Grassroots with Patti & Doug Wood

Many of the most popular cleaning and laundry products are filled with chemical ingredients that are harmful to our health and the environment…chemicals that make products blue, or smell like flowers, or make clothes appear white and bright, or counteract the effects of other chemicals in the product. They all take their toll once they go down the drain. For this and other Green Street shows, visi...

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with Cornell professor Tony Ingraffea about cryptocurrency and it's enormous environmental impact. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with investigative reporter Sharon Lerner about the EPA and how it has changed into an agency that protects industries instead of people. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

Our delicately balanced and finely tuned endocrine system determines how we grow, how we mature, and how - and even if - we can reproduce. Chemicals in the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe and even the products we buy are interfering with that system, dramatically diminishing our ability to reproduce. World renowned epidemiologist Dr. Shanna Swan joins Patti and Doug on this wee...

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with Dr. Brian Moench, anesthesiologist and author of Death by Corporation, an examination of our corporate culture and how the mandate of corporations to make a profit for investors has resulted in a terrible cost to society. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

Delaware Riverkeeper Maya Van Rossum talks about her idea to have every state adopt a Green Amendment to protect our right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

On this edition of Green Street, renowned scientist, author and activist Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks with Doug and Patti about the oil industry’s “carbon capture and storage,” plan and why it’s doomed to fail. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

De-commissioning a nuclear power plant isn’t like flipping a switch, especially when it practically sits on top of a giant natural gas pipeline. Indian Point is a disaster waiting to happen, as those responsible for overseeing the project are either asleep at the switch or completely inexperienced. On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with Dr. Courtney Williams about what’s going...

Landscape designer and environmentalist Edwina von Gal talks with Patti and Doug about her new project, 234birds.org (2/3 for the birds). The project focuses on the planting of native species as a way to attract bees, butterflies and other insects that can help restore and sustain our bird population, which has declined by 3 billion birds in the last 50 years. For this and other Green Street shows...

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk with Dr. Ron Melnick, senior scientist at the National Toxicology Program and designer of the blockbuster study that found “clear evidence” of cancer from exposure to radiofrequency radiation. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

On this Earth Day edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk with Dr. Kenneth Spaeth, Chief of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Northwell Health about New York City’s new law prohibiting the use of chemical pesticides in city parks. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

On this edition of Green Street Patti and Doug speak with journalist and author Karl Grossman about the increasing militarization of space, including the use of 5G to guide supersonic weapons. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the PFAS family of chemicals with research scientist Carol Kwiatkowski, Science and Policy Senior Associate at the Green Science Policy Institute. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

Attorney, author and philosopher Julian Gresser and technology consultant Ben Levi talk with Patti and Doug about the proliferation of 5G satellites in space, the legal issues involved, how it might impact our health, safety, security and the natural world, and what we can do about it. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

Dr. Arlene Blum, founder and Director of the Green Science Policy Institute talks about the work of her organization in eliminating the use of a class of chemicals known as PFAS. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

America's food system is in crisis. Our combined food decisions drive world politics, enrich multi-national corporations, cause skyrocketing rates of diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and accelerate our already perilous climate situation. On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug welcome friend and colleague Ronnie Cummins, founder and international Director of the Organic Consumers Associ...

Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson, co-founder of the Solutions Project, talks with Patti and Doug about how he and his team developed economically feasible and data-supported ways to reach 100% renewable energy by 2030. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

Kim Fraczek, one of the founders and current director of the Sane Energy Project talks about how community action helped stop the Williams Pipeline, and how we can address climate change and win against the natural gas industry by working together. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

Engineer Ben Levi, Technology and Environmental Executive and Attorney Joe Sandri and Attorney and philosopher Julian Gresser talk about the proliferation of 5G satellites in space, how they may impact people and the environment, and what can be done about it. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

We have a giant internet access problem in this country, but community fiber can provide fast, reliable, low-cost internet service for everyone. On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk with Chris Mitchell, Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.co...

Climate Mama Harriet Shugarman talks with Patti and Doug about her new book, How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change, and how we can help them shape the future in an uncertain world. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

Former telecom industry analyst Bruce Kushnick explains how Americans were charged billions in extra fees by phone companies promising to use the money to build a national fiber optic network connecting every home, business, church, school and library in the nation. But the network was never built, and now the same telecoms want billions more to build out their wireless networks. For this and othe...

Clinical psychologist and author Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair talks about the impact technology has had on our society, our kids and our relationships, and how we can make things better. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www. GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.

There is a growing body of published, peer-reviewed scientific studies that show biological harm from exposure to microwave radiation. Dafna Tachover is an attorney who gained a technical understanding of wireless networks and infrastructures as a communications and computer officer in the Israeli Defense Forces. In 2009, Dafna developed electromagnetic sensitivity from wireless technology radiati...

Water is essential to life. You can live for a while without food, but not without water. Your body is about 60 to 70% water, and every cell in your body needs it to function. And it can’t be just any water. It needs to be clean water, free from contaminants and pathogens and chemicals that can do more harm than good. On this edition of Green Street we talk about a chemical compound called 1,4-dio...