Locus Focus

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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 08/30/10

Airs at: Mon, 08/30/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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GARDEN OF WONDERS As students return to school this fall in Portland, many of them will also be returning to harvest vegetables from gardens they planted last spring. School gardens are becoming a feature of a growing number of schools in the Portland area. . . and around t... Read more

GARDEN OF WONDERS

Airs at: Mon, 08/30/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
As students return to school this fall in Portland, many of them will also be returning to harvest vegetables from gardens they planted last spring. School gardens are becoming a feature of a growing number of schools in the Portland area. . . and around the country. In... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/16/10

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE BP OIL DISASTER: APPROACHING THE AFTERMATH   Now that oil has more or less stopped hemorrhaging from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the mainstream media is reporting on a government study that claims that 75% of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico is gone. Only, ... Read more

THE BP OIL DISASTER: APPROACHING THE AFTERMATH

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Now that oil has more or less stopped hemorrhaging from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the mainstream media is reporting on a government study that claims that 75% of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico is gone. Only, that's not what the report actually said, and... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/09/10

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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RESTORING SALMON HABITAT ON CRYSTAL SPRINGS   Protecting endangered salmon runs in Oregon has been an ongoing challenge. It turns out that one of the simplest ways of enhancing salmon habitat in the city is to remove culverts that carry streams under roads, but block fish f... Read more

Crystal Springs: Stream of Consciousness

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Protecting endangered salmon runs in Oregon has been an ongoing challenge. It turns out that one of the simplest ways of enhancing salmon habitat in the city is to remove culverts that carry streams under roads, but block fish from swimming upstream to reach spawning and... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/02/10

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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NATURAL GAS HYDRO-FRACKING: AN IMPENDING ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER   Not too long ago North America's natural gas reserves were peaking out and the cost of natural gas began to skyrocket along with petroleum. Then all of a sudden, it seemed, we are being told that we have an al... Read more

NATURAL GAS HYDRO-FRACTURING: AN IMPENDING ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Not too long ago North America's natural gas reserves were peaking out and the cost of natural gas began to skyrocket along with petroleum. Then all of a sudden, it seemed, we are being told that we have an almost endless supply of natural gas lying under much of the con... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/26/10

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2010 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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PLUTONIUM WASTE AT THE HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION REVISITED   Restarting America's nuclear power industry is frequently suggested as a means of curbing greenhouse gas emissions. But advocates of this back to the future scenario should study Robert Alvarez's recent report sh... Read more

PLUTONIUM WASTE AT THE HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION REVISITED

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Restarting America's nuclear power industry is frequently suggested as a means of curbing greenhouse gas emissions. But advocates of this back to the future scenario should study Robert Alvarez's recent report showing that the amount of plutonium buried at the Hanford Nu... Read more