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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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LNG, Methanol, the Northwest, the World

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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In recent weeks there have been interesting developments with two fracked gas projects in the Northwest. In December the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) rejected the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) that Northwest Innovation Works (N... Read more

The Long and Twisted Tale of Jordan Cove

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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For several years we have been following the long and twisted tale of the Jordan Cove LNG export facility proposed for Coos Bay and its companion Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, which would snake across much of Southern Oregon, carrying fracked gas to Jordan Cove. In the... Read more

We went to jail for our great-granddaughters

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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For over fifteen years people across Southern Oregon have been living with the specter of the Jordan Cove LNG export facility and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline haunting their lives. Tens of thousands of people have raised their voices in opposition to this project which... Read more

Food Town USA

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Organizing around food can address the intersection of many critical social justice issues and transform communities. In his new book, Food Town USA: Seven Unlikely Cities That are Changing the Way We Eat, food writer Mark Winne invites readers on a tour of America’s mos... Read more

2020: Where will the fossil fuel fight take us in the coming year?

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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This past year was a rollercoaster ride for communities across the Northwest fighting major fracked gas infrastructure projects. On the one hand, scientifically-baseless environment impact statements were submitted for Kalama Methanol and approved for Tacoma LNG. On the ... Read more

A New Coast

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Communities and countries around the world are now declaring that we are in a climate emergency. Most of these declarations focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the more comprehensive resolutions also call for a just transition, meaning that frontline communiti... Read more

The Never Ending Saga of Tacoma LNG

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Nearly four years ago, as they were defeating the world's largest methanol refinery proposed for their port, activists in Tacoma found out that a large Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) distribution hub and storage facility was also being planned at the Port. Once they defeated t... Read more

The Work that Garnered Portland PSR Leaders an Award

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Kelly Campbell and Regna Merritt with Portland Physicians for Social Responsibility recently received the “Visionary Leaders” award from the national Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) organization. The Visionary Leaders Award recognizes individuals and organizat... Read more

The World's Largest Methanol Refinery Hits a Roadblock

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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For five years the small Washington state community of Kalama has been grappling with spectre of having the world's largest methanol refinery sited at their port. Northwest Innovation Works, a Chinese-backed company, has been trying with little luck to attain the necessa... Read more

For the Birds - with Bob Sallinger

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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In October the Audubon Society released a report stating that “Two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change, but keeping global temperatures down will help up to 76 percent of them." This follows a previous month's report that North Am... Read more