This May 18 is the fortieth anniversary of Mt. St. Helens last major
eruption, which blew 1,300 feet off the top of the mountain and created the
largest landslide in recorded history. Exactly 40 years, one hour and 28
minutes ago from the start of this week's Locus Focus, M...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a brutal reminder of how out of balance our planet
has become. Decades of explosive human population growth and an increasingly
mobile population have put us in close contact, squeezed natural habitats,
and forced wild animals to occupy cities or pe...
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With the world's economy shut down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the
air is cleaner in normally polluted cities around the world. On this episode
of Locus Focus we talk with atmospheric scientist Heather Price about the
lessons we can glean from seeing air pollution...
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While the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, the nuclear and fossil
fuel industries are keeping busy trying to slip through their latest devious
plans. But activists are on to them, even from their socially distanced
locations. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk...
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On April 22, 1970, millions of people around the world mobilized to celebrate
the first Earth Day, helping to kickstart the modern environmental movement.
On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk with Denis Hayes, who coordinated the
first Earth Day – as once again, all arou...
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On April 22, 1970, millions of people around the world mobilized to celebrate
the first Earth Day, helping to kickstart the modern environmental movement.
On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk with Denis Hayes, who coordinated the
first Earth Day – as once again, all arou...
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Now that everyone on the planet is facing the all-consuming threat of the
COVID-19 pandemic, we need to seriously face not only the need to
innovate our medical and social systems, but also how we make policy. If we
can figure out how to swiftly limit the deadly virus’s spr...
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Just two months ago it looked like the Oregon Legislature was poised to pass
a slew of civil rights, environmental and equity bills. But this agenda was
blindsided, first by Republican legislators who once again fled the state to
protest the cap and trade bill. Their move s...
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As the CoronaVirus pandemic transforms our increasingly surreal reality,
there is much confusion, misinformation and abject fear that gets in the way
of seriously tackling this crisis. Of course the Confuser-in-Chief is a
primary culprit in spreading dangerous misconception...
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As we all hunker down in social isolation, in hope of staving off the worst
of the COVID-19 pandemic, how do we maintain our connections to community and
social activism? Since KBOO has shut down all volunteer operations, we are
producing our programming from our homes or o...
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