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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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Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale: Big Oil and Bad Air on the Texas Prairie

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Deep in the heart of South Texas, oil and gas wells are sprouting at an unprecedented rate, making the Eagle Ford Shale one of the biggest energy booms in America. But the boom could be a bust for local residents who fear for their health, not from the water in the groun... Read more

THE CONTINUING SAGA OF LOGGING ON O & C LANDS

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Senator Ron Wyden is sponsoring legislation that would double the logging on the so-called O&C lands. It is estimated that approximately 200,000 acres of older forests currently protected by the Northwest Forest Plan would be shifted into logging, including clearcutting,... Read more

Taking An Ethical Stand To Protect A Planet In Peril

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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In the face of environmental degradation and climate change, scientific knowledge alone does not show us the way to take a meaningful stand to protect our planet in peril. Nor do economic incentives or political initiatives. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with en... Read more

Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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If we continue to allow climate change to continue unchecked we are actually making the choice to adapt to a warming world that most of us do not want to fathom. Except for a particular class of entrepreneurs who see the catastrophes of climate change as an exciting mark... Read more

The Smell of Disaster: West Virginia's Latest Toxic Spill

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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In early January, 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, a chemical used to process coal, spilled into the Elk River near Charleston, West Virginia. It turned out that little was known about the health hazards of the substance that contaminated the water supply for at least 300,0... Read more

Tale of Two Pipelines

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Every day the tar sands operations in Northeastern Alberta produce 2 million barrels of oil, and within a few years they are projected to double their production. But for tar sands oil production to remain profitable all this heavy crude oil must make its way to markets ... Read more

THE FUTURE IS NOT ALL DOOMED - A Conversation with Carl Safina

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON APRIL 2, 2012 In this age of climate change, species extinction and exponentially expanding human population, it's hard not to feel like we're doomed. So it's important that we find voices to listen to that offer some glimmers of hope. On this ep... Read more

Trees In Paradise, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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A few species of trees have come to define what was once the nearly treeless landscape of California. Only two of these iconic species are native to California - Coastal Redwoods and Giant Sequoias. The other three - Eucalyptus, Orange and Palms - have, like most of Cali... Read more

THE PIPELINE THAT NO ONE IS NOTICING

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2014 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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While the fate of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is caught in a fury of politics and headlines, last month the U.S. quietly approved another major border-crossing pipeline proposal. Kinder Morgan's Cochin Pipeline has been operating since 1979 between Ft. Saskatc... Read more

SNAKE OIL: How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future with Richard Heinberg

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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REBROADCAST OF PROGRAM ORIGINALLY AIRED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oil production and driven down energy costs. But it's also sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities... Read more

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