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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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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

THE SALMONELLA EGG RECALL: ANIMAL WELFARE AND HUMAN HEALTH

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
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 300,000 hens are crammed into cages in filthy, rodent-infested sheds. The salmonella scare has made many people think t... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/20/10

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
SUMMER OF 2010: FLOODS, FIRES AND MUDSLIDES The summer of 2010 brought us some very dramatic weather extremes, from the monsoon flooding in Pakistan, and devastating mud slides in China, to the most intense heat wave and worst rash of forest fires that Russia has ever seen.... Read more

FLOODS, FIRES AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The summer of 2010 brought us some very dramatic weather extremes, from the monsoon flooding in Pakistan, and devastating mud slides in China, to the most intense heat wave and worst rash of forest fires that Russia has ever seen. Are these catastrophic events a sign that t... Read more