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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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ALBERTA TAR SANDS - A WORSE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER THAN THE BP GULF OIL DISASTER?

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last spring's BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico alerted us to the unforeseen hazards of deep water oil drilling. Since most of the remaining conventional sources of oil are located in politically unstable regions of the world, many political leaders are looking toward t... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/01/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
PRE-ELECTION DAY SPECIAL: CALIFORNIA PROP. 23, DIRTY MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET   The environment is on the ballot in hundreds of electoral contests in all 50 states, in the guise of anti-environmental, anti-science and anti-climate candidates and ballot measures. M... Read more

PRE-ELECTION DAY SPECIAL: CALIFORNIA PROP. 23, DIRTY MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The environment is on the ballot in hundreds of electoral contests in all 50 states, in the guise of anti-environmental, anti-science and anti-climate candidates and ballot measures. More than 750 congressional and state legislative candidates have signed on to support the ... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/25/10

Airs at: Mon, 10/25/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
HIGHWAY TO HELL: CANADIAN TAR SANDS EXTRACTION & THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Now that most of the easy oil on our planet is gone, oil companies are turning to exotic places to extract oil: deep under the ocean as well as from shale and sand formations. In the far north of Alber... Read more

HIGHWAY TO HELL: CANADIAN TAR SANDS EXTRACTION & THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Airs at: Mon, 10/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Now that most of the easy oil on our planet is gone, oil companies are turning to exotic places to extract oil: deep under the ocean as well as from shale and sand formations. In the far north of Alberta, Canada, millions of acres of pristine boreal forest are being strippe... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/11/10

Airs at: Mon, 10/11/2010 at 10:15am - 11:05am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
CATACLYSMS ON THE COLUMBIA: THE FORCES THAT CARVED THE COLUMBIA GORGE Missoula Floods were one of the greatest sets of geological events in North America. Occurring as many as 40 times during the last ice age, the floods were caused by waters released from ancient Lake Mi... Read more

CATACLYSMS ON THE COLUMBIA: THE FORCES THAT CARVED THE COLUMBIA GORGE

Airs at: Mon, 10/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Missoula Floods were one of the greatest sets of geological events in North America. Occurring as many as 40 times during the last ice age, the floods were caused by waters released from ancient Lake Missoula that scoured the Columbia River basin, carved out the Columbia Ri... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/04/10

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SELLWOOD BRIDGE? It's been nearly two years since a neighborhood-backed plan was approved to rebuild the Sellwood Bridge with only two auto lanes, along with bike and pedestrian paths and street car tracks. But in recent months the final decisions ... Read more

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SELLWOOD BRIDGE?

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It's been nearly two years since a neighborhood-backed plan was approved to rebuild the Sellwood Bridge with only two auto lanes, along with bike and pedestrian paths and street car tracks. But in recent months the final decisions on bridge design and funding have hit stumb... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/27/10

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
THE SALMONELLA EGG RECALL: ANIMAL WELFARE AND HUMAN HEALTH This past summer half a billion salmonella-tainted eggs were recalled. It turns out that these eggs were raised at huge factory farms in Iowa, where up to 80,000 hens are crammed into cages in filthy, rodent-infested... Read more