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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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HUMANITY ON A TIGHTROPE

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Paul Ehrlich is arguably the most infamous environmentalist of the modern era. His 1968 book The Population Bomb, raised awareness on the connections between exponential human population growth and environmental degradation. It is still iconic to some while a discomfort ... Read more

Locus Focus on 01/03/11

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING THE MARCELLUS SHALE The good news that abundant new natural gas deposits in the United States are driving down the once soaring cost of natural gas has a disturbing underbelly. Hydraulic fracturing, the unconventional method used to extract this gas... Read more

FRACKING THE MARCELLUS SHALE

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The good news that abundant new natural gas deposits in the United States are driving down the once soaring cost of natural gas has a disturbing underbelly. Hydraulic fracturing, the unconventional method used to extract this gas is creating nightmares for people who liv... Read more

Locus Focus on 12/27/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2010 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
HEAVY WEATHER The Cancun Climate Talks still have not produced an international climate treaty. But there are many effective initiatives we can take to reduce global greenhouse emissions that don't require international treaties. On this episode of Locus Focus we hear ... Read more

HEAVY WEATHER

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Cancun Climate Talks still have not produced an international climate treaty. But there are many effective initiatives we can take to reduce global greenhouse emissions that don't require international treaties. On this episode of Locus Focus we hear an encore presen... Read more

Locus Focus on 12/20/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2010 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
THE EAST SIDE BIG PIPE PROJECT For the past several years Portland's Environmental Services has been involved in the largest and most expensive public works project in the city's history: the Big Pipe. Since 2006 Rosie, the enormous tunnel boring machine, has been drilli... Read more

THE EAST SIDE BIG PIPE PROJECT

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For the past several years Portland's Environmental Services has been involved in the largest and most expensive public works project in the city's history: the Big Pipe. Since 2006 Rosie, the enormous tunnel boring machine, has been drilling a tunnel deep underground al... Read more

Locus Focus on 12/13/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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TEMPERATE AND BOREAL RAINFORESTS OF THE WORLD The rallying cry: "Save the rainforests" means to most people tropical rainforests in the Amazon or Borneo. But there is another class of rainforests that is just as unique and important to protect: temperate and boreal rain... Read more

TEMPERATE AND BOREAL RAINFORESTS OF THE WORLD

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The rallying cry: "Save the rainforests" means to most people tropical rainforests in the Amazon or Borneo. But there is another class of rainforests that is just as unique and important to protect: temperate and boreal rainforests. These rainforests, like their tropical... Read more

Locus Focus on 12/06/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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What does Last Month's Election Mean for Northwest Climate Policy? It's conventional wisdom that the new more heavily GOP configuration in Congress spells bad news for climate policy. There's some truth in that, but this week on Locus Focus we look at a more positive sid... Read more