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Questions of Transition to Cleaner Power - Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 5/3/19 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com

4/27/2019

150th solar installation flip switching event in Fairmount - Philadelphia Energy Authority

Philadelphia and Pennsylvania governments both have important decisions to make about our energy future. Should we continue the path we’ve trodden for decades or should we find a way to help citizens have reliable clean energy that doesn’t add to climate change?

Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 5/3/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

Emily Schapira is Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA)’s Executive Director and a member of the board. Emily joined PEA as an employee in June 2016 to execute the Philadelphia Energy Campaign, a $1 billion, 10-year initiative to advance energy efficiency and clean energy across Philadelphia, while creating over 10,000 jobs. Emily has been a PEA board member since 2010, as the City Council appointee. She will be talking about the PEA and what it is doing to promote sustainability in Philadelphia.
News: We will also be bringing you information and interviews with state congressional members on the big decisions facing Philadelphia and Pennsylvania on our transition to cleaner forms of power.

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show that provides analysis on the intersectionality of large global environmental issues and how that can impact people in their daily lives. It is produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein.

Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday every month on Germantown Community Radio 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia, and is simultaneously live streamed on www.gtownradio.com. All shows are also available as podcasts on the planetphiladelphia.com show archives page, and are also available on Mixcloud and Soundcloud. Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment/announcement for Planet Philadelphia radio show.

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Happy Earth Day!

4/22/2019

Our planet is incredible. Celebrate our beautiful world by listening to this dynamic passionate intergenerational conversation about our future earth and society from the live Planet Philadelphia radio show aired 4/19/1 with guests Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas and Liz Robinson: https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/dynamic-passionate-intergenerational-climate-change-justice-and-energy-conversation-41919/

Flowering tree-Spring - ©-Kay Wood

What should we here in Pennsylvania do about climate change, justice, and energy? Sunrise Philadelphia members Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas want a better future world. They see the Green New Deal as the best and fairest way to get to a clean beautiful world for all.

Also on this show, Liz Robinson, Planet Philadelphia’s new Harrisburg commentator, let’s the listeners know about the state of the clean energy transformation in PA. Pennsylvania which emits more green house gases on its own than most countries. There’s a lot going on with bills introduced to help us cut our enormous GHG emissions, and to bail out a still profitable nuclear industry by giving them $500 million a year in our tax dollars?

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PODCAST: 4/19/19 Planet Philadelphia live show - dynamic passionate intergenerational climate change, justice, and energy conversation

4/20/2019

Cherry Tree Spring 2019 ©Kay Wood

Dynamic passionate intergenerational climate change, justice, and energy conversation - listen to the podcast.

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/dynamic-passionate-intergenerational-climate-change-justice-and-energy-conversation-41919/

Celebrate earth week by listening to this dynamic passionate intergenerational climate change, justice, and energy discussion from the live Planet Philadelphia radio show aired 4/19/19. Sunrise Philadelphia members Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas tell us about their hopes for a Green New Deal for Philadelphia. Also on this show, Liz Robinson, Planet Philadelphia’s new Harrisburg commentator, updates us on the state of the clean energy transformation in PA.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia live show 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and gtownradio.com.

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Today: Green New Deal for Philadelphia and will PA get community solar? 4-5pm today on Planet Philadelphia 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com

4/18/2019

Guests on Planet Philadelphia today:

Xavier Thomas, Sunrise Movement

Abby Leedy, Sunrise Movement

Liz Robinson, PA Solar Energy Industries Association (PASEIA),

4-5 pm Today: Planet Philadelphia
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM & gtownradio.com.

Sunrise Philadelphia members Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas tell us about their hopes for a Green New Deal for Philadelphia. Also on this show, Liz Robinson, Planet Philadelphia’s new Harrisburg commentator, will update us on the state of the clean energy transformation in PA. Tune in to hear this dynamic conversation on Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm today, 4/19/19 WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

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Watch Swedish 16 year old Greta Thunberg climate change activist as she addresses members of Europe's Parliament

4/17/2019

We are sharing this video is of the very moving speech by Swedish 16 year old Greta Thunberg climate change activist as she addressed members of Europe's Parliament this past Tuesday. Her speech is well worth watching.

She has inspired other young people around the globe to become climate change activists, stage school strikes, and perform other calls to action on the climate crisis in their own communities around the world. On this Friday’s Planet Philadelphia we will have two young climate change activists from the Sunrise Movement, Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas. They are calling for the Green New Deal be enacted to help avert this world wide existential threat that is happening very quickly all around us.

Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com to hear Sunrise Philly members Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas. Also on this show will be Liz Robinson, consultant to the PA Solar Energy Industries Association (PASEIA), who will tells some of what is happening in the state to bring these young people's vision to fruition and what else needs to be done.

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show that provides analysis on the intersectionality of large global environmental issues and how that can impact people in their daily lives. It is produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein. The show live streams 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month on gtownradio.com and is broadcast on Germantown Community Radio at 92.9FM WGGT-LP, available around NW Philadelphia.

Podcasts are available shortly after the live show airs. Links to Planet Philadelphia podcasts are on Mixcloud and on Soundcloud.

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Celebrating our one and only home on Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm this Friday, 4/19/19

4/15/2019

What an astounding world we have, full of beauty and trials. Earth Week celebration of our world starts Thursday, April 18th, with Earth Day itself on the 22nd. We here on Planet Philadelphia will celebrate and consider the state of our one and only home planet with conversations with Liz Robinson, Planet Philadelphia’s Harrisburg green energy commentator, and with Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas from Sunrise Philadelphia who are strongly in favor of adopting the Green New Deal.

Tune in to hear this dynamic conversation on Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday, 4/19/19, on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

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Intergenerational Environmental Conversations on Planet Philadelphia 4/19/19 Radio Show

4/12/2019

Sunrise Movement Philadelphia Our Clean Air Rally at City Hall 08/08/2018, Photo credit to Iman Acharya — at Philadelphia City Hall

Tune in to hear the next Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday, 4/19/19, on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

On the next Planet Philadelphia (4-5:00 pm 4/19/19) we will have young Sunrise Philadelphia members Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas as guests at here the G-Town Radio Station along with Liz Robinson, consultant to the PA Solar Energy Industries Association and the founding Executive Director of the Energy Coordinating Agency. This show introduces Liz Robinson in her new role as a semi-regular Harrisburg commentator here on Planet Philadelphia.

Ms. Robinson, and Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas from Sunrise Philadelphia will have the chance on this show to discuss many environmental justice issues and in particular climate change. Ms. Robinson has been working for years to have Pennsylvania make a just transition to a clean and renewable energy economy, part of the what the Sunrise Movement wants for the state and the nation.

The Sunrise Movement believes that quick and decisive action is needed to address climate change. Sunrise Philadelphia members Abby Leedy and Xavier Thomas call for Philadelphia to adopt a Green New Deal (GND). They believe it will take all levels of government and all parts of society mobilizing and acting together to realize the historic transformation needed at the scale and speed required to transform our society in time to face the existential challenge climate change presents.

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show that provides analysis on the intersectionality of large global environmental issues and how that can impact people in their daily lives. It is produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein. The show live streams 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month.Podcasts are available shortly after the live show airs. Links to Planet Philadelphia podcasts on Mixcloudand on Soundcloud. The comment line is (484) 278-1846.

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New Feature on Planet Philadelphia

4/11/2019

Liz Robinson

We are pleased to announce that Planet Philadelphia is introducing a new feature, a Harrisburg correspondent. Liz Robinson will now be providing occasional guest commentary on energy. She is a consultant to the PA Solar Energy Industries Association (PASEIA) and was the founding Executive Director of the Energy Coordinating Agency here in Philadelphia. In these roles and others she has stayed on top of the progress or lack thereof in Harrisburg toward a cleaner more energy efficient future. Ms. Robinson will help listeners be better informed about energy and other related policy proposed in Harrisburg, and what this could mean. She has said that she would like her commentaries to inform, educate and help transform Pennsylvania’s energy economy.

Tune in to hear the next Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 4/19/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

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PODCAST: What Should PA Do With Aging Nuclear Power Plants? Aired 4/5/19

4/7/2019

Listen to the podcast of the Planet Philadelphia, aired Friday April 5th, for a discussion of the major nuclear issues facing Pennsylvanians with Tim Judson, the Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) along with recommendations from the Analysis of Pennsylvania Nuclear Plants and Available Policy Alternatives memo from Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner, Andrew G. Place. In addition, on this show Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood and assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein discuss some of the important issues being raised about the proposed new liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be built at PGW’s Passyunk plant.

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/what-should-pa-do-with-aging-nuclear-power-plants-aired-4519/

For those who wish to read more about nuclear power and LNG , issues that were discussed in this Planet Philadelphia show, here are some links.

Link to the memo from Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner, Andrew G. Place referenced a number of times in this show: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5763986-Nuclear-Policy-Paper-PUC-Commissioner-Andrew-G.html

Other links to some articles and testimony about the nuclear plant bailout:
http://www.witf.org/news/2019/03/unsolicited-puc-commissioner-sends-legislators-a-breakdown-of-nuclear-bailout-options.php
https://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2019/03/forty-years-later-the-prospect-of-a-tmi-related-evacuation-remains-daunting.php

Links to stories about the proposed new liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be built at PGW’s Passyunk plant. PGW is a city owned utility. Natural gas is methane. The LNG is proposed to replace current diesel uses. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It has a shorter duration in the atmosphere, but it traps at some estimates 86-89 times more heat than carbon dioxide before it degrades.
https://whyy.org/articles/pgw-wins-key-city-approval-for-new-southwest-philly-gas-plant/
https://clsphila.org/learn-about-issues/testimony-pgws-proposed-liquefied-natural-gas-lng-project
https://350philadelphia.org/2018/11/11/the-passyunk-energy-center-just-say-no/
https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/Uploads/TestimonyMatthewTaylor.pdf

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show that provides analysis on the intersectionality of large global environmental issues and how that can impact people in their daily lives. It is produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein. The show live streams 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month on gtownradio.com and is broadcast on Germantown Community Radio at 92.9FM WGGT-LP, available around NW Philadelphia.

Podcasts are available shortly after the live show airs. Links to Planet Philadelphia podcasts are on Mixcloud and on Soundcloud.

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Today on Planet Philadelphia, Nuclear Power - Are Bailouts Needed?

4/5/2019

This may be a crucial time for PA to decide which direction its energy policy goes. Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm today on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.comto hear why that is.

Tim Judsonis Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), a nonprofit networking hub for people and organizations concerned about nuclear power. He is chair of the Board of Citizens Awareness Network, a leader in the successful campaign to close the Vermont Yankee reactor. He also was co-founder of Alliance for a Green Economy in New York. Tim will talk about his view of the bailout proposal (which has been evolving in an ongoing way) and his thoughts about nuclear power.

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein, streaming live 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month on gtownradio.com and broadcast on Germantown Community Radio at 92.9FM WGGT-LP, available around NW Philadelphia. Shows are available as podcasts shortly after live show is aired. Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment/announcement for Planet Philadelphia radio show. Please let us know what you are thinking about our shared environment.

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What should Pennsylvanians do about our nuclear plants?

4/4/2019

People are divided on the thorny question of whether PA should prop up the nuclear industry. On tomorrow’s Planet Philadelphia we discuss some of the ramifications if we do bail out the nuclear industry or if we don’t with Tim Judson, Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS). Tune in tomorrow, 4/5/19, to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and streaming at gtownradio.com to hear this environmental news and more.

Planet Philadelphiais an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein, streaming live 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month on gtownradio.com and broadcast on Germantown Community Radio at 92.9FM WGGT-LP, available around NW Philadelphia. Shows are available as podcasts shortly after live show is aired. Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment/announcement for Planet Philadelphia radio show. Please let us know what you are thinking about our shared environment.

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