Desirée Plata from MIT’s Ralph M. Parson Laboratory School of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will discuss the problems with the powerful GHG methane and a cheap plus effective way of controlling methane emissions using clay to improve our chances of dealing with the climate crisis. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com. For more information: www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Mathew Powell-Palm from Berkeley’s University of California in the Department of Mechanical Engineering tells us about a new technique that could help not only with climate change, but with food shortages. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com. For more information: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, an environmental organization that works to protect the Delaware River watershed, on their campaign to keep fracking wastewater out of the river. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com.For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila.

Kelly Flanigan of PennEnvironment on two new reports, one on the current use of renewables and the other on the use of solar on rooftops. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com.For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila.

As part of our Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show we regularly do a round up of news that relates to the topics of the interviews as well as announcements of events and opportunities. One announcement of note in this episode is to submit a comment to the DRBC about fracking and the Delaware Watershed go to: https://dockets.drbc.commentinput.com/?id=x2K8A

Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila. 

Christine Knapp is the Director of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability. Along with PGW and Energy & Environmental Economics (E3), she partnered in a recently released first study of possible routes for PGW to transition to a less carbon-intensive future. Christine will describe the study’s goals, findings, and recommendations. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Peter Winslow is a long-term advocate for the environmental and social justice community in the Philadelphia region and has talked to us regularly about city environmental justice issues. He will discuss implications of the PGW diversification study from an environmental justice point of view, and give an update on the progress at the old PES refinery that is now owned by HIlco. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com.For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Linda Rosenwein, Planet Philadelphia assistant producer and reporter's environmental news overview from our February 4, 2022 radio show. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing  4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Farmer Jawn (Christa Barfield), talks about her work introducing micro and nano farms to urban environments and living sustainably through farming. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Guests: Amy Laura Cahn, Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law School, & Sarah McKinstry Wu, Director of grant making at Bread and Roses community fund, on the intersection of women and the environment and on marginalized groups in general. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment airing 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays a month on 92.9 FM WGGT-LP & http://gtownradio.com. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila