Planet Philadelphia

Land Management: Gardens/Public Space/Affordable Housing

7/29/2022

Planet Philadelphia
4-5:00 PM Friday 8/5/22
92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia
and live streaming at gtownradio.com.

Pastorius Garden, photo credit: Vita Litvak

Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show 4-5:00 PM Friday 8/5/22:
Land management issues cut across many other matters related to our environment. We are exploring some of these in this show.

Jenny Greenberg, Camille Poinvil, and Vita Litvak will talk about community gardens and the Neighborhood Gardens Trust. NGT is an organization which attempts to preserve land for gardens and open space by putting it in a conservation trust, a unique way of preserving land. Jenny is the Executive Director; Camille started SeyPor Garden, lives in Germantown, and is the community outreach coordinator for Weavers Way Coop; and Vita is the lead garden organizer for Pastorius Community Garden located in Germantown.
Steve Luxton is the Executive Director of the Energy Coordinating Agency which creates lasting solutions to the energy problems of low and moderate income Philadelphians, particularly focusing on fixing their homes and on training people for weatherization and renewable energy jobs. He will provide a preview of a new home repair program which may be a model for the whole country.
Editorial comments: on land management issues engendered by the above.

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in NW Philadelphia or live stream at gtownradio.com.

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POCAST: Banks, Finance, & Supreme Court, show aired 7/15/2022

7/16/2022

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Listen to the podcast: The good, the bad, & the ugly in the Climate Crisis; US Banks, Finance, & Supreme Court

In this show we cover recent events in banking/financial institutions and the US Supreme Court. Our guest are Lila Holzman, manager supporting the Alignment Insights work within RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, talk about this work and its potential to help with climate change issues. We also have Alex Bomstein, Director of Litigation for the Clean Air Council of Philadelphia, discussing implications of this recent Supreme Court ruling against the EPA and what steps can be taken to protect the environment. On this show, we also have Linda Rosenwein’s round up of environmental news.

Listen to the show:
https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-in-the-climate-crisis-us-banks-finance-supreme-court/

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Next new Planet Philadelphia coming up August 5th.

To hear Planet Philadelphia live, tune your radio dial to 92.9 FM
in NW Philadelphia or live stream at gtownradio.com
the 1st & 3rd Fridays/month.

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Tune in 4-5:00 PM today for Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and gtownradio.com everywhere.

7/15/2022

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The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly,
The US & the Climate Crisis

Thunderstorm, Photo by NOAA on Unsplash

Banking/Finance & Supreme Court's effects on climate crisis on Planet Philadelphia today:

Lila Holzman, Manager supporting the Alignment Insights work within RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, will tell us about climate aligned finance and its potential to help with climate change.
Alex Bomstein, Director of Litigation for the Clean Air Council of Philadelphia, will talk about the recent Supreme Court case, West VA vs. EPA, and what steps forward can be taken to protect the environment, and more.
Linda Rosenwein’s environmental news round up

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The good, the bad, & the ugly; the US & the climate crisis

7/8/2022

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Large Scale Institutions & Climate Change:
Banking/Finance & Supreme Court

Planet Philadelphia
4-5:00 PM Friday 7/15/22
92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia
and live streaming at gtownradio.com

Photo by Luke White on Unsplash

Several large scale institutions have recently been affecting our progress towards lessening climate change. Among them are banking/financial institutions and the US Supreme Court. How are some of the proponents of diminishing our exposure to greenhouse gases framing their work with these institutions?

Lila Holzman is a manager supporting the Alignment Insights work within RMI’s (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute) Center for Climate-Aligned Finance. Her work focuses on enabling financial institutions to align their investment and lending strategies with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the transition to a net-zero economy. She will be telling us about this work and its potential to help with climate change issues.
Alex Bomstein is the Director of Litigation for the Clean Air Council of Philadelphia, an organization that has been working to insure there is clean air since 1967. The Clean Air Council was one of the organizations involved in trying to get a positive outcome of the recent Supreme Court case, West VA vs. EPA. Alex will discuss some of the implications of this recent decision and what steps forward can be taken to protect the environment.
Environmental News

Listen to next new
Planet Philadelphia July 15th.

To hear Planet Philadelphia live, tune your radio dial to 92.9 FM
in NW Philadelphia or live stream at gtownradio.com.

Podcasts of full shows are available shortly after broadcast at
planetphiladelphia.com show archives page. Or listen to individual interviews on:
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Announcements for 7/1/22 show

7/5/2022

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National Environmental Justice Engagement Call
July 19 2-4pm ET
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epa-natl-environmental-justice-community-engagement-call-july-19-2022-registration-372254752987

Philadelphia Household Hazardous Waste Event
Thursday 7/14 9am-3pm
8401 State Rd. at Ashburner St.
Click here for a list of acceptable household hazardous waste and to pre-register for this event or a later event.
https://www.phila.gov/services/trash-recycling-city-upkeep/dispose-of-household-hazardous-waste/

PA Department of Environmental Protection Grants
Applications open earlier this year, starting August 1
Increased funding to $5K for local groups and $30K for “General Grants” Level I
See further information on the DEP Environmental Education and Information website.
https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/EnvironmentalEducation/Pages/default.aspx

Philadelphia is fixing potholes and sidewalks
The Streets Department has a new 13-person unit to do this
To report a pothole or other problem:
https://www.phila.gov/services/streets-sidewalks-alleys/report-a-problem-on-a-city-street-sidewalk-or-alley/report-a-pothole-or-other-street-damage/

Listen to next Planet Philadelphia July 15th.

To hear Planet Philadelphia live, tune your radio dial to 92.9 FM
in NW Philadelphia or live stream at gtownradio.com.

Podcasts of full shows are available shortly after broadcast at
planetphiladelphia.com show archives page. Or listen to individual interviews on:
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Anchor| Google| PocketCasts| Breaker| RadioPublic.

www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com | facebook
@planetphila | @gtownradio

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We Scooped PBS: Weather, Climate, & Freedom with Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz & John Harte, PhD, 7/1/22

7/2/2022

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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.

We also had one of the first - if not the first - stories in American media exploring the connection between the Supreme Court’s abortion rights ruling and climate change. We spoke with Dr. John Harte, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School Ecosystem Sciences at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, about why he includes reproductive freedom as one of his climate change solutions, and what results the recent abortion decision could have on our society and our existential climate crisis.

Listen here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/planet-philadelphia-scooped-pbs-7122-broadcast-weather-climate-freedom-with-glenn-hurri/

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Planet Philadelphia
Environmental radio show

Land Management: Gardens/Public Space/Affordable Housing

Planet Philadelphia
4-5:00 PM Friday 8/5/22
92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia
and live streaming at gtownradio.com.

POCAST: Banks, Finance, & Supreme Court, show aired 7/15/2022

Listen to the podcast: The good, the bad, & the ugly in the Climate Crisis; US Banks, Finance, & Supreme Court

Tune in 4-5:00 PM today for Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and gtownradio.com everywhere.

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly,
The US & the Climate Crisis

The good, the bad, & the ugly; the US & the climate crisis

Large Scale Institutions & Climate Change:
Banking/Finance & Supreme Court

Planet Philadelphia
4-5:00 PM Friday 7/15/22
92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia
and live streaming at gtownradio.com

Announcements for 7/1/22 show

We Scooped PBS: Weather, Climate, & Freedom with Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz & John Harte, PhD, 7/1/22

Archives

Categories

Planet PhiladelphiaEnvironmental radio show

Land Management: Gardens/Public Space/Affordable Housing

Planet Philadelphia 4-5:00 PM Friday 8/5/22​92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphiaand live streaming at gtownradio.com.

POCAST: Banks, Finance, & Supreme Court, show aired 7/15/2022

Listen to the podcast: The good, the bad, & the ugly in the Climate Crisis; US Banks, Finance, & Supreme Court

Tune in 4-5:00 PM today for Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and gtownradio.com everywhere.

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly, The US & the Climate Crisis

The good, the bad, & the ugly; the US & the climate crisis

Large Scale Institutions & Climate Change:Banking/Finance & Supreme Court

Planet Philadelphia​4-5:00 PM Friday 7/15/22 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphiaand live streaming at gtownradio.com

Announcements for 7/1/22 show

We Scooped PBS: Weather, Climate, & Freedom with Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz & John Harte, PhD, 7/1/22

Archives

Categories

Planet Philadelphia
Environmental radio show

Planet Philadelphia
4-5:00 PM Friday 8/5/22
92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia
and live streaming at gtownradio.com.

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly,
The US & the Climate Crisis

Large Scale Institutions & Climate Change:
Banking/Finance & Supreme Court

Planet Philadelphia
4-5:00 PM Friday 7/15/22
92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia
and live streaming at gtownradio.com