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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!

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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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Today: New Planet Philadelphia streams online!

6/2/2017

New Planet Philadelphia streams online today!
4-5:00pm 6/2/17 www.gtownradio.com

Award-winning sea level researcher on efforts to limit climate change and what President Trump's funding cuts mean for the future for such research.

Professor Benjamin Horton is currently at Rutgers University but is relocating to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He will talk about doing research on rising sea levels in the wake of climate change. He has been trying to understand and integrate the external and internal mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, and which will shape such changes in the future. Dr. Horton has won a number of awards for his research. He has deep concerns about the affects of government research funding cuts on the US maintaining it’s current lead in climate research.

Todd Rogers, of Energy Training Solutions and who is an environmental educator and energy auditor for buildings, will discuss a human-centered approach using group motivational strategies to lower the use of energy. This approach contrasts with approaches that give information only, deliver external rewards such as bonuses, or focus on lowering costs. In mid-May, Todd was working in Philadelphia schools using this approach.

Also, individuals involved in the Power Local Green Jobs march including Bill McKibben, Eileen Flanagan, George Lakey, and people at the POWER Philadelphia organization who cosponsored the march and the campaign will be commenting on the recent march.

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.

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.

Also, for more environmental reporting listen to 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. That and lot’s more interesting things, so do tune back in 4-5:00 pm June 16, 2017.

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Why do oil & gas companies and electric utilities try to slow down the adoption of green technologies? - Michael Silverstein

4/23/2016

Why do oil & gas companies and electric utilities try to slow down the adoption of green technologies? – Michael Silverstein

I’m always surprised that so many oil & gas companies and electric utilities try to slow down the adoption of green technologies. Why fight the inevitable? Why not position yourself to profit from it instead?

I’ve now concluded that the big problem here is a robotic adherence to company business models. Oil companies, though, were not always adverse to expanding (not replacing) these business models.

Take the case of Standard Oil Of New Jersey (now Exxon). At the turn of the last century it was drilling and refining oil into gasoline. But this gasoline was generally sold at pumps outside general merchandise stores. Then in 1908 it opened the country’s first gas station whose main business was selling gasoline. And ever since then most gas stations around the world have been owned by oil companies.

So why not learn from this example? Why should oil & gas companies not get into a green technology as a profitable sideline?

Take frackers for example. They drill holes in the ground to reach natural gas deposits. And when you go down as little as a few feet you begin to encounter the never changing and uniform heat of the earth. Why not collect his heat and use it to power electrical generators? You could then start selling electricity as a sideline to your basic business model. A la Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1908.

In states around the country electric utilities are trying to prevent use of solar panels because in the companies’ present business model these panels are competitors. But they need not be seen that way.

Just get into the solar panel business as a sideline. As very large companies, you can get a great deal on big purchases. You also have a lot built in customers — your present grid customers. You don’t have to change your basic business model. Just expanded it.

Good corporate management evolves with the times. Oil & gas drillers and electric utilities need to see opportunities and tie into them. For their shareholders. For the country. For the natural environment on which everyone depends.

Michael Silverstein, is a former senior editor with Bloomberg News and currently contributes to the Planet Philadelphia radio show.

Announcing: Great New Planet Philadelphia, Zoë Cina-Sklar talks about the controversial energy hub proposal being floated here in PA, 4:00 Apr 15 Gtown Radio

4/8/2016

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Announcement: Listen to a dynamite new Planet Philadelphia radio show 4:00 Friday April 15th on Gtown Radio. Hear host Kay Wood’s interview with Zoë Cina-Sklar, a campaign organizer with PennEnvironment. She takes on the controversial fossil fuel-based energy hub concept and blows it out of the water. She also talks about 10,000 potential new green jobs here in Philly. So tune in to gtownradio.com at 4:00 Friday the 15th to hear a super show.

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/.

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Podcast: Planet Philadelphia 2/19/16: Dynamic informative environmental interviews, news, music, and more

2/20/2016

Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood talks with Tyler Nickerson, the Director of Investments and State Strategy for The Solutions Project, about how we here in PA can use currently available technology to meet 100% of our energy needs with 100% renewable energy. Also hear from local Germantown artist, Peter Handler, about his sculptures and why they are so influenced by climate change.

To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/
Contact Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood, by the links below or call the listener Comment Line: (484)278-1846 to tell us your own exciting environmental insights anytime. Hope to hear from you. @planetphila | @gtownradio

Planet Philadelphia Today - January 15th - 4:00 pm streaming on http://www.gtownradio.com/

1/15/2016

Planet Philadelphia Today - January 15th - 4:00 pm streaming on http://www.gtownradio.com/ - two scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Dr. Stefanie Kroll and Lin B. Perez, tell us about important things we can do ourselves here in NW Philly to help with water management. After that, we’ll hear Professor Rakesh Agrawal, about a new energy system combining solar and hydrogen production that's getting a lot of attention, "Hyricity." Tune in to hear these informative interviews and more awesome environmental news on Planet Philadelphia today!

And don’t forget - the Weird Waste Electronics Recycling event is Saturday, January 16, 2016; 10am to 2pm at the Norwood-Fontbonne Academy at 8891 Germantown Avenue in NW Philly. It’s a great way to responsibly recycle all your old dead motherboards or cell phones or lamps – anything with a cord… for more information on that go to http://tinyurl.com/qy4wkhl

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/.

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New Planet Philadelphia - this Fri., Jan. 15th, 4:00 pm, Gtown Radio - interviews, music and more!

1/11/2016

A brand new Planet Philadelphia is coming up this Friday January 15th at 4:00 pm on wonderful Gtown radio – the sound of Germantown, http://www.gtownradio.com/.

Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood speaks with three exciting guests, starting off with two scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Dr. Stefanie Kroll, a director of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, talks about the ambitious multi-group initiative that was kickstarted with a $35 million commitment by the William Penn Foundation. She is followed up by Lin B. Perez, a GeoSpatial Scientist with the BioGeoInformatics Group at the Academy. She is also a landscape architect and tells us about a number of important things we can do ourselves here in NW Philly to help with water management.

Latter on in the show we’ll hear Professor Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, about a new energy system combining solar and hydrogen production that's getting a lot of attention, "Hyricity."

Tune in to hear these informative interviews and more awesome environmental news on Planet Philadelphia streaming 4:00 to 5:00 pm on http://www.gtownradio.com/

And don’t forget - the Weird Waste Electronics Recycling event is Saturday, January 16, 2016; 10am to 2pm at the Norwood-Fontbonne Academy at 8891 Germantown Avenue in NW Philly. It’s a great way to responsibly recycle all your old dead motherboards or cell phones or lamps – anything with a cord… for more information on that go to http://tinyurl.com/qy4wkhl

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/.

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