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Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Airs at: Tue, 04/22/2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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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 05/28/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
WHY THE O&C TRUST ACT CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES? For the past year Oregon news has been filled with stories of timber-dependent counties on the brink of bankruptcy. Beginning in 1937 these 18 western Oregon counties benefited from federal timber receipts, as they ... Read more

WHY THE O&C TRUST ACT CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES?

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For the past year Oregon news has been filled with stories of timber-dependent counties on the brink of bankruptcy. Beginning in 1937 these 18 western Oregon counties benefited from federal timber receipts, as they overcut old growth forests on western BLM lands—the s... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/21/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
JUST HOW CLEAN ARE ELECTRIC CARS: An Interview with Don Anair, Union of Concerned Scientists Everybody knows an electric car doesn’t use gasoline, but since it gets its power from the electric grid, the question remains: How clean is an electric car? A new report from th... Read more

JUST HOW CLEAN ARE ELECTRIC CARS: An Interview with Don Anair, Union of Concerned Scientists

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Everybody knows an electric car doesn’t use gasoline, but since it gets its power from the electric grid, the question remains: How clean is an electric car? A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, “State of Charge: Electric Vehicles’ Global Warming Emissi... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/14/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
FOOD FIGHT: What You Need to Know about the Food and Farm Bill with Dan Imhoff Why should you care about the Farm Bill if you're not a farmer or live in a farm state? The short answer is: because you eat and the Farm Bill is really about how our food is grown, what kinds... Read more

FOOD FIGHT: What You Need to Know about the Food and Farm Bill with Dan Imhoff

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Why should you care about the Farm Bill if you're not a farmer or live in a farm state? The short answer is: because you eat and the Farm Bill is really about how our food is grown, what kinds of food gets grown and who gets to eat it. Every five years, Congress revis... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/07/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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GARBOLOGY: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash - An Interview with author Edward Humes What is America's largest export, most prodigious product and greatest legacy? It's our trash. Each of us in on track to toss 102 tons of garbage in the course of our lifetime. Our dispos... Read more

GARBOLOGY: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash - An Interview with author Edward Humes

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
What is America's largest export, most prodigious product and greatest legacy? It's our trash. Each of us in on track to toss 102 tons of garbage in the course of our lifetime. Our disposable plastic alone outweighs the entire U.S;. Navy. But we don't like to think ab... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/23/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
PROTECTING OLD-GROWTH FORESTS: Keys to Prepare for Climate Change This past winter the Forest Service released its long anticipated final planning rule for the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The plan validates what many scientists have been sayin... Read more

PROTECTING OLD-GROWTH FORESTS: Keys to Prepare for Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This past winter the Forest Service released its long anticipated final planning rule for the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The plan validates what many scientists have been saying for years: mature and old-growth forests play a critical ro... Read more