In this Planet Philadelphia aired 7/16/21 we hear about a new way to think about coal. What if we could continue to use coal, preserve coal related jobs, while simultaneously reduce or eliminate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by burning coal – and reduce GHG gases in the building sector. We talk about all this with Dr. Nicola Ferralis, Research Scientist in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and Program Manager for the MIT Energy Initiative Low Energy Carbon Center on Energy Storage. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the first and third Fridays each month. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Interview from the 7/2/2021 radio show: Peter Winslow, president of A Smart Collaboration, tells us how he sees the efforts to transition PGW towards a greener future with less greenhouse gas emissions, including discussion of the PGW commissioned report to study various paths forward. He also gives an update on the progress on cleaning up the old PES refinery site. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the first and third Fridays each month. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Interview from the July 2, 2021 radio show: Audrey Schulman and Zeyneb Magavi, Co-Executive Directors of HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Team). Find out ways in which the process of determining the future of city owned PGW, can be helpful to other cities across the nation that are trying to make similar climate friendly transitions. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the first and third Fridays each month. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Our interview with Kristian Teleki, the global director of the Ocean Programme at WRI, head of the Friends of Ocean Action for the World Economic Forum, and head of the secretariat of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. On our radio show aired 6/18/21, we discuss international ocean environmental problems with Kristian and how remediation would benefit all humanity. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the 1st and 3rd Fridays per month. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

In the Planet Philadelphia aired June 4, 2021 we aired the first part of our talk with Brian and Cindy Wilcox, co-founders of Marine Bioenergy, Inc. about an innovative technique to farm kelp for biofuels. This is their entire interview. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the first and third Fridays each month. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Angelique Brathwaite, Director of Science and Management at Blue Finance is a marine biologist who has worked extensively on coral reef ecology and management. We talked with her about will talk about the importance of coral reefs, how they fit into ocean ecology, why sustainable ocean financing is necessary to ocean conservation, as well as the issues that island nations face in preserving their coral reef resources. Planet Philadelphia, is a radio show about our shared environment on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed at gtownradio.com 4-5:00 PM ET the first and third Fridays each month. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Interview with Lynn Robinson, Director of Neighbors Against the Gas Plants (NAGP), addressing neighborhood air pollution sources and solutions aired on Planet Philadelphia radio show 5/21/2021 on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed on gtownradio.com. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila.

Interview with Avipsa Mahapatra, climate lead of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) about the super pollutant HFCs aired on Planet Philadelphia radio show 5/21/2021 on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed on gtownradio.com. For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila. @eiaenvironment @avipsa

Dr. Richard Bradbury, the head of the “people conservation science” team at the Centre for Conservation Science of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and honorary research fellow at Cambridge University. He discusses research on the economic value of intact ecosystems and the economic benefits of protecting nature – calculations which rely, in part, on the social cost of carbon. This interview was aired on Planet Philadelphia, a radio show about our shared environment, on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed on at gtownradio.com.For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila

Dr. Tamma Carleton, professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management of the University of California Santa Barbara, discusses the importance of the SCC and a two-step process to return the United States government’s SCC to the frontier of economics and climate science. This interview was aired on Planet Philadelphia, a radio show about our shared environment, on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed on at gtownradio.com.For more information go to: www.planetphiladelphia.com| @planetphila