Locus Focus

For the past few decades Portland has been internationally touted as a green

city. In many ways it has deserved this reputation but there are still many

ways in which the city needs to improve. In 2016 the city council approved a

ban on any new or expanded fossil fuel infra...

This week marks the 12th anniversary of the 2011 Sendai earthquake and

tsunami. The tsunami caused the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. There

were meltdowns of three of the Fukushima reactors, discharge of radioactive

water in Fukushima and associated evacuation zone...

On February 27 a large coalition of nonprofit organizations, scientists, and

advocates sent a letter to President Biden requesting an executive order

prohibiting beaver from being trapped on federally managed public lands.

According to Adam Bronstein with Western Watershed ...

Recently the city of Eugene passed an ordinance to phase out gas appliances

in new homes and buildings. This action follows similar ordinaces in cities

around the country. But the fracked gas industry is not taking these moves

lying down. Last November, NW Natural hired Dr....

When you drive along Highway 30 through the industrial area of NW Portland,

you witness an amazing contradiction. On the west side of the highway is

Forest Park, Portland's premiere urban wilderness area. But on the east of

the highway you see potential doom. That six mile ...

As the climate crisis continues to intensify, accelerating the threats to

communities across the planet, it is critical now more than ever to find

solutions that come from impacted communities and not the fossil fuel

industry.

 

On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk with ...

After 30 years of amazing service Bob Sallinger is retiring from Portland

Audubon. Bob's record as an advocate, activist, naturalist, wildlife

researcher, and wildlife rehabber, and his deep ties to the community, have

led to many of the most exciting conservation wins in P...

When the I5 freeway rammed its way through North and Northeast Portland in

the 1960s it devastated once thriving historically black neighborhoods,

demolishing over 300 homes, destroying locally owned businesses and

displacing hundreds of people. For most of the last century...

This program aired originally on 7/11/2022

Portland and other Oregon municipalities are required to inventory their

employment land periodically as part of the comprehensive planning process. 

For decades the city has decided during each inventory process that it needs

...

For the last few years, we seem to look back at the past year and say, next

year has to be better. But it never is. Or maybe we are focusing too much on

the negative – and there certainly is a lot of that to consider – rather

than appreciating some of the significant victor...