Leonard Nakamura, emeritus economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, will discuss why accurate measurement is vital to deal with climate change, and humanity’s role in the world. 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.

Strategy to conserve water by taxing farmers for groundwater: Ellen Bruno, Assistant Professor, UC Berkley, and Katrina Jessoe, Associate Professor, UC Davis. 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 

PA Farm Bill: Doug Wolfgang, Exec. Dir. of the State Conservation Commission. 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

Climate Conscious Farm Bill: Pennsylvania Farmers Union’s President Michael Kovach, multiple-species, grass-based regenerative livestock farmer in Mercer County. 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 

Tammy Murphy, Advocacy Director of Pennsylvania Physicians for Social Responsibility, on Gov. Shapiro’s agreement with gas driller CNX to reduce the effects of natural gas drilling in the state. PSR is very opposed to the agreement.

Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com.

Elaine Fulz, Keon Monroe, Don Campbell & Karen Melton from Citizens’ Climate Lobby discuss their successful effort to dissuade the Philadelphia 30th Street train station from dropping steam power to go to natural gas. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com.

Pamela Darville & Peter Furcht are from POWER Interfaith’s Climate Justice and Jobs team talk about POWER’s successful campaign convincing the state’s PUC to reduce requested PGW natural gas rate increases. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com.

Ginger Scoggins  mechanical engineer, president/co-owner of the firm Engineered Designs, and ASHRAE president. She will be talking about the new goals for the society, “tackling the climate crisis”, and what she sees the role of the society and of engineers in that endeavor. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com.

Samir Patel, Project Architect at Digsau architectural firm and an adjunct professor at Drexel University, discusses issues in building sustainably from an architectural point of view. Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM 1st & 3rd Friday/month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia & gtownradio.com. More information at www.planetphiladelphia.com.

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Pennsylvania State, Dr. Amir Sheikhi, talks about a new sustainable eco-friendly alternative to conventional rare earth elements extraction methods. To hear Planet Philadelphia tune your radio dial to 92.9 FM in Philadelphia or at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st & 3rd Fridays/month. Podcasts are available shortly after broadcast at planetphiladelphia.com.