Rachel Cleetus is the Policy Director of the Climate and Energy Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists. She will reflect on Biden administration’s recent climate proposals in the jobs and infrastructure initiative. This interview was aired 4/16/21 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

Tykee James is the Government Affairs Coordinator for the National Audubon Society and co-founder of May 2020 Black Birders Week. He will reflect on the importance of the natural world and the experiences of people of color in this sphere. This interview was aired 4/16/21 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

Ash Richards and EmmaKate Martin: are in Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation.  Ash is Philadelphia’s first Director of Urban Agriculture and is responsible for running the City’s FarmPhilly program. EmmaKate supports the Community Gardens in the Park Friends Network, coordinates the Junior Farmers program, and provides technical assistance and pathways to resources for the other urban agriculture projects in FarmPhilly. They will discuss the development and workings of urban agriculture programs in a city with a significant minority and low income population as well as the relationship between these programs and social justice in addition to the environmental benefits. This interview was aired 4/2/21 on Planet Philadelphia, a radio show about our shared environment on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed on at gtownradio.com. www.planetphiladelphia.com | @planetphila

Dr. David Beerling: works as a soil researcher at The University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, is Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation and Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, UK. He also is Editor in Chief of the Royal Society journal Biology Letters. He talks about soil sequestration of carbon and specifically spreading rock dust on soil, a process known as enhanced rock weathering. This interview was aired 4/2/21 on Planet Philadelphia, a radio show about our shared environment, on 92.9FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia and streamed on at gtownradio.com.

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Liz Robinson: is Planet Philadelphia’s Energy Correspondent. Ms. Robinson is a consultant to the PA Solar Energy Industries Association and was the founding Executive Director of the Energy Coordinating Agency. She tells us the latest energy news in Harrisburg, and what this could mean. Since Pennsylvania is the third largest fossil fuel energy producer in the country, these developments affect everyone. 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. Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM. www.planetphiladelphia.com| www.gtownradio.com

Matteo Muratori, Ph.D.: is Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation at the federal level and Senior Engineer and Team Leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He talks about EV/grid integration and it’s relationship to the environment. Aired 3/19/21. 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. Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM. www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com

Emily Shapira: is President and CEO of Philadelphia Energy Authority, which works with Philadelphia on using energy to address justice issues and job development in the city. She discusses the stability of our grid in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia compared to that in the various states where there have been recent rolling blackouts. She will also talk about the steps towards resilience that need to be taken to make the grid more stable.

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. Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.

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Karen Miu, Ph.D.: is professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University. She works on distribution networks, infrastructure and power systems. She tells us how the grid works generally and implications for grid stability.

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.Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.

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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. 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. Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.

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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. Also aired on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.

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