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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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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 is... 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 live c... 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 an ... 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 presentat... 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 drilling ... 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 along... Read more

Locus Focus on 12/13/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
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 rainfor... 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 co... Read more

Locus Focus on 12/06/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
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 side ... Read more

What does Last Month's Election Mean for Northwest Climate Policy?

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
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 side to the story. In what has appeared to be an overall hostile politica... Read more