Planet Philadelphia

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. What are the problems/dangers of these wells and what can we do about them? We talk about this with Adam Peltz, Senior Attorney in the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Energy program.  Planet Philadelphia is a radio show about our shared environment....

Linda Rosenwein gives a distillation of recent environmental news, as well as a brief summary of her research into the current state of environmental investing. From Planet Philadelphia aired 2/5/2021 Planet Philadelphia is a radio show about our shared environment . 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 ....

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...

Dr. Megan Smirti Ryerson , UPS Chair of Transportation and a professor in the departments of City and Regional Planning and of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work in in transportation infrastructure planning and demand forecasting and her work supports the design of transportation systems that are safe efficient and resilient. She will tell us about the p...

Professor Eric Goldwyn, researcher at New York University on Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show. He works on transportation planning and technology. He will be talking about work on urban transportation systems in our COVID-19 era and the future. Aired on Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and live streamed on gtownradio.com. www.planetphilade...

Pennsylvania is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US and one of the largest regional sources of electric power. What we do here matters far beyond our borders. Liz Robinson talks with us about initiatives to cool the planet and limit greenhouse gases in Pennsylvania the election. Liz founded the Energy Coordinating Agency in Philadelphia and the Keystone Energy Efficiency Allian...

Ben Kalina and Jen Schneider have collaborated on directing/producing/writing and filming a recent NOVA science documentary airing on PBS entitled ”Can We Cool the Planet?” They are award-winning film makers who have worked together before. Both have long been interested in environmental issues. They will discuss this film, which deals with the recent scientific advances being contemplated and/or...

Listen to our conversation with Matthew George, the creator of the project to clean up trash Germantown while spurring community engagement. His project “I Love Thy Hood” is an inspiring example of how one person can help improve people’s lives. This Planet Philadelphia interview was aired at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and on gtownradio.com . www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

To achieve goals of reducing greenhouse gasses, jobs will have to migrate away from fossil fuel employment. What are workers/labor thinking about this coming shift and how can we help them in an equitable way. Dr. J. Mijin Cha, JD., LL.M. is an Assistant Professor at Occidental College in the Urban and Environmental Policy Department and Fellow at the Worker Institute at Cornell. Dr. Cha will be i...

Our wide ranging conversation with Dr. Nicola Ferralis about some promising trends, breakthroughs and 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. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Thomas Cassetta and Joanna Wikander  are station manager and program director respectively of GTown Radio station, the community-based radio station which hosts Planet Philadelphia talking about the role of community-based radio in communicating with local neighborhoods and reaching out to the wider world about the environment. Aired on Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on WGGT-LP...

Julie Be and Anya Rose are a folksy duo who write music for children and other childlike people, songfully advocating for positivity, social justice, and silliness. Together they call themselves “Ants on a Log”. Aired on Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and live streamed on gtownradio.com December 18, 2020. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Colette Pichon Battle, Esq. has worked to advance human rights in the post-Katrina, post- BP Gulf Coast focusing on Global Migration, Community Economic Development, Climate Justice, and Equitable Disaster Recovery.  Colette served as a lead coordinator for the Gulf South Rising regional initiative around climate justice in the South.  In 2016 Colette was named a White House Champion of...

James Tour, Ph. D. is a professor of chemistry, computer science, and materials science and nanogenineering at Rice University. He tells us about an exciting new process to make graphene cheaply by a flash Joule heating method. Graphene, the hardest manmade substance, could then be used in a number of ways to lower greenhouse gas emissions, such as in adding it to concrete to strengthen and make i...

This was a fun interview. It really got my imagination going. Need building materials that will grow themselves on Mars? Hear Chelsea Heveran, Ph. D., from University of Colorado and Montano State University tells us about “living building materials”, a new field using living biological matter to make nonorganic objects, including green cement.

Tired of the divisive cacophony we hear nearly every day on nearly every topic? Listen to this uniquely moving and inspiring multi-faith talk about climate change. We recorded this inspiring climate change and morality discussion with Imam Quaiser Abdullah, Sister Mary Elizabeth Clark, Reverend Mitchell C. Hescox, and Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein at G-Town Radio's station on Maplewood Mall in Germanto...

The Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Developers of Lithium-Ion Batteries, John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino this year. They share the prize. Developing lithium-ion batteries are the power sources that touched off a technological revolution that gave rise to cellphones and electric cars. Dr. Goodenough, age 97, gives few interviews. Planet P...

Kathy Hipple is a financial analyst at the  Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA.org) and a  finance professor for Bard’s MBA program in Sustainability. She will  talk about a recent report from IEEFA about the long-term economic  prospects of oil and gas drilling. This interview is from Planet Philadelphia environmental  radio show which airs...