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Planet Philadelphia

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Planet Philadelphia radio show has been exploring how environmental issues intersect in complex ways in every aspect of society since 2015. We discuss this with national/global experts such as the former first female president of Ireland, a Nobel Laureate, security experts, scientists, filmmakers, politicians, community members, and more. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast.
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A better way to revitalize Market Street East? Rashida Ng 4/5/24

April 07, 2024 20:13 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MB

Architecture Chair University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Presidential Associate Professor of Architecture Stuart Weitzman School of Design. We’ll be talking about alternative visions community members have to revitalize the area instead of the proposed Sixers’ basketball arena in Center city at Market East.Planet Philadelphia airs on 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. planetphiladelphia.com --- Send in a voice message: h...

Gov Shapiro’s energy proposals PRESS and PACER: Liz Robinson 4/5/24

April 07, 2024 20:12 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MB

Liz Robinson, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association. Liz has extensive knowledge about energy and the way Harrisburg works. She fills us in on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s alternative to RGGI cap-and-trade program, and renewable energy requirements. Planet Philadelphia airs on 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. planetphiladelphia.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message S...

Criminalization of environmental activism, Carla García Zendejas 4/5/24

April 07, 2024 20:10 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB

Carla García Zendejas, Director, People, Land & Resources Program at the Center for International Environmental Law talks about how environmental protest is increasingly being met with harsh measures around the globe. Planet Philadelphia airs on 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. planetphiladelphia.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c...

FDR Park restoration project: South Philly residents Anisa George and Lady Dani 3/15/24

April 05, 2024 18:14 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MB

South Philly residents Anisa George and Lady Dani question the wisdom of what has been termed the ecological restoration of the Meadows at FDR Park. Planet Philadelphia airs on 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. planetphiladelphia.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Environmental Artist Stacy Levy, 3/15/24

April 05, 2024 18:10 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MB

Pennsylvania artist Stacy Levy and host Kay Wood talk about the role of artists in a climate challenged world, and her installations that bring visibility to rainfall, water patterns, and other ecological processes within an urban environment. Planet Philadelphia airs on 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. planetphiladelphia.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: ht...

Flower power: Dr. Krish Jayachandran, 3/15/24

April 05, 2024 18:05 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MB

Dr. Krish Jayachandran, Distinguished University Professor Florida International University. Dr. Jayachandran tells us about an interesting new experiment using floating mats of flowers to clean up this pollution. Planet Philadelphia airs on 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. planetphiladelphia.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...

Julie Slavet & Ruth A. Seeley, 2/16/24

February 17, 2024 15:22 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MB

Julie Slavet, Executive Director of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and Ruth A. Seeley with Friends of Vernon Park talk about educating neighbors and stakeholders about clean water issues and how we can all make a difference at our homes and businesses, on our trails, and in our parks and communities. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- ...

R Merriman-Goldring with Philly Thrive, 2/16/24

February 17, 2024 15:15 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB

R Merriman-Goldring with Philly Thrive talks about their organizing for Environmental Justice in Gray's Ferry, a neighborhood in South Philadelphia with many environmental justice challenges. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotif...

Peter Winslow, through line, 2/2/24

February 05, 2024 16:05 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MB

Peter Winslow, through line wrap up. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

SEPTA funding 2: Tim Brown, 2/2/24

February 05, 2024 15:47 - 6 minutes - 8.96 MB

Kay Wood talks with Tim Brown, Organizing Director for Philly Neighborhood Networks. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

SEPTA Funding 1: Tom Casetta and Mason Carter, 2/2/24

February 05, 2024 15:42 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MB

G-Town Radio Station Manager Tom Casetta interviews Mason Carter, Germantown Resident and SEP Citizen Advisory Committee. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Methane Fees: Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman, 2/2/24

February 05, 2024 15:37 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman is a climate and environmental scientist, pastor, educator, and serves as the President and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network. She will discuss why this new charge is significant. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: h...

Measuring Our World: Leonard Nakamura, 2/2/24

February 05, 2024 15:31 - 24 minutes - 34 MB

Leonard Nakamura, emeritus economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, will discuss why accurate measurement is vital to deal with climate change, and humanity’s role in the world. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotif...

CA strawberry fields conserve water: Ellen Bruno & Katrina Jessoe, 1/19/24

January 20, 2024 16:07 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MB

Strategy to conserve water by taxing farmers for groundwater: Ellen Bruno, Assistant Professor, UC Berkley, and Katrina Jessoe, Associate Professor, UC Davis. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

PA Farm Bill and conservation: Doug Wolfgang, 1/19/24

January 20, 2024 16:04 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MB

PA Farm Bill: Doug Wolfgang, Exec. Dir. of the State Conservation Commission. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Climate Conscious Farm Bill: Michael Kovach, 1/19/24

January 20, 2024 16:00 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MB

Climate Conscious Farm Bill: Pennsylvania Farmers Union’s President Michael Kovach, multiple-species, grass-based regenerative livestock farmer in Mercer County. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Tammy Murphy, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, 12/1/23

December 02, 2023 18:20 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MB

Tammy Murphy, Advocacy Director of Pennsylvania Physicians for Social Responsibility, on Gov. Shapiro’s agreement with gas driller CNX to reduce the effects of natural gas drilling in the state. PSR is very opposed to the agreement. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support...

Elaine Fulz, Keon Monroe, Don Campbell & Karen Melton, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, 12/1/23

December 02, 2023 18:19 - 17 minutes - 24 MB

Elaine Fulz, Keon Monroe, Don Campbell & Karen Melton from Citizens’ Climate Lobby discuss their successful effort to dissuade the Philadelphia 30th Street train station from dropping steam power to go to natural gas. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: h...

Pamela Darville & Peter Furcht, POWER Interfaith’s Climate Justice and Jobs team. 12/1/23

December 02, 2023 18:17 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MB

Pamela Darville & Peter Furcht are from POWER Interfaith’s Climate Justice and Jobs team talk about POWER’s successful campaign convincing the state’s PUC to reduce requested PGW natural gas rate increases. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podc...

Sustainable Built Environment; Ginger Scoggins, ASHRAE, 11/17/23

December 02, 2023 17:35 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MB

Ginger Scoggins  mechanical engineer, president/co-owner of the firm Engineered Designs, and ASHRAE president. She will be talking about the new goals for the society, “tackling the climate crisis”, and what she sees the role of the society and of engineers in that endeavor. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spot...

Sustainable Built Environment; Samir Patel, Digsau architectural firm, 11/17/23

December 02, 2023 13:50 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MB

Samir Patel, Project Architect at Digsau architectural firm and an adjunct professor at Drexel University, discusses issues in building sustainably from an architectural point of view. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...

Eco-friendly rare earth elements; Amir Sheikhi 10/6/23

October 08, 2023 14:35 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MB

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Pennsylvania State, Dr. Amir Sheikhi, talks about a new sustainable eco-friendly alternative to conventional rare earth elements extraction methods. To hear Planet Philadelphia tune your radio dial to 92.9 FM in Philadelphia or at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Fridays/month. Podcasts are available shortly after broadcast at planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho...

New Eco-Friendly Carbon-Cement Supercapacitors; Franz-Josef Ulm, Admir Masic 10/6/23

October 08, 2023 14:32 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MB

In this show MIT Professors Franz-Josef Ulm and Admir Masic, PhD, tell us about their discovery in making carbon-cement supercapacitors that could help solve our energy storage problems. To hear Planet Philadelphia tune your radio dial to 92.9 FM in Philadelphia or at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Fridays/month. Podcasts are available shortly after broadcast at planetphiladelphia.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Suppor...

Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor, Nobel laureate John Goodenough 7/7/23

July 08, 2023 19:34 - 35 minutes - 49 MB

Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor and Nobel Prize Recipient John Goodenough died recently at 100 years old. We replay an interview we did with him in 2017 about a new kind of battery more environmentally sustainable his team were developing. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wo...

Anthropocene Senior Editor Mark Harris, climate change and politics 7/7/23

July 08, 2023 19:20 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MB

Mark Harris, Anthropocene Senior Editor and investigative science and technology reporter will discuss his observations on which governmental policies have been helpful and which ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas use worldwide. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/...

Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor & Nobel Prize Recipient John Goodenough 7/7/2023

July 08, 2023 15:04 - 1 hour - 82.4 MB

Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor and Nobel Prize Recipient John Goodenough died recently at 100 years old. We replay an interview we did with him in 2017 about a new kind of battery more environmentally sustainable his team were developing. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wo...

New highway for energy transport and storage and maglev cars? Dr. Zhifeng Ren, 6/16/23

June 18, 2023 21:51 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Dr. Zhifeng Ren is an M.D. Anderson Chair Professor in the Department of Physics and also Director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity, both at the University of Houston. He specializes in carrier mobility among many other things. He discusses a plan for a multifunctional highway system incorporating superconductor levitated vehicles and liquefied hydrogen. If the system were built, it would provide energy and travel at 500 miles/hour without using greenhouse gasses. Listen to Planet P...

U.S. can make the switch to EVs without destructive mining, Johanna Bozuwa, 6/16/23

June 18, 2023 21:38 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Johanna Bozuwa, Executive Director at the Climate and Community Project. She talks about the Project’s study describing the way the U.S. can shift to EVs without widespread, destructive mining. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://p...

RGGI Kleinman Center Study, Maya Domeshek and Angela Pachon 6/2/2023

June 04, 2023 16:03 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

Maya Domeshek and Angela Pachon discuss a new study from the Kleinman Center showing the benefits for the environment and Pennsylvania’s revenue of joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: ...

Whole Home Repair, Sen. N. Saval 6/2/2023

June 04, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MB

State Senator Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) talks about the Whole Home Repair program and how it could help people with needed repairs. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Reproductive Freedom and Climate Change, Dr. John Harte 7/1/22

May 22, 2023 13:31 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Dr. John Harte, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School Ecosystem Sciences at the University of California in Berkeley, CA,talks about why he includes reproductive freedom as one of the solutions addressing climate change. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/mes...

Planet Philadelphia Scooped PBS: Weather, Climate, & Freedom with Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz 7/1/22

May 22, 2023 13:26 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

Our July 1st show featured an interview with the beloved local NBC TV news meteorologist, Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz, recently retired. He spoke with us about how TV weather reporters present the science of climate change and the weather. Later that evening PBS News broadcast a similar story telling essentially the same story we’d just broadcast. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.plan...

Climate change and the U.S. Supreme Court with Prof. Richard Frank 5/19/23

May 20, 2023 14:02 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Climate change and the U.S. Supreme Court with Prof. Richard Frank, Environmental Practice and Director of the U. C. Davis School of Law’s California Environmental Law & Policy Center. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters...

Climate Homicide; Prof. Donald Braman & David Arkush, Dir. Public Citizen’s Climate Program 5/19/23

May 20, 2023 13:52 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Climate Homicide: Prof. Donald Braman, George Washington University and David Arkush, Dir. of Public Citizen’s Climate Program. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Cancer Free Economy; Debra Erenberg, 5/5/2023

May 20, 2023 13:46 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Debra Erenberg, Strategic Director of the Cancer Free Economy Network, discusses the concept of a cancer free economy and how we might achieve that goal. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9...

Rid Cancer Causing Chemicals From Our Lives; Kristina Marusic, 5/5/23

May 20, 2023 13:42 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

This is Part II of our interview with EHN reporter and author Kristina Marusic. Here she talks about our increasing exposure to cancer causing chemicals and how to rid from our lives of them. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://pod...

4/21/23 Environmental News Roundup - Linda Rosenwein

April 23, 2023 17:24 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MB

Linda Rosenwein: environmental news roundup, stories in the news related to topics In today’s show. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

New EPA regulation limiting hazardous pollution by chemical and plastic manufacturing—Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force, 4/21/23

April 23, 2023 17:21 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Patrice Tomcik is Senior National Field Manager for Moms Clean Air Force, a nonprofit organization advocating to protect children by lowering air pollution and addressing climate change issues. She will be talking about new EPA proposed regulation to limit the hazardous pollution caused by the largest, most toxic chemical and plastic manufacturing facilities in the country. This would be a major step to clean the air and protect our health. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at...

Wild Philly-Mike Weilbacher, Executive Director of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 4/21/23

April 23, 2023 17:03 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Mike Weilbacher is the Executive Director of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Philadelphia.  He will be talking about his new book describing numerous wonderful nature walks available in the Philadelphia area and what they have to offer. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...

Environmental news items with Linda Rosenwein 4/7/2023

April 08, 2023 18:19 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MB

Linda Rosenwein’s environmental news round up. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast. www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Recent toxic spills and the EPA, Judith Enck 4/7/2023

April 08, 2023 18:15 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MB

Judith Enck is an environmental policy expert and former EPA Regional Administrator. She will be talking about the East Palestine train derailments and toxic spills in our waterways. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast. www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast...

Willow oil and gas project and IPCC climate change report, Bob Deans, 4/7/2023

April 08, 2023 18:10 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

Bob Deans from NRDC talks about the Willow oil and gas drilling project and IPCC report on climate change. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast. www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Environmental News, Alex Bomstein, 3/17/2023

March 18, 2023 17:40 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

Alex Bomstein, Clean Air Council Legal Director, discusses some good legal news for residents of Pennsylvania as well as talking about the planned burning of chemicals from the train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message ...

Climate change disruption and gender violence, Lori Sokol, PhD, 3/17/2023

March 18, 2023 17:33 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

Lori Sokol, PhD is Executive Director of Women’s eNews. She will be addressing gender-based violence on women resulting from climate change disruptions. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/...

Climate Change’s Effect on Women’s Mental Health, Kathryn Stone, 3/17/2023

March 18, 2023 17:20 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

Kathryn Stone, research coordinator at Dalhousie University in Canada, talks about her research an about the effect of climate change on women’s mental health. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay...

Train Derailment-Part 1 of EHN reporter Kristina Marusic interview, 3/3/2023

March 05, 2023 13:45 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

Kristina Marusic, a reporter for Environmental Health News and author of a forthcoming book on cancer and the chemical exposures causing it. In Part I of her interview, she discusses the recent train derailment in Palestine Ohio near the Pennsylvania border and the chemicals it released. Part II on our increasing exposure to cancer causing chemicals will air in a later show. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st...

Fully Green Hydrogen From Seawater? Dr. Nasir Mahmood, 3/3/2023

March 05, 2023 13:42 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Dr. Nasir Mahmood, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia, will be talking about his team’s work developing a new process for making hydrogen fuel out of sea water. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: http...

Developments in wind energy technology and their pros and cons, Dr. John Hall, 3/3/2023

March 05, 2023 13:37 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

Dr. John Hall, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will talk about developments in wind energy technology. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast:...

Zachary Barber, PennEnvironment Clean Air Advocate, Pennsylvania-Ohio border train explosion 2/17/23

February 18, 2023 18:41 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

Zachary Barber, PennEnvironment Clean Air Advocate, discusses the Pennsylvania-Ohio border train explosion and its environmental implications. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/support

Ishmael Buckner, policy advocate, Public Citizen, problems and solutions in financing environmental justice. 2/17/23

February 18, 2023 18:36 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

Ishmael Buckner, policy advocate at Public citizen’s climate program, gives his analysis of the problems and solutions in financing environmental justice. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood9/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kay-wood...

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