Natural light has amazing power to support a healthy body, but the wrong kind of light can actually undermine it.  This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the administration's efforts to reclassify burning plastic as “manufacturing,” and how a new breed of mechanical "trash traps” are helping communities reduce plastic pollution. Then Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, nationally recognized expert in the power of light, talks about how sunlight can help regulate our Circadian

Nuclear energy is the most expensive form of energy ever developed, and the customers of Georgia Power can prove it! This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about proposed new federal standards for microplastics in drinking water, and a new law in Louisiana that makes it illegal to use economical air monitors to collect pollution data. Then Patty Durand, founder of Georgians for Affordable Energy, talks about the $35 billion dollar Vogtle nuclear facility that was rece

The chemicals contained in plastic items, from nail polish to synthetic clothing to food packaging, can disrupt normal sexual development and even prevent conception. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk abut a new study on wireless radiation and cancer, how America’s natural parks are opening up to the fossil fuel industry, and how the EPA is weakening regulations on toxins coming from burning plastic. Then Harvard-trained pediatrician Dr. Leo Trasande, an internat