Planet Philadelphia

Listen here to the live Planet Philadelphia show aired on 12/6/19

12/9/2019

The Challenges and Promises of Hydrogen for zero carbon power, live radio show aired 12/6/19

In case you missed it here's what was on the Planet Philadelphia aired on Friday 12/6/19, WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or live streaming at gtownradio.com:

Can we take full advantage of hydrogen, a uniquely flexible source of zero carbon power, for transportation, electricity, grid backup and storage? Mary-Rose de Valladares, General Manager of IEA (International Energy Agency) Hydrogen, believes we can. She says that hydrogen’s unique flexibility and attributes means we can use it in several sectors to greatly reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. She is also the founding principal of M.R.S. Enterprises LLC, which provides management consulting and government relations services in energy, environment and sustainability.

Planet Philadelphia’s Energy Correspondent, Liz Robinson has stayed on top of the progress or lack thereof in Harrisburg towards getting a cleaner more energy efficient future. Ms. Robinson will tell us the latest energy news in Harrisburg, and what this could mean.

Listen to the full broadcast of this great Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/the-challenges-and-promises-of-hydrogen-for-zero-carbon-power-live-radio-show-aired-12619/

You can listen to individual interviews on the show archives page.

This includes our interview with Keith Wipke, Laboratory Program Manager for the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The program covers all aspects of hydrogen and fuel cells—from hydrogen production with renewables to end-use application of fuel cells. He spoke with Planet Philadelphia about hydrogen research earlier in 2019.

https://www.planetphiladelphia.com/show-archives

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Podcast of radio show aired 8/2/19: Facing Fossil Fuel Industries, National and Local Perspectives

8/4/2019

How does what is happening with PES (Philadelphia Energy Solutions) have in common with what is happening across the country with the fossil fuel industry? Similar issues and tactics, apparently, occur across the country when fossil fuel industries try to maintain their business. Find out how by tuning in to Planet Philadelphia for dynamic discussions:

• Dominic Renfrey, Advocacy Program Manager for the Center for Constitutional Rights: Environmental justice challenges in Louisiana and how they're addressing these problems across the USA.

• Peter Winslow, A long-term advocate for the environmental and social justice community: What is happening at PES (Philadelphia Energy Solutions) the largest refinery on the east coast. There was a fire and closure in June, then more poisonous gas releases in July.

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/facing-fossil-fuel-industries-national-and-local-perspectives-radio-show-aired-8219/

Don’t miss the next Planet Philadelphia! This locally produced environmental radio show about our environment airs 4-5 PM the first and third Friday each month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

Not in Philly? You can still listen to all great G-Town Radio programing live on Tunein (https://tunein.com/) on your phone.

Comment line: (484) 278-1846.

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Mary Robinson and Rabbi Julie Greenberg - Feminism and Climate Justice. Podcast of radio show aired 7/19/19

7/20/2019

Podcast: Mary Robinson and Rabbi Julie Greenberg - Feminism and Climate Justice, 7/19/19
In case you missed the Planet Philadelphia aired 7/19/19 with extra special Planet Philadelphia guest, Mary Robinson, former first female president of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, author, and currently Chairperson of the Elders, here’s the podcast. Continuing the discussion of feminism and the environment, Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood, spoke with Rabbi Julie Greenberg of POWER and what is happening here at home.

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/mary-robinson-and-rabbi-julie-greenberg-feminism-and-climate-justice-71919/

Don’t miss the next Planet Philadelphia August 2nd. This locally produced environmental radio show airs 4-5 PM the first and third Friday each month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com. Not in Philly? You can still listen to all great G-Town Radio programing live on Tunein (https://tunein.com/) on your phone.

Comment line: (484) 278-1846.

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PODCAST: Heat kills, and what to do about it, Planet Philadelphia radio show 6/21/19

6/23/2019

Because of the climate crisis summers are getting hotter and hotter, and deadlier. In this Planet Philadelphia radio show, aired 6/21/19 on 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and on gtownradio.com, we addressed heat islands, an effect that make cities hotter than surrounding areas. This is particularly so for some sections of Philadelphia.

Helena van Vliet and Sadie Francis from BioPhilly, a group dedicated to the idea that nature helps us humans in many important ways. They talk about how nature helps deal with heat islands in their interview.
Temple University Geography and Urban Studies/ Environmental Studies class project focusing on Socially Just Climate Futures in Philadelphia taught by Professor Fletcher Chmara-Huff, PhD. Students involved in making in this podcast were: Stephen Anderson, Madeline Damore, Evan Loeb, Bryce McGrath, Ritapa Neogi, Travis Spotts titled “Birds and Weeds” about urban gardening.
Liz Robinson, Planet Philadelphia’s Harrisburg energy correspondent, on what’s happening in our state’s capital. She keeps on top of things and there’s a lot going on in Harrisburg that could affect us all.

Listen to the entire show here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/heat-kills-and-what-to-do-about-it-planet-philadelphia-aired-62119-929fm-wggt-lp/

We here at Planet Philadelphia will be talking about ways to help people stay cooler and healthier in hot weather in this show and in additional reporting as the summer heats up. 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.

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 assistant producer/reporter Linda Rosenwein. Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment/announcement for Planet Philadelphia radio show.

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PODCAST: Feminism and our rapidly changing climate, aired on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com 6/7/19

6/10/2019

In this Planet Philadelphia radio show aired on 6/7/19:

Working to change gender bias in our clean energy industries with Alexandra Kroger, president of the Philadelphia Chapter of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), and The Energy Co-op’s Energy Program Manager.
Eve Andrews, a very personal and timely discussion for every woman alive today in her interview on reproductive rights and the climate crisis. Eve is a staff writer at Grist.
Temple University “Geography of Hazards Class” project podcast: The Nicetown Gas Plant – interviewing Lyn Robinson: Group Members: Dina Chrambanis, Karina Royzman, Abbeygail Anders, Abigail Wiseman, Danica Guillermo

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 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. Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment/announcement for Planet Philadelphia radio show.

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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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Podcast of 3/15/19 live radio show about water with Carol Collier, Dr. Merián Soto and Dr. Fletcher Chmara-Huff

3/16/2019

Water is life. We each and every one of us are made up of 70% water. Going forward into a climate changed future will we have enough clean water to meet everyone’s needs? Listen to this Planet Philadelphia aired 3/15/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM + www.gtownradio.com to hear what our guests have to say this vital resource.

Carol Collier, Senior Advisor for Watershed Management and Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. She served for more than 15 years as executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) before joining the Academy.
Dr. Merián Soto and Dr. Fletcher Chmara-Huff talk about global water issues, and about OASIS, a celebration of World Water Day, a daylong educational symposium and dance presentation at Temple University.

Listen to the full show here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/31519-live-radio-show-about-water-with-carol-collier-dr-merián-soto-and-dr-fletcher-chmara-huff/

Listen to individual interviews here:

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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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The podcast is up in case you missed the live 2/1/19 Planet Philadelphia

2/3/2019

You can catch the latest Planet Philadelphia on podcast just in case you missed listening to the live broadcast show. This was a show about solutions for waste and trash that aired on Planet Philadelphia 2/1/19. Guests on this Planet Philadelphia talked about innovative ideas to fight our waste and trash problems: https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/innovative-ideas-to-fight-our-waste-and-trash-problems-aired-2119-on-wggt-lp-929fm-philadelphia/

• Faye Christoforo and Audrey Kriva are from The Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN), a national organization which supports and advises the student-led Zero-Waste movement on campuses around the country.

• Ron Whyte is Project Coordinator of the Trash Academy of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. He will talk about the Academy’s work.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment/announcement for Planet Philadelphia radio show.

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Green jobs in Philadelphia, live radio show 1/18/19, 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com

1/21/2019

Planet Philadelphia, live radio show 1/18/19, 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com, green jobs in Philadelphia. Guests discussed the availability, quality, and training needed for green jobs, particularly for those in the energy efficiency field:

Pat Stanton, Director of Policy for E4TheFuture, discussed a recent national report on the availability of energy efficiency jobs broken down by state.
Also, Walter Yakabosky, Director of Training and Ashley Bowman Jobs Development Coordinator from ECA (Energy Coordinating Agency) came in to talk about energy jobs here in Philadelphia and more.

Music:
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Scott Gratton - Wheel Intro, 06
Mystery Mammal - Bigger Than This, 03

Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month live on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and streaming at gtownradio.com, http://www.gtownradio.com. Comments line (484) 278-1846.

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PODCAST: Winter Solstice radio show 12/21/18

12/26/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/scientist-and-justice-perspectives-on-our-environment-on-the-winter-solstice-radio-show-122118/

Scientist and Justice Perspectives on our environment on the Winter Solstice radio show 12/21/18
What better way to celebrate our winter solstice than thinking about planet earth and our place upon it? On today's show we talk with guests Roland Wall. Director Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia and Allison Acevedo, Esq., Director of Environmental Justice at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) about we can do to understand and/or help avoid problems in our own region caused by environmental issues and climate change.
Music:
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Jethro Tull - Ring out solstice bells
Ethan Kuperberg - A Singing Rendition of “Climate-Change Christmas Carols”

Podcast: Planet Philadelphia 9/7/18 - The Quest For Bi-partisanship On The Climate Change Crisis

9/8/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/politics-environment-and-bipartisanship-judy-wicks-gary-crane-linda-rosenwein/

Politics, Environment and Bipartisanship; Discussions about the quest for bi-partisanship in addressing our climate change crisis on the Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show aired 9/7/18:

Judy Wicks: Sustainable local/regional and environmentally responsible economies.
Gary Crane: A Republican's views on global warming.
Linda Rosenwein: Bipartisanship on climate change?

Music:
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
The World is Changing - Movie Theater
Dawn of the Cosmos - Art Of Escapism
Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth - Sparks

Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood along with assistance from reporter Linda Rosenwein, 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday every month. Tune in your radio dial to Germantown Community Radio 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in NW Philadelphia, or listen to the live streaming at G-Town Radio at http://www.gtownradio.com, and/or on your mobile devices with your radio app. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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SEPTA Gas plant update

12/19/2017

Podcast: Activists Lynne Robinson, Eric Marsh and Marcus Heppinstall talk with Tom Casetta about the proposed SEPTA Gas Plant.

On the December 15th Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show, I mentioned that Tom Casetta had a panel discussion on the GTown Conversations show here on G-Town Radio with activists Lynne Robinson, Eric Marsh and Marcus Heppinstall about the proposed SEPTA Gas Plant. Here’s the link to the podcast. Please do give it a listen. It’s a very informative conversation. I certainly learned a lot even though I’ve been trying to keep up on the issue.

https://www.mixcloud.com/MorningFeed/gtown-conversations-septanicetown-natural-gas-plant/

Podcast of the energetic Planet Philadelphia streamed live online, on wonderful G-Town Radio, 6/16/17

6/17/2017

Podcast of the energetic Planet Philadelphia streamed live online, on wonderful G-Town Radio, 6/16/17

May was another month in a record run of planet wide warming. June seems to be set to follow suit. Meanwhile the Energy Department is closing the office working on climate change abroad. But don’t despair – we have lots to buck you up today on this Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show. Tune in for a great listening experience!

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/energetic-planet-philadelphia-streamed-live-online-g-town-radio-61617/

Ben Armstrong, PECO’s Manager of Communications, will talk about renewable energy.
Greg Holt from EQAT, Earth Quaker Action Team, a group that’s negotiating with PECO for some additional environmentally friendly actions, will comment.

Paula Paul at the POWER, the Philadelphia organization who cosponsored the recent the Power Local Green Jobs march with EQAT. Also, people who took part in the event like Bill McKibben, Eileen Flanagan, and George Lakey.
Liz Robinson, the Director of the Energy Coordinating Agency, an agency that has been helping promote a sustainable and a socially equitable energy future for all in the Philly region since 1984.

To listen to Planet Philadelphia shows you might have missed, check out the podcast page on Planet Philadelphia website, http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts and/or on gtownradio.com a day or so after they’ve aired on G-town Radio. 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.

For more environmental reporting tune back in to G-Town Radio (http://www.gtownradio.com) for the next Planet Philadelphia show: July 7, 2017. Lots of interesting new interviews, news and music.

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Podcast: Wild ad-libbed Planet Philadelphia live show - streamed online 6/2/17 www.gtownradio.com

6/5/2017

Hear environmental news — some real, some probably wildly inaccurate — as Planet Philadelphia show host, Kay Wood, and reporter, Linda Rosenwein, madly scrambled to put on a show after bizarre tech trouble. It’s an uneven show, but fun. Kind of a zany show full of tech trouble and mad recoveries with some environmental news mixed in too.

To listen to Planet Philadelphia shows that you might have missed, check out the podcast page on Planet Philadelphia website, http://planetphila.weebly.com/podcasts or back here at gtownradio.com a day or so after they’ve aired on Gtown Radio. 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.

For more environmental reporting tune back in to G-Town Radio (http://www.gtownradio.com) for the next Planet Philadelphia show: June 16th. Host Kay Wood interviews PECO Communications Manager, Ben Armstrong about PECO’s plans for renewable energy.

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Planet Philadelphia podcast , streamed on G-Town Radio 2/17/17

2/18/2017

Guest’s on this Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on G-town Radio were Christina Simeone, the Director of Policy and External Affairs at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, to give us a run down of energy policy in the US, including a view on how the new political situation might affect this vital far reaching part of our economy and lives.

Also on this Planet Philadelphia, Maura McCarthy, the Executive Director of The Friends of the Wissahickon talked about their Sustainable Trail Initiative. The initiative is in the middle of a decade long effort of habitat restoration, improved water quality, user experience and safety, and storm water management.

Please also tune back in to G-Town Radio http://www.gtownradio.com for the more in this continuing radio show exploring our world. Upcoming guests scheduled include; Linda Black Elk on DALP, Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, on environmental justice, Barbara Gottlieb, Director, Environment & Health Physicians for Social Responsibility on fossil fuel’s and the current climate crisis’s multiple impacts on our health, and more. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line: (484) 278-1846.  Record a comment or event announcement anytime.

Planet Philadelphia streams on 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.

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