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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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An American in Japan: Current conditions in Fukushima

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
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Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Steven Thompson, an American living in Japan, who is working on issues related to the radiation coming from the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant. Thompson recently visited the area surrounding Fukushima. He will talk about current conditions... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/22/11

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 10:45am - 11:00am
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Locus Focus is on break. We'll hear If You Love This Planet with Dr. Helen Caldicott. Dr Caldicott talks to Registered Geologist, Bob Gilkeson, about Los Alamos National Laboritory. The site is vulnerable to seismic activity, causing concerns about a new nuclear facility ... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/15/11

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Guest host Stephanie Potter interviews Barbara Ford, Marilee Dea, and Pat Sanders who are going as part of a contingent of "Gray Haired Ladies" to Washington DC to protest  the Keystone XL Pipeline,  a proposed 1,700 mile pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada ... Read more

"Gray Haired Ladies" to face arrest at White House as part of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline action

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Guest host Stephanie Potter interviews Barbara Ford and Marilee Dea who are going as part of a contingent of "Gray Haired Ladies" to Washington DC to protest  the Keystone XL Pipeline,  a proposed 1,700 mile pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to refineries ... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/08/11

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Guest Host Marianne Barisonek talks with Dr. Thosmas Fasy, associate professor of pathology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine about how DU weapons have contributed to soaring rates of childhood lukemia and cancer in Iraq. Read more

Locus Focus on 08/01/11

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
E-205 with Portland Commissioner Nick Fish Portland is touted for its great parks system, but if you live on the far east side of the city, east of I-205 you wouldn't know it. But hopefully that is about to change. Over the years, Portland Parks & Recreation has acquired a ... Read more

E-205 with Portland Commissioner Nick Fish

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland is touted for its great parks system, but if you live on the far east side of the city, east of I-205 you wouldn't know it. But hopefully that is about to change. Over the years, Portland Parks & Recreation has acquired a number of great properties for future pa... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/25/11

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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SOLWEST FAIR - Renewable Energy Action in Eastern Oregon Portland might consider itself the hub of the sustainable movement but every summer in Grant County, Oregon, a major event takes place to rival anything in our urban center. On this episode of Locus Focus we'll learn a... Read more

SOLWEST FAIR - Renewable Energy Action in Eastern Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland might consider itself the hub of the sustainable movement but every summer in Grant County, Oregon, a major event takes place to rival anything in our urban center. On this episode of Locus Focus we'll learn about the SolWest Fair that takes place every summer ... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/18/11

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A CATASTROPHIC CONVERGENCE: The Oil Spill in the Yellowstone River & the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline On July 1 an ExxonMobil oil pipeline running under the Yellowstone River near Billings, MT ruptured, dumping massive amounts of oil into the river. Critics of the proposed... Read more