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The LED Problem - with Mark Baker
LED lighting may use less energy, but it comes with a host of serious problems, including threats to your health. Electronic LED lighting may save energy, but is it completely safe? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about a cancer-causing pesticide still being used in the US, why chemical air fresheners may be harmful to your health, and the Trump administration's push to get rid of proposed limits on emissions of soot from power plants and vehicles. Then Mark B

Green Street Radio
Nov 281 min read


The New Push for Nuclear - with Tim Judson
Nuclear power companies are trying to get back in the power game. Here's why that's a bad idea. This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about concerns over radiation in electric and hybrid cars (EMFs and RFR), and the Trump administration's continuing war on science, from which government agencies may never recover. Then Jim Judson, Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, talks about the push for nuclear energy, the problems associated with

Green Street Radio
Nov 71 min read


The Science of Geoengineering with Dr. Zeke Hausfather
Research scientists are developing new ways to help us deal with climate change, but they won't solve the whole problem. This week on...

Green Street Radio
Sep 261 min read


The War on Science - with Dr, Sandra Steingraber
Grants are being cancelled, government scientists are being fired, university research centers are being de-funded, and scientists are...

Green Street Radio
Sep 121 min read


Big Oil and the Law - with CIEL's Steven Feit
The Big Oil PR machine grinds out a lot of disinformation. Steven Feit helps separate the hype from the facts. This week on Green...

Green Street Radio
Aug 11 min read


The Tiny Building Blocks of Climate Change - with Dr. Tyler Volk.
Tiny molecules we can't see, feel, smell, touch, or otherwise notice, are the real culprits in climate change. This week on Green Street,...

Green Street Radio
Jul 41 min read


People, Plastic and Climate Change - with Rick Smith
Author, biologist, environmentalist, and political activist Rick Smith talks about the two biggest environmental threats of our...

Green Street Radio
May 231 min read


The Nuclear Myth - with David Schlissel
Nuclear power is not the solution to our energy problems, and engineer and economist David Schlissel explains why. This week on Green...

Green Street Radio
Apr 181 min read


The LED Problem - with Mark Baker
LED lighting may use less energy, but it comes with a host of serious problems, including threats to your health. This week on Green...

Green Street Radio
Apr 111 min read


Pipelines Filled with Trouble - with Justin Nobel
Highly toxic and radioactive fracking waste is being transported through makeshift pipelines with no government oversight. What could go...

Green Street Radio
Jan 241 min read


Making Polluters Pay for Climate Change - with Anne Rabe
A new law in New York will make greenhouse gas producers pay $75 billion to help offset the costs of dealing with climate change. This...

Green Street Radio
Jan 31 min read


Nuclear Power is Never the Answer - with Heidi Hutner
Firing up old nuclear plants and putting public health at risk to satisfy the demands of AI is, well, insane. This week on Green Street,...

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Sep 27, 20241 min read


No Miracles Required - with Mark Jacobson
We can solve our energy problems and stop using fossil fuel with the technology we already have. This week on Green Street, Patti and...

Green Street Radio
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Standing Up to the Natural Gas Industry - with Dr. Sandra Steingraber
Award-winning author and biologist Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks about our dependence on fossil fuels and the path forward. This week on...

Green Street Radio
Aug 27, 20241 min read


Big Oil's Dirty Little Secret - with Justin Nobel
Drilling for natural gas brings highly radioactive waste up from deep underground. Now its our problem. This week on Green Street, Patti...

Green Street Radio
Aug 27, 20241 min read


The Unsolvable Nuclear Problem
On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with Drs. Heid Hutner and Aaron Datesman about the nuclear accident at Three Mile...

Green Street Radio
Jun 14, 20221 min read


Your Phone or Your Food!
On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with naturalist and author Diana Kordas about her observations of nature's decline...

Green Street Radio
May 3, 20221 min read


Cryptocurrency’s Dirty Little Secret with Tony Ingraffea
On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk with Cornell professor Tony Ingraffea about the enormous carbon footprint being...

Green Street Radio
Oct 26, 20211 min read


Big Oil’s Crazy Plan to Address Climate Change with Dr. Sandra Steingraber
On this edition of Green Street, renowned scientist, author and activist Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks with Doug and Patti about the oil...

Green Street Radio
Sep 14, 20211 min read


Crisis at Indian Point with Dr. Courtney Williams
De-commissioning a nuclear power plant isn’t like flipping a switch, especially when it practically sits on top of a giant natural gas...

Green Street Radio
Jul 20, 20211 min read


Out-Smarting Climate Change with Mark Jacobson
Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson, co-founder of the Solutions Project, talks with Patti and Doug about how he and his team develo

Green Street Radio
Sep 15, 20201 min read


Beating the Natural Gas Industry with Kim Fraczek
Kim Fraczek, a founder & current director of the Sane Energy Project talks about how community action helped stop the Williams Pipeline.

Green Street Radio
Sep 1, 20201 min read


The Nuclear Power Plant and the Gas Pipeline: Trouble on the Hudson
Patti and Doug talk with nuclear engineer Paul Blanch and Westchester County legislator Catherine Parker.

Green Street Radio
Mar 10, 20201 min read


America’s Big Radioactive Secret with Justin Nobel
Justin Nobel talks about exposing the massive problems and industry deception associated with radioactive fracking waste.

Green Street Radio
Mar 3, 20201 min read


Green Street Podcast – The Gas Rush
An intense and amazingly effective campaign is underway to convince Americans that natural gas is the answer to our energy problems. As a...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


The Precautionary Principle with Carolyn Raffensperger
On this edition of Green Street, Carolyn Raffensperger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, talks about...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


The Fight Over Seneca Lake
How a Texas gas company plans to turn the caverns under Seneca Lake into New York’s largest gas station… and what some people are doing...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


Fracking Update with Beth Radow and Bill Cooke
What’s happening in New York with fracking? When will Governor Cuomo decide whether to permit fracking in New York State, and why will...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


Gas Pipelines and Nuclear Power? with Paul Blanch
Why not put a big natural gas pipeline right next to an old nuclear power plant that sits near a known seismic fault line? What could...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


A Pipeline Full of Trouble with Wilma Subra
The new Spectra pipeline will bring lots of shale gas to NYC, along with high levels of cancer-causing radon. Shale gas extracted from...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


Ready for Radon? with Jeff Zimmerman
As if the producers of natural gas didn’t already have enough headaches with radioactive waste, scientists and medical experts are now...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


Fossil Fuel Thinking in NY with Cindy Zipf & Bruce Ferguson
Gas companies and their investors are busy building the infrastructure to transport and export frack gas from the US to areas of the...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


Pennsylvania with Vera Scroggins and Bill Cooke
You don’t know what fracking can do to a community until you live through it. On this edition of Green Street we hear the voices of...

Green Street Radio
May 15, 20191 min read


Nuclear Energy and Human Health with Karl Grossman
Everyone knows that radiation causes cancer, and recent events have shown that even with safeguards, nuclear energy plants can never be...

Green Street Radio
May 14, 20191 min read


Fracking Water and You with Al Appleton
The natural gas industry is drilling and fracking wells across the United States and around the world as fast as they can, before the...

Green Street Radio
May 14, 20191 min read


Fracking 101 with Bill Cooke
Despite all the controversy over the new natural gas exploration technique called “fracking,” many people still dont really know what it...

Green Street Radio
May 14, 20191 min read
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