Locus Focus

A lot has changed in the world of data center opposition since we first

started covering the issue on Locus Focus a year and a half ago. Rather than

feeling like they were trying to stop a speeding train from running down

their communities, data center opponents now have...

A lot has changed in the world of data center opposition since we first

started covering the issue on Locus Focus a year and a half ago. Rather than

feeling like they were trying to stop a speeding train from running down

their communities, data center opponents now have...

What does birding have to do with making social change? Actually it can be

quite a lot. In her memoir Birding to Change the World, Trish O’Kane

describes how she fell in love with birds as an antidote to the posttraumatic

stress she suffered after losing her home to Hurr...

Over the past century, what was once a rich riparian zone along the North

Reach of the Willamette River, has turned into a toxic and deadly zone of

tanks filled with liquid fuels and chemicals. For years residents in North

Portland and the Linnton neighborhood in Northwe...

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, Amazon a...

This program aired originally on June 22, 2026

 

The Human Access Project (HAP) was founded in 2010 on the simple belief

that Portlanders should be able to swim in their river. Since then the

organization has worked on a variety of fronts to transform the Willamette ...

This program aired originally on May 25, 2026

A high tech noxious weed is spreading across Oregon, sucking up electricity

and water and giving little back in return, as the landscapes of Washington

County and parts of Eastern Oregon have been transformed into mazes of ...

This program aired originally on May 4, 2026

The Willamette River begins its course as two forks merge south of Eugene, to

form the major river in NW Oregon. From its pristine origins the Willamette

flows as a recognizable river through small cities, forests and farmla...

On July 29th, Zenith Energy sued the City of Portland because it believes the

city has not moved quickly enough to approve its franchise transfer to a

private equity firm that wants to make Portland the west coast hub for

so-called renewable fuels. This appears to be a p...