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Hear from an award-winning sea level researcher on efforts to limit climate change and what current government funding cuts might mean for the future for such research.
Tune in to Planet Philadelphia at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm www.gtownradio.com to hear these illuminating interviews and more. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime to be broadcast on the next Planet Philadelphia radio show. Planet Philadelphia streams on the internet at http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. The next great Planet Philadelphia will be Friday June 2nd on http://www.gtownradio.com/ for more informative interviews about to live and thrive our beautiful world. www.planetphila.com | http://www.gtownradio.com| facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio  Today: Planet Philadelphia streaming on-line on G-Town Radio, 4:00; What Now Environmental and Climate Justice? President Trump wants to get rid of programs to protect us from fossil fuel pollution. This will have a devastating impact on communities that already suffer an out-sized toxic burden.
In today’s Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood speaks with Jacqueline Patterson, the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Ms Patterson talks about the heavier burden placed on people of color by toxic facilities and other pollution based health risks right now from fossil fuel use. Also on Planet Philadelphia today we get an update from the courts. Nate Bellinger, Staff Attorney and State Program Manager of Our Children's Trust lawsuit, discusses the government’s breach of trust with climate change. Lots more interesting environmental news, as well. Please also tune back in on-line to G-Town Radio (http://www.gtownradio.com) for the more in this continuing radio show exploring our world. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime to be broadcast on the next Planet Philadelphia radio show. Planet Philadelphia streams on the internet at http://www.gtownradio.com/ 4:00-5:00 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. To listen to shows after they’ve aired, check out the podcast page on Planet Philadelphia website, http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts. Tune back in to the next Planet Philadelphia 4:00, Friday, April 7, 2017 G-Town Radio http://www.gtownradio.com www.planetphila.com | http://www.gtownradio.com| facebook | @planetphila Wishing You Happy Holidays!
Listen to this edition of Fabulous Planet Philadelphia – 12/16/16 – And hear about lead poisoning, and about the recent PA Supreme Court ruling on fracking, and more. In this Planet Philadelphia radio show you’ll hear Kay Wood's interview State Senator Art Haywood about what to do about the high lead levels in school drinking water across the commonwealth. Also on this Planet Philadelphia show Jordan Yeager will tell us about how we have protection for our air and water written into the Pennsylvania Constitution. And how we might use that to help protect us from anti-environmental trends in the new administration in Washington.
Another Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show will run on fabulous G-town Radio early in the New Year – Jan. 6, 2017 – with Mike Ewall, the Founder & Director of the Energy Justice Network talking about strategies for energy justice in the new Trump administration. Also on the January 6th Planet Philadelphia we will hear from Kala Viswanthan, one of the authors of RDC Annual Energy Report about the U.S. Clean Energy Revolution.
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In this episode of Planet Philadelphia: First up you’ll hear Michael Nairn, who teaches at the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, talk about how justice needs an equal place in discussions of a sustainable world. Then we’ll hear from Bernie Sanders delegate, Russell Greene, a climate activist who was instrumental in helping to write the Democratic Party platform to recognize that we are in a climate emergency, and that anything short of a World War II-like mobilization will bring catastrophic consequences to civilization.
Please tune in to the next exciting Planet Philadelphia this Friday, November 18th, at 4:00 p.m. on fabulous G-Town Radio at www.gtownradio.com to hear these great interviews, music and more. Planet Philadelphia streams 4:00 to 5:00 pm on gtownradio.com/ the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month. Podcasts of the live shows generally become available the day after they broadcast here at www.planetphila.com or www.gtownradio.com. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line is (484)278-1846. You can record a message anytime. Hope to hear from you. www.planetphila.com | www.gtownradio.com | facebook | @planetphila Podcast: Planet Philadelphia live-streamed Apr 15. Guests: Zoë Cina-Sklar and Anthony Giancatarino4/18/2016
Thought-provoking interviews on this Planet Philadelphia radio show live streamed on wonderful Gtown Radio April 15th with host Kay Wood. In addition to an interview with Zoë Cina-Sklar from PennEnvironment who spoke on the controversial energy hub and about the potential for 10,000 new green jobs here in Philly, we have Anthony Giancatarino, Director of Policy and Strategy at the Center for Social Inclusion, talking about a just transition to renewable energy.
Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Questions about Planet Philadelphia? Please call the Listener Comment Line to let me know any time: (484) 278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. | @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook  A great New Planet Philadelphia - hear host Kay Wood's interview with State Senator Art Haywood, 4:00 pm this Friday, April 1st, streaming on Gtown Radio. He's a fabulous guest for this Planet Philadelphia show. State Senator Art Haywood represents our own 4th district in Harrisburg. Listen to host Kay Wood’s interview with the senator as he talks about his views on the proposed and controversial energy hub. Hear his answers not only to Wood’s questions, but also to questions from a number of constituents who contacted Planet Philadelphia with some tough questions of their own about the hub. So it's an exciting new Planet Philadelphia this Friday – 4:00, April 1, 2016 – streaming on wonderful http://www.gtownradio.com/. (Podcast information below.)
Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play. To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the listener Comment Line: (484) 278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. | @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook 
Listen live to the next great new Planet Philadelphia radio show about our environment with host Kay Wood, 4:00 pm Friday March 18th streaming on http://www.gtownradio.com/. Sue Caskey, a Mt. Airy resident and environmental science writer, will talk live with Kay about her visit to the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. Also on this Planet Philadelphia, listen to two great interviews; the first will be with our new Sustainability Director Christine Knapp, who was appointed by Mayor Jim Kenney in January. Then we’ll hear from Dr. Robert P. Hartwig the president of the Insurance Information Institute talks about how the insurance industry is looking at climate change.
Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play.
To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the listener Comment Line: (484)278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook
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