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2021 Shows
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How do you figure the economics? 5/7/2021
Our interviews with Dr. Tamma Carleton, professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management of the University of California Santa Barbara, and with Dr. Richard Bradbury, the head of the “people conservation science” team at the Centre for Conservation Science of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and honorary research fellow at Cambridge University, explore why the social cost of carbon (SCC), its calculation and its amount are important. As examples, would a higher cost of SCC persuade decision makers to lower air pollution, support alternatives to fertilizer, use greener electricity, or conserve natural habitats?
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Celebrate our earth, 4/16/21 Planet Philadelphia
Earth Day was April 22 this year. Our guests include Tykee James, a birder/naturalist who goes out into the field and a policy advocate, Government Affairs Coordinator for the National Audubon Society and co-founder of May 2020 Black Birders Week. Also on this show Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director of the Climate and Energy Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists on Biden’s climate, jobs, and infrastructure initiative.
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Innovative land use strategies, 4/2/21
Listen as we examine some innovative strategies in this area: “enhanced rock weathering” and urban agriculture with guests Dr. David Beerling, soil researcher at The University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, is Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation and Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, UK. He also is Editor in Chief of the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
And Ash Richards and EmmaKate Martin from Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Ash is Philadelphia’s first Director of Urban Agriculture and is responsible for running the City’s FarmPhilly program. EmmaKate supports the Community Gardens in the Park Friends Network, coordinates the Junior Farmers program. |
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EVs and the grid, transition to clean energy, 3/19/2021
Examining the interaction between the electric grid and EVs. Also, an update on the transition to clean energy in PA. Guests: Matteo Muratori, Ph.D., Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation at the federal level and Senior Engineer and Team Leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
And Liz Robinson, Planet Philadelphia’s Energy Correspondent. She brings us up to date on the latest energy news in Harrisburg, and what this could mean. |
What should we do to keep the power on? 3/5/2021
In the wake of the rolling blackouts in Texas recently, in California this summer, and in other states, what should we know about grid stability? How is our Pennsylvania, or even Philadelphia, grid equipped to deal with severe weather events?
• Karen Miu, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University • Emily Shapira, President and CEO of Philadelphia Energy Authority, which works with Philadelphia on energy issues. |
Abandoned oil and gas wells,
2/19/2021
Pennsylvania has the highest number of abandoned oil and gas wells in the nation, but there are myriads of these wells all around the country. We talk with Adam Peltz, Senior Attorney in the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Energy program about the problems/dangers of these wells and what can we do about them. Also on this show Linda Rosenwein, Ph.D., Planet Philadelphia’s reporter and assistant producer, gives the second half of her summary of green investing.
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Dr. Jennifer Wilcox on Carbon Capture, 2/5/21
In this Planet Philadelphia aired 2/5/2021 we talked about carbon capture with Dr. Jennifer Wilcox. We spoke with her just before she was just appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the DOE in the Biden/Harris administration. Dr. Wilcox talks holistically about the recent developments in carbon capture and how these fit into an overall system of lowering CO2 gases. The views expressed are based on her extensive research.
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How to fix public transit & cut GHG, 1/15/21
Transportation is one of the big contributors to greenhouse gases as well as pollution. Public transportation, which may be better for the environment, is having significant financial problems, which are being exacerbated by COVID-19. How can we address these environmental transportation problems? We talk about this with Professor Megan Smirti Ryerson, the UPS Chair of Transportation at the University of Pennsylvania, and with Professor Eric Goldwyn, researcher at New York University.
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Camel fur inspired cooling material, 1/1/2021
Our wide ranging conversation with Dr. Nicola Ferralis about promising developments in future technology which could help with climate change, including something his own lab at MIT is working on: a system for electricity-free cooling material inspired by camel fur of all things. Dr. Ferralis is a Research Scientist in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and Program Manager for the MIT Energy Initiative Low Energy Carbon Center on Energy Storage.
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Listen 4:00-5:00 PM EST the first and third Friday a month on
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or live stream at gtownradio.com.
Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU,
Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.
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Listen 4:00-5:00 PM EST the first and third Friday a month on
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or live stream at gtownradio.com.
Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU,
Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.
Not in Philly?
You can still listen to all the great G-town Radio
programing on the iPhone G-town Radio app,
Tunein, Simple Radio, or other aps.
www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com
facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio