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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/

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Podcast: Green New Deal, aired live 3/1/9 92.9FM WGGT-LP Philadelphia

3/2/2019

Planet Philadelphia live radio show aired aired 3/1/9 on 92.9FM WGGT-LP Philadlephia and streamed on gtownradio.com: Getting a better focus on the Green New Deal and the many issues it raises, both scientific and societal, with Mark Alan Hughes, Ph.D., of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, and Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute (WRI) U.S.

The full show aired 3/1/19:

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/green-new-deal-319-929fm-wggt-lp-philadelphia/

Individual interviews:

https://soundcloud.com/planetphiladelphia/dr-mark-alan-hughes-interview-on-planet-philadelphia-3119

https://soundcloud.com/planetphiladelphia/dan-lashoff-live-interview-planet-philadelphia-3-1-19

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.

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Podcast: Planet Philadelphia Live radio show 2/15/19 2/15/19: Vinod Thomas and Franco Montalto, Ph.D., climate change strategies

2/17/2019

The podcast is available for last Friday’s live Planet Philadelphia show from 2/15/19 The Environment: National and International Perspectives. What are the perspectives of people with both international and national contacts regarding environmental issues? Liten to these guests to find out:

Vinod Thomas, is former senior vice president at the World Bank, one of whose responsibilities is financing to help with climate issues, and author of Climate Change and Natural Disaster (2018).He will talk about the present climate change crisis and solutions that we may be able to take to avert it.
Franco Montalto, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Drexel’s Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. He has recently returned from the world climate change conference in Poland, COP24, and has contacts about environmental issues in other countries. He will discuss “integration” and systems issues in relationship to the environment, as well as some of his own work on urban environmental problems.

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Podcast: 2/1/19 Planet Philadelphia - Innovative ideas to fight our waste and trash problems, aired 2/1/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9FM

2/3/2019

The podcast is up. In case you missed the live 2/1/19 Planet Philadelphia, 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:

• 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.

Music:
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Steve Combs - Delta Is - 04 - Receiving A Transmission
The Owl - 03 - winter smoke

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.

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

1/21/2019

Depending on your preference you can now listen to Planet Philadelphia podcasts of the entire live shows on Mixcloud, and/or listen to selected individual interviews on Soundcloud, Sticherand more.

Listen here for the full 1/181/9 Planet Philadelphia show:

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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Listen to the podcast for the Friday, January 4, 2019 Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show

1/5/2019

Listen to the podcast here for the Friday, January 4, 2019 Planet Philadelphia aired live on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streamed at gtownradio.com.

2018 had a number of important, even alarming, events and occurrences from extreme weather events made worse by the climate crisis, powerful institutional reports including from our own government, and of course political wrangling. these guests talk about some of these events and what lies ahead in 2019.

Christina Faulkner McDonough: California suffered from multiple big fires this summer. Christina Faulkner McDonough had a close call with the Woolsey Fire, and will tell us about her direct experiences. Even though CA is 3,000 miles away we are all connected. The smoke from the fires even reached here Philadelphia and contributed to days of poorer air quality.
Liz Robinson: Philadelphia Solar Energy Association (PSEA) Executive Director, a key advocate for solar energy in Pennsylvania, helping to develop the policy framework that has had many accomplishments. She will talk about environmental issues in the new year.
Karen Krivit: Philly Goat Project Director Karen Krivit and several volunteers talk about this unique community-based program. Don’t throw your Christmas tree in the trash. Recycle it by feeding it to the goats at the Philly Goat Project at Awbury Arboretum's Agricultural Village.

For selected individual interviews go to the Sound For The Planet page.

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

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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”

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: What to do about the climate crisis at our door step? Richard Whiteford and Meenal Raval, Planet Philadelphia 12/7/18

12/10/2018

Just click on the button above, or this link: https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/what-to-do-about-the-climate-crisis-at-our-door-step-richard-whiteford-and-meenal-raval/, to listen to the podcast of the latest Planet Philadelphia broadcast on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com 12/7/18

Stark warnings from the National Climate Assessment and several other recent reputable reports say we are already in a climate crisis with real harm happening to us today. Our guests will talk about the crisis and what we can all do to help avert the worst.

• Climate change expert, Richard Whiteford, will talk about what the National Climate Assessment means for us here in the Delaware Valley.

• Local environmental activist, Meenah Raval, will discuss PGW’s, deal to move for a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility at its Passyunk plant, and why it is a bad idea.

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Podcast: Climate Change in the Post-IPCC & Pre-Election Era, 11/2/18, Planet Philadelphia aired on 92.9 FM & gtownradio.com

11/3/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/climate-change-in-the-post-ipcc-pre-election-era-11218-aired-on-929-fm-gtownradiocom/

Podcast: Climate Change in the Post-IPCC & Pre-Election Era, 11/2/18, Planet Philadelphia aired on 92.9 FM & gtownradio.com

How should we deal with Climate Change in the Post-IPCC & Pre-Election Era? Guests address different approaches to climate change in a critical period for the climate according to the UN. Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show aired live 11/2/18, WGGT-LP 92.9 FM & streamed live on gtownradio.com.

Policy and politics: Dwight Evans
Media: Chandra Chevannes and Sandra Steingraber on award winning documentary film, “Unfractured”
Resiliency for museums and cultural institutions: Joyce Lee and Robert Cheetham

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Planet Philadelphia is an environmental radio show produced and hosted by Kay Wood broadcast 4:00-5:00 p.m. the first and third Friday of every month. Listen to Planet Philadelphia live by going to http://www.gtownradio.com or tune to WGGT-LP 92.9 FM.

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Podcast, Planet Philadelphia, 10/19/18: Legal maneuvers may decide if we survive climate change.

10/20/2018

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/legal-maneuvers-may-decide-if-we-face-up-to-climate-change/

How Americans face up to climate change could be decided by new legal maneuvers on the state and federal levels.

The federal government is fighting the groundbreaking climate change lawsuit, Juliana v. the US, at every turn. Hear from Attorney Phil Gregory co-lead counsel on this very important lawsuit the Trump DOJ is trying to quash.
If our Founding Fathers were alive today they could be charged with felonies according to PA Senate SB 652. Jenn Quinn, Legislative and Political Director of the Sierra Club Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Randol, ACLU Pennsylvania Legislative Director talk about this legislation.
Christine Knapp, Director of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability has some breaking green news on Philly’s efforts to combat climate change and the local perspectives on the UN’s recent report Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and what Philly is doing about it.

And environmental news from Linda Rosenwein.

Music:
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Pet Shop Boys - Axis
Los straitjackets - The Munsters Theme
Various - The Time Warp

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