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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COAL AWAY!The battle over coal trains carrying Powder River coal across the Pacific Northwest has been heating up in recent months. Plans have been withdrawn for three of the six terminals proposed in Washington and Oregon, where the coal would be transferred from trains... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/15/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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EATING FROM YOUR GARDEN YEAR ROUND - With Living CityThough summer is just starting, it's already time to be thinking about what you'll be eating next winter. On this episode of Locus Focus, Sarah Canterberry and Rachel Freifelder with Living City join us to talk about w... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/08/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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IS SUSTAINABILITY STILL POSSIBLE?Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets. But with so much labeled as sustainable, the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicatin... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/01/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE FUTURE OF FEDERAL LANDS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: CARBON, WATER, WILDLIFE with Dominick Della SalaA few weeks ago we ran a Locus Focus episode called "Cows Save the Planet," in which the guest promoted a theory that soil health can be drastically improved through rot... Read more

Locus Focus on 06/24/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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The Heavy Haul: Fighting GoliathTHIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MARCH 21, 2011While we worry about melting nuclear reactor cores and fuel rods in Japan, another environmental crisis is brewing closer to home. On this episode of Locus Focus we find out why the Al... Read more

Locus Focus on 06/17/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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FRANKENFISH ON YOUR PLATE - The Imminent Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon The biotechnology industry says it has genetically engineered a fish that grows at twice the normal rate, so it can get to market sooner and make more money, faster. If approved, GE salmon... Read more

Locus Focus on 06/10/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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COWS SAVE THE PLANET: Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth Could it be that the answers to some of our most challenging global problems involve neither advanced technologies nor the lion’s share of our national treasuries, but the humble layer of soil beneath our feet? The pro... Read more

Locus Focus on 06/03/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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GMO WHEAT GOES ROGUE IN OREGON - Another Interview with Food Activist Clinton LindsayThis month several GMO wheat plants were discovered in a wheat field in Eastern Oregon. Farming GMO wheat has never been approved in the United States, but this rogue wheat that a farmer... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/27/13

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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WOLVES IN THE LAND OF SALMON - an interview with wildlife tracker David MoskowitzWolves are making a comeback all across the western U.S. For a species that had been all but eradicated, wolves have shown an amazing amount of resilience in the last decade. Even more remar... Read more