Locus Focus

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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 02/25/13

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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 ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth, Part 3 - The Bad Idea of Fracking, with Sandra Steingraber In his State of the Union address this month, President Obama pleased many environmental activists when he pledged to seriously address the issue of cl... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/18/13

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent We continue this month with our series on energy. This week's program is a repeat of a Locus Focus originally aired on November 3, 2009 In these end days of peak oil, the Canadian province of Alberta is on a mission to rep... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/11/13

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth, Part 2 - Energy Literacy with Tom Butler During the month of February, Locus Focus presents a series of programs inspired by a new book from the Foundation for Deep Ecology and the Post-Carbon Institute: ENERGY:... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/04/13

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth During the month of February, Locus Focus presents a series of programs inspired by a new book from the Foundation for Deep Ecology and the Post-Carbon Institute: ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless... Read more

Locus Focus on 01/28/13

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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STOPPING THE COAL TRAINS Thanks to tighter emissions regulations that are shuttering aging coal-fired plants and the growth of renewable energy installations, the coal industry in the United States is finding itself on the ropes. In 2011, U.S.. carbon dioxide emissions a... Read more

Locus Focus on 01/21/13

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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BP'S CHRONIC CRIME'S AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT   When the Obama administration temporarily banned BP from federal contracts last November, it pointed to BP's "lack of business integrity" and conduct relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill. But BP has a lon... Read more

Locus Focus on 01/14/13

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE INCREASING PRESENCE OF NANOPARTICLES IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY On the surface, nanoparticles seem to offer many potential benefits. By adding them to foods and food packaging, they can help deliver nutrients, act as thickening agents, enhance taste or flavor or ensure longer ... Read more

Locus Focus on 01/07/13

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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HURRICANE SANDY,  SEA LEVEL RISE AND THE WORLD WE NOW LIVE IN The storm surge generated by Hurricane Sandy, flooding significant areas across Greater New York and New Jersey, demonstrated that the specter of climate change and the disasters it will wreak are now upon us. A... Read more

HURRICANE SANDY, SEA LEVEL RISE AND THE WORLD WE NOW LIVE IN

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2013 at 12:00am
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The storm surge generated by Hurricane Sandy, flooding significant areas across Greater New York and New Jersey, demonstrated that the specter of climate change and the disasters it will wreak are now upon us. As the Northeast engages in a slow recovery from the storm's ... Read more

Locus Focus on 12/31/12

Airs at: Mon, 12/31/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Testing the Water After Hurricane Sandy When Hurricane Sandy innundated parts of New York City and the Jersey Coast this fall, damage from high water was not the only concern. There was the question of what was in that water. To find out, aquatic ecologist Andrew Juhl vo... Read more