Planet Philadelphia
Environmental Radio Show
4-5:00 PM ET 1st & 3rd Fridays/month
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia
& gtownradio.com
4-5:00 PM ET 1st & 3rd Fridays/month
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia
& gtownradio.com
 Evan C. Johnson, HyTech Power’s CTO, works on installing his new hydrogen system in diesel truck. Listen from 4-5:00 pm this Friday, 6/1/18, to the next Planet Philadelphia to learn about a promising solution to switching to a low carbon economy. HyTech Power may have found the long sought after prize - a way to efficiently and cost-effectively use hydrogen. Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5:00 pm Friday 6/1/18 at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP or streaming at G-town Radio to hear how a “hydrogen economy” might work by employing a solution which includes both a new technology and a practical business model from Evan C. Johnson of HyTech Power.  Evan C. Johnson, is HyTech Power’s chief technology officer. He is responsible for driving the company’s technology development and product design. Johnson has over twenty years of executive technology experience spanning a number of fields including general mechanics, construction, programming, software development, and alternative energy research and development. In 2011, Johnson partnered with Innovation Norway (Innovsjon Norge) to conduct hydrogen research and development and produce a hydrogen powered energy farm. Planet Philadelphia
Environmental radio show Live 4-5 pm 1st and 3rd Fridays streamed on GTown Radio http://www.gtownradio.com/ and on your radio dial in northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio On the next Planet Philadelphia listen to a possible solution to one of the thorniest problems in switching to a low carbon economy. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe and has some handy attributes. However, there have been big stumbling blocks preventing its efficient and cost-effective use. Until now, perhaps. Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5:00 pm Friday 6/1/18 at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP or streaming at G-town Radio to hear how a “hydrogen economy” might work by employing a solution which includes both a new technology and a practical business model from Evan C. Johnson of HyTech Power.  Evan C. Johnson Evan C. Johnson, is HyTech Power’s chief technology officer and a member of the board of directors. He is responsible for driving the company’s technology development and product design. Johnson has over twenty years of executive technology experience spanning a number of fields including general mechanics, construction, programming, software development, and alternative energy research and development. In 2011, Johnson partnered with Innovation Norway (Innovsjon Norge) to conduct hydrogen research and development and produce a hydrogen powered energy farm.
Occasionally we here at Planet Philadelphia collaborate with other partners to bring you interesting projects or additional material we'd like to share with you. A Deeper Dive page is where you’d go to find the sorts of projects, additional documentation, or articles that look more deeply into what's going on with our environment.
To start off, why not check out Socially Just Climate Futures in Philadelphia. 17 undergraduate students at Temple University created four podcasts about local climate impacts and climate communication through conversations and connections with organizations and residents in Philadelphia and to share their podcasts with the greater Philadelphia community. This project was funded by the Climate and Urban Systems Partnership mini-grant competition, run by the Franklin Institute. Podcast: Planet Philadelphia 5/18/18, Dr. Karl Hausker on realistic pathways to a low carbon economy5/19/2018
 https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/dr-karl-hausker-on-realistic-pathways-to-a-low-carbon-economy-51818/ What is a realistic route to reducing carbon emissions? From most reports, we need to make significant progress by 2050. Is substantial reduction even feasible? Have you thought about the complexities of reducing carbon emissions enough to fight climate change? Music on this show: Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell Bathed in Fine Dust - Andy G. Cohen I Cant Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles Planet Philadelphia streams live on GTown Radio http://www.gtownradio.com/ and is broadcast live around northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM.
www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com | facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio Behind The Rhetoric:
Planet Philadelphia aired May 18, 2018: Dr. Karl Hausker The PowerPoint presentation Dr. Karl Hausker mentioned on the May 18, 2018 Planet Philadelphia radio showinterview with reporter Linda Rosenwein and host Kay Wood about a realistic route to reducing carbon emissions by 2050.  Dr. Karl Hausker Tune to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm today, 5/18/18, to hear Dr. Karl Hausker from the World Resources Institute’s Climate Program, and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, discuss realistic pathways to a low carbon economy. What is a realistic route to reducing carbon emissions? From most reports, we need to make significant progress by 2050. Is substantial reduction even feasible? Have you thought about the complexities of reducing carbon emissions enough to fight climate change? Find out today. Planet Philadelphia Environmental radio show Live 4-5 pm 1st and 3rd Fridays streamed on GTown Radio http://www.gtownradio.com/ and on your radio dial in northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM The slide show below is the PowerPoint presentation Dr. Karl Hausker mentioned on the May 18, 2018 Planet Philadelphia radio show interview with reporter Linda Rosenwein and host Kay Wood about a realistic route to reducing carbon emissions by 2050. Dr. Karl Hausker is a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute’s Climate Program. He leads analysis and modeling of climate mitigation, electricity market design, and the social cost of carbon. He led the Risky Business study of clean energy scenarios for the U.S. and lectures widely on deep decarbonization. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania. He has worked for three decades in the fields of climate change, energy, and environment in a career that has spanned legislative and executive branches, research institutions, NGOs, and consulting. Planet Philadelphia Environmental radio show Live 4-5 pm 1st and 3rd Fridays Streaming on GTown Radio: http://www.gtownradio.com/ On the radio dial in NW Philadelphia: WGGT 92.9 low power FM www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio What is a realistic route to reducing carbon emissions? From most reports, we need to make significant progress by 2050. Is substantial reduction even feasible? Have you thought about the complexities of reducing carbon emissions enough to fight climate change? Modelers of pathways to achieve this outcome have been working on this problem for some time.
Planet Philadelphia streams live on GTown Radio http://www.gtownradio.com/ and is broadcast live around northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM.
 Plastic has innumerable good uses in our modern world, but we’re drowning in plastic waste. What should we do about it? Tune in to this Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show to find out about what we can do, as the guests discuss new, environmentally sensitive approaches to waste.
Music on this show: Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell The Water Embers - Art Of Escapism Little Bit Of Rain - Fred Neil Spring can really hang you up the most - Rickie Lee Jones Planet Philadelphia is broadcast live around northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM and simultaneously streamed live on GTown Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com/. Linda and I talked about this story on today’s Planet Philadelphia show. We saw it on BBC News and we both just loved the concept of Robert Bezeau creating the world’s first plastic bottle castle. Here’s the link to see the video: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-43825834/why-i-live-in-a-plastic-bottle-castle This story is also related to things folks are doing right here in our community - building things out of plastic bottles. If you’d like to find out more about what’s happening with that, you can contact local author Betsy Teutsch who wrote a guide to inexpensive things folks can do to fight climate change, 100 Under $100 and started this whole bottle brick project. To contact Betsy email her [email protected]  https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/what-to-do-about-plastic-5418-planet-philadelphia-environmental-radio-show/
Plastic has innumerable good uses in our modern world, but we’re drowning in plastic waste. What should we do about it? Tune in to this Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show to find out about what we can do, as the guests discuss new, environmentally sensitive approaches to waste. Reducing waste and saving businesses money: Alisa Shargorodsky, founder and chief source reductionist at Echo Systems, a consulting business, will talk about ways to help businesses and organizations move towards zero waste while saving money in their operations. She specializes in group empowerment, leadership and shifting the culture of the work force. Using nanotechnology to make unrecyclable packing recyclable.: Dr. Eric Beckman, professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburg. He was recently awarded a large grant by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and NineSigma as one of the five University of Pittsburg Departmental winners of the Circular Materials Challenge. Music on this show: Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell The Water Embers - Art Of Escapism Little Bit Of Rain - Fred Neil Spring can really hang you up the most - Rickie Lee Jones Planet Philadelphia is broadcast live around northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM and simultaneously streamed live on GTown Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com/.  What to do about plastic? - Kay Wood © 2018 Plastic has innumerable uses in our modern world, yet at the same time we’re drowning in plastic waste that’s dangerous to our health and the health of our planet. What should we do about it? Tune in 4-5 pm today, 5/4/18, to Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show to find out about what we can do, as the guests discuss new, environmentally sensitive approaches to waste:
Planet Philadelphia is broadcast live around northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM and simultaneously streamed live on GTown Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com/. |
Planet Philadelphia is a radio show about our shared environment aired 4:00-5:00 PM EST the first and third Friday a month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or at gtownradio.com. Also on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.
Podcasts are available at planetphiladelphia.com show archives page. Individual interviews:Spotify, Anchor, Google, PocketCasts, Breaker, RadioPublic 
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