Kay Wood

Planet Philadelphia

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Planet Philadelphia radio show has been exploring how environmental issues intersect in complex ways in every aspect of society since 2015. We discuss this with national/global experts such as the former first female president of Ireland, a Nobel Laureate, security experts, scientists, filmmakers, politicians, community members, and more. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast.www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

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Kay Wood

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Climate Homicide; Prof. Donald Braman & David Arkush, Dir. Public Citizen’s Climate Program 5/19/23 20.05.2023 28:08

Climate Homicide: Prof. Donald Braman, George Washington University and David Arkush, Dir. of Public Citizen’s Climate Program. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Cancer Free Economy; Debra Erenberg, 5/5/2023 20.05.2023 26:21

Debra Erenberg, Strategic Director of the Cancer Free Economy Network, discusses the concept of a cancer free economy and how we might achieve that goal. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Rid Cancer Causing Chemicals From Our Lives; Kristina Marusic, 5/5/23 20.05.2023 23:02

This is Part II of our interview with EHN reporter and author Kristina Marusic. Here she talks about our increasing exposure to cancer causing chemicals and how to rid from our lives of them. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

4/21/23 Environmental News Roundup - Linda Rosenwein 23.04.2023 7:18

Linda Rosenwein: environmental news roundup, stories in the news related to topics In today’s show. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

New EPA regulation limiting hazardous pollution by chemical and plastic manufacturing—Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force, 4/21/23 23.04.2023 24:31

Patrice Tomcik is Senior National Field Manager for Moms Clean Air Force, a nonprofit organization advocating to protect children by lowering air pollution and addressing climate change issues. She will be talking about new EPA proposed regulation to limit the hazardous pollution caused by the largest, most toxic chemical and plastic manufacturing facilities in the country. This would be a major s...

Wild Philly-Mike Weilbacher, Executive Director of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 4/21/23 23.04.2023 25:03

Mike Weilbacher is the Executive Director of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Philadelphia. He will be talking about his new book describing numerous wonderful nature walks available in the Philadelphia area and what they have to offer. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month....

Environmental news items with Linda Rosenwein 4/7/2023 08.04.2023 10:24

Linda Rosenwein’s environmental news round up. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast. www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Recent toxic spills and the EPA, Judith Enck 4/7/2023 08.04.2023 17:54

Judith Enck is an environmental policy expert and former EPA Regional Administrator. She will be talking about the East Palestine train derailments and toxic spills in our waterways. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast. www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Willow oil and gas project and IPCC climate change report, Bob Deans, 4/7/2023 08.04.2023 29:12

Bob Deans from NRDC talks about the Willow oil and gas drilling project and IPCC report on climate change. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. Podcasts of show are available after broadcast. www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Environmental News, Alex Bomstein, 3/17/2023 18.03.2023 18:36

Alex Bomstein, Clean Air Council Legal Director, discusses some good legal news for residents of Pennsylvania as well as talking about the planned burning of chemicals from the train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @pla...

Climate change disruption and gender violence, Lori Sokol, PhD, 3/17/2023 18.03.2023 16:07

Lori Sokol, PhD is Executive Director of Women’s eNews. She will be addressing gender-based violence on women resulting from climate change disruptions. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Climate Change’s Effect on Women’s Mental Health, Kathryn Stone, 3/17/2023 18.03.2023 27:19

Kathryn Stone, research coordinator at Dalhousie University in Canada, talks about her research an about the effect of climate change on women’s mental health. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Train Derailment-Part 1 of EHN reporter Kristina Marusic interview, 3/3/2023 05.03.2023 15:49

Kristina Marusic , a reporter for Environmental Health News and author of a forthcoming book on cancer and the chemical exposures causing it. In Part I of her interview, she discusses the recent train derailment in Palestine Ohio near the Pennsylvania border and the chemicals it released. Part II on our increasing exposure to cancer causing chemicals will air in a later show. Listen to Planet Phil...

Fully Green Hydrogen From Seawater? Dr. Nasir Mahmood, 3/3/2023 05.03.2023 15:29

Dr. Nasir Mahmood, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia, will be talking about his team’s work developing a new process for making hydrogen fuel out of sea water. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Developments in wind energy technology and their pros and cons, Dr. John Hall, 3/3/2023 05.03.2023 29:22

Dr. John Hall, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will talk about developments in wind energy technology. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Zachary Barber, PennEnvironment Clean Air Advocate, Pennsylvania-Ohio border train explosion 2/17/23 18.02.2023 12:00

Zachary Barber , PennEnvironment Clean Air Advocate, discusses the Pennsylvania-Ohio border train explosion and its environmental implications. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Ishmael Buckner, policy advocate, Public Citizen, problems and solutions in financing environmental justice. 2/17/23 18.02.2023 23:10

Ishmael Buckner , policy advocate at Public citizen’s climate program, gives his analysis of the problems and solutions in financing environmental justice. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Students from Imhotep Institute Charter High School helping people with what they learn, 2/17/23 18.02.2023 21:09

These young people are using what they learned to help the water crisis in Jackson Mississippi and to install a self-contained hydroponic farm here at home in a living classroom they designed. Jameisa Cobbs - (Team Lead) Junior Mikal Davis Jr -Junior Zykiah Hart-Levy - Junior Ariel Headen - Junior Montrell Irvin, Jr. - Senior (Lead Engineer) Jaida Jordan - Junior Janiece Watters - Junior Isaiah Pr...

Oyster shells provide habitat and clean the water, Sarah Bouboulis 2/3/2023 05.02.2023 11:56

Sarah Bouboulis, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, on how oyster shells are being used in the Delaware Valley to provide habitat and clean the water. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Activists talk about SEPTA’s permit renewal for the Nicetown gas plant 2/2/203 05.02.2023 14:41

Lisa Hastings and Lynn Robinson discuss SEPTA’s (Philadelphia’s public transportation provider) request to renew the permit for their methane gas plant in Nicetown and the negative effects of this plant on this environmental justice community. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphi...

EPA considering expanded biofuel use; Tyler Lobdell, 2-3-2023 04.02.2023 27:22

Tyler Lobdell focuses on food and agriculture and its relationship to fuels and energy environmental issues at Food and Water Watch, a nonprofit environmental organization. He will be discussing biofuels and the concerns about using more of these types of energy sources in light of the EPA’s current proposals. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia or gtownr...

Charles Komanoff: Strategies to stop luxury emissions from 1/20/2023 radio show 21.01.2023 20:30

Charles Komanoff: Strategies to stop luxury emissions , highlighting an action where activists halted flights of private jets parked or preparing for takeoff at the Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

EPA’s proposed new soot pollution limits; Zachary Barber, PennEnvironment - 1/20/2023 21.01.2023 35:28

Zachary Barber, PennEnvironment Clean Air Advocate: Soot pollution kills an estimated 85,000-200,000 Americans every year. The EPA’s new limits on soot are stronger than what we have now, but are they really enough to protect our health? Listen to Planet Philadelphia on your radio dial at 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, or gtownradio.com, 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Friday/month. www.planetphiladel...

Ban Leaf Blowers? Anne Dicker and Seth Lieberman 12/16/2022 11.01.2023 11:37

Anne Dicker and Seth Lieberman have a campaign to outlaw gas powered leaf blowers in Philadelphia. This type of leaf blower is very harmful to health and peace of mind with their noise and exceptionally large amount pollution. Seth and Anne talk about the problem and offer solutions. Both are cofounders of QuietCleanPhilly. Listen to Planet Philadelphia live on your radio dial at 92.9 FM  in...

Last Minute Tax Giveaway to Gas Industry in PA, Patrick McDonnell 07.01.2023 9:01

Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture President & CEO, talks about legislative actions in Harrisburg giving billions in tax incentives to the gas industry. Listen to Planet Philadelphia live on your radio dial at 92.9 FM  in NW Philadelphia or live stream at https://gtownradio.com/ 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Fridays/month. www.planetphiladelphia.com |@planetphila