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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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Chasing Chimeras

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  This program aired originally on January 27, 2025 As we confront the existential crisis of climate chaos there are two paths we can take. We can make dramatic changes that meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Or we can accept the fossil fuel industry’s self-serving cl... Read more

Building the World We Believe In

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  This program aired originally on June 2, 2025 In these disturbing times as we watch democracy crumble and wonder whom the oligarchs will go after next, how do we ground ourselves in the work we need to keep doing? First they come for the immigrants, then international ... Read more

Arctic Passages

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  This program aired originally on May 12, 2025 While many of us are worrying about how the melting polar ice caps are a warning of climate catastrophes ahead, for others melting ice is turning historical dreams of a navigable Arctic into reality and reshaping rivalries ... Read more

Hydrogen Hype

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  This program aired originally on October 7, 2024 Unpredictable and destructive weather events dramatically illustrate how climate chaos is impacting us right now. Yet while there are real solutions that will enable us to stop emitting greenhouse gases, the fossil fuel ... Read more

Nukes for Needless Energy

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  This program aired originally on December 23, 2024 As we transition to a truly renewable world two of the things we need less of are more and larger server farms and nuclear power reactors to feed them electricity. Yet that is the plan being hatched by Microsoft, Amazo... Read more

As Portland Re-envisions Itself

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Portland now has a new form of government and a revamped city council that in many respects represents the new vision that created this change in our city government. But many tensions remain between some of the city council visionaries and an established way of thinking... Read more

Thermal Energy Networks

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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In a growing number of communities across the United States, gas utilities, supported by state legislatures, labor unions, environmental groups and other stakeholders, are exploring Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) to decarbonize buildings and create clean energy jobs. TEN... Read more

Lessons from Nature's Water Management

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Nature has ingenious methods of managing and delivering water in all its phases: precipitation, evaporation, absorption by plants, wetlands, rivers and lakes, and infiltration that recharges groundwater and aquifers. Yet in most urban environments, stormwater is seen as ... Read more

Cow Poop Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  This program aired originally on April 7, 2025 Concentrated Animal Feed Operations have been around for a few decades. Basically concentration camps for cattle, pigs and chickens, these factory farms not only torture animals but also are major polluters and a principal... Read more

The Great White Bear

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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The first evidence of Climate Chaos was felt mainly at the poles, as polar sea ice began to melt. Polar bears served as the first charismatic symbol of climate change but since media attention shifted from melting sea ice to wildfires, floods, heatwaves, and other impact... Read more