Locus Focus

This program originally aired on February 11, 2019

As North America veers away from oil and coal, so-called natural gas is being

promoted as a green bridge fuel to a renewable future. Such is the reasoning

behind massive gas projects being proposed for the Pacific Northw...

More than a decade ago, Oregon began putting laws on the books to limit

global warming pollution, but every time a bill is proposed to cap carbon

emissions while growing a clean economy and job market, it has been blocked

by major polluters' clout. This year, the state legi...

For more than 14 years, southern Oregon communities have been fighting a

proposal to build the 229-mile Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline that

would cross more than 400 rivers and streams on its way across Southern

Oregon to the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal at the P...

On the eve of her swearing in as Portland's first Black woman city council

member, JoAnn Hardesty wrote to her supporters: "On Wednesday, January 2nd at

9 AM, I will be officially sworn into office and take on the great challenge

ahead at City Hall.  While I have no doubt t...

As North America veers away from oil and coal, so-called natural gas is being

promoted as a green bridge fuel to a renewable future. Such is the reasoning

behind massive gas projects being proposed for the Pacific Northwest, such as

the world's largest methanol refinery in ...

As North America veers away from oil and coal, so-called natural gas is being

promoted as a green bridge fuel to a renewable future. Such is the reasoning

behind massive gas projects being proposed for the Pacific Northwest, such as

the world's largest methanol refinery in ...

In 2014, a Chinese-backed company, Northwest Innovation Works, announced

that it planned to build the world's largest methanol refinery in Kalama,

Washington. This methanol would be shipped to China where it would be

processed into olefins to make plastic. Five years later ...

In 2014, a Chinese-backed company, Northwest Innovation Works, announced

that it planned to build the world's largest methanol refinery in Kalama,

Washington. This methanol would be shipped to China where it would be

processed into olefins to make plastic. Five years later ...

It seems as if Americans have never before been involved in a situation where

every day brings a loud new threat to our public order and to our

commonwealth. Our executive branch demands our scrutiny on a daily, even

hourly basis. We watch as America and much of the world g...

It seems as if Americans have never before been involved in a situation where

every day brings a loud new threat to our public order and to our

commonwealth. Our executive branch demands our scrutiny on a daily, even

hourly basis. We watch as America and much of the world g...