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For the past decade numerous communities across the Northwest have defended a

thin green line, stopping or delaying fossil fuel projects that would

dramatically alter the fabric of this region. But the fight is far from over.

O...

On June 3 of last year, an oil train derailed in the Columbia River Gorge in

the little town of Mosier. Several cars caught fire and burned for 14 hours.

If the normal Gorge winds had been blowing that day, Mosier would been

destroyed, like Lac-Megantic.

On the first anniv...

On May 9 of this year, an extremely radioactive tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear

Reservation in Washington state partially collapsed. The tunnel is part of

the PUREX facility (Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant), which was used to

manufacture plutonium for nuclear weapons. The...

The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20

percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide

sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they

are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreadin...

What if there was a relatively simple, cost-effective way to help feed the

world, reduce pollution, pull carbon from the atmosphere, protect

biodiversity, and make farmers money to boot? According to geologist David R.

Montgomery the answer is right beneath our feet. In his...

As the fossil fuel industry turns up its pressure to turn the Pacific

Northwest into a fossil fuel export hub, a Thin Green Line stands in its way.

On this special one-hour edition of Locus Focus, we premiere Locus Focus host

Barbara Bernstein's latest radio documentary, SA...

On June 3, 2016, the small town of Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge, near

Hood River, made regional and national news of the most unfortunate kind.

Firefighters battled for 14 hours to contain a dangerous oil fire from a

derailed 96-car Union Pacific train carrying highly...

This program was originally broadcast on March 20. 2017

In 2012 a massive fire ripped through the Chevron Richmond Refinery, sending

a towering plume of toxic smoke into the air over Richmond, California.  For

over a hundred years, Richmond was a classic company town, whose...

Oregon is already home to one of the nation’s largest industrial-scale

dairy operations. Located near Boardman, Threemile Canyon Farms houses 70,000

cows and is a major source of ammonia and other pollution emissions. On March

31, despite unprecedented public opposition, th...

In today's fast-paced, fast-food world we all seem to be eating alone, all

the time - whether it's at our desks or in the car. And as much as we feel

cut off from our friends and families, we certainly feel even more

disconnected from all the other people in our vast foodsc...