The Healthy Planet Radio Show.
The Healthy Planet Radio Show, a consistent award-winner, airs on WUSB, 90.1 FM every second Friday from 6-7 PM (following “Democracy Now!”). We’re honored to have received 3rd Place for Environment Radio at the 2025 Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) Media Awards, building on our 2nd Place achievement in 2023.
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Unprecedented Assault on
Our Health, The Environment
… And TRUTH
LISTEN HERE: Fact-Checking Trump’s Unprecedented Assault on Our Health, The Environment, and Truth
Show Description:
In this special edition of HealthyPlanet, host Bob DiBenedetto provides a point-by-point exposé of the current administration’s aggressive rollbacks of New York and Federal environmental safeguards. From the “Magna Carta” of environmental laws (NEPA) to the attempt to dismantle the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding, we examine why “truth-telling” is the most vital tool we have in what is a dark time for our climate and our life support system.
Key Highlights from the Broadcast:
An Unforgivable Silence and Betrayal: Highlighting the fundamental betrayal of the American public by Donald Trump, his EPA, and others in his administration. While they aggressively attack clean energy, they have maintained an unforgivable silence regarding the human cost – failing to acknowledge even a single death caused by air pollution despite the hundreds of thousands of American lives lost annually.
The Architects of Deception: An exploration of how the Citizens United ruling has allowed the fossil fuel industry to buy political influence, shifting the EPA’s focus from protecting public health to advocating for the very polluters it is meant to regulate.
The Suppression of Science: A look at the Trump administration’s cancellation of the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment and the firing of 400 scientists – a deliberate attempt to keep the public in the dark about the local impacts of a warming world.
The UN Address Fact-Check: A deep dive into Donald Trump’s 2025 Address to the UN, debunking multiple false or misleading statements on the “Global Cooling” myth, Germany’s transition to clean energy, and more. In one instance the President claimed Germany was “opening coal plants all over.” The truth is that Germany was committed to closing coal plants, and was doing so at a record pace.
The “Contrarian” Working Group: Exposing the secretive panel of five handpicked climate contrarians used by the EPA to challenge the Endangerment Finding, bypassing decades of peer-reviewed research in favor of industry-funded narratives.
The Economic Reality: Analyzing data from Yale and the Union of Concerned Scientists to show that air pollution costs the U.S. $600 billion annually and causes 230,000 premature deaths domestically.
Expert Insights: The show closes with excerpts from Nobel Laureate Al Gore and the Climate Reality Project, focusing on the health impacts of pollution from Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” to the Trump administration’s cancellation of lawsuits intended to stop illegal pollution in marginalized communities.
Pathways to Unity: Why safeguarding our air and water is a bipartisan imperative rooted in common-sense public health and the accountability of our leaders.
Listen below to learn how you can re-engage with the truth and support the organizations fighting for our collective life support system.
(SEE BELOW FOR USEFUL “RELATED LINKS AND RESOURCES”)
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Related Links and Resources:
- MIT Laboratory For Aviation and The Environment: Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S.Opens in a new tab
- World Resources Institute: EPA Repeals Legal Basis for Regulating Greenhouse Gases. What it Means for the US — and the WorldOpens in a new tab
- Harvard School of Public Health: Why the endangerment finding mattered so much for health and the climateOpens in a new tab
- Environmental Defense Fund: Trump EPA Overturns Endangerment FindingOpens in a new tab
- Scientific American: Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel PlantsOpens in a new tab
- Earth.org: 91,000 Premature Annual Deaths in US Linked to Air Pollution From Oil and Gas As People of Color Bear BruntOpens in a new tab
- Michael E. Mann: I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformationOpens in a new tab
- Stanford Woods Inst For The Environment: EPA ‘endangerment finding’ explained: 5 facts about the science and health risksOpens in a new tab
- Greenpeace: Trump’s climate denial at the UN wasn’t theater. It was a blueprint for harmOpens in a new tab
- NY Times: E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air PollutionOpens in a new tab
- Climate Reality Project, Al Gore: Why climate action is unstoppable — and "climate realism" is a mythOpens in a new tab
- NRDC: Trump EPA Decision to Overturn Endangerment Finding Is “Endangering All of Us”Opens in a new tab
- New Joint Bicameral Staff Report Reveals Big Oil’s Campaign of Climate Denial, Disinformation, and DoublespeakOpens in a new tab
- Union of Concerned Scientists: One Year in, the Anti-Science Agenda of the Trump Administration Is EvidentOpens in a new tab
5 CALLS: The easiest and most effective way for U.S. constituents to make a political impact:
- CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH 5 CALLS!Opens in a new tab
Thank you for sharing this show with your friends and family!
If you’ve learned from, enjoyed, or grown from listening to this and other HealthyPlanet radio shows over the past 18 years, please show your support for our 501c3 nonprofit health and environmental work by making a tax-deductible contribution and becoming a HealthyPlanet member. This is a team effort, and you are part of the team!
SOME PAST GUESTS ON THE HEALTHY PLANET RADIO SHOW
- Eric Wood, Senior Environmental Program Coordinator, NY Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
- Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear’s Regulatory Watchdog over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the nuclear power industry.
- Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President, Four-Term State Senator, Retired Police Captain
- Dr Michael Klaper, author, diet & health expert of Moving Medicine Forward
- Neal D. Barnard, MD, FACC of the Physician’s Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
- Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of Disease-Proof Your Child and many more.
- Thomas Falcone, Chief Executive Officer of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)
- Gavin A. Schmidt, climatologist, Director NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Climate Scientist
- T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., author of The China Study
- Terry Tamminen, Cabinet Secretary and Chief Policy Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger, Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, accomplished author, including Lives Per Gallon
- Randall S. Abate, author of Climate Change And The Voiceless, inaugural Rechnitz Family Endowed Chair in Marine and Environmental Law and Policy and a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology
- Todd Winant, author of Earth Voice, Food Choice
- David Doniger, Senior Strategic Director Climate & Clean Energy Program Natural Resources Defense Council
- Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD, author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
- Adrienne Esposito, Co-Founder Citizens Campaign For The Environment
- Collin Rees, US Program Manager, Oil Change International
- Michael Voltz, Director of Energy Efficiency and Renewables, PSEG, LI
- Sarah Anker, Suffolk County Legislator
- Karen Ranzi, author of Creating Healthy Children Through Attachment Parenting and Raw Foods
- Zoltan Rona, MD, MSc, author of Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin
- Gordian Raacke of Renewable Energy Long Island,
- Brian Clement of The Hippocrates Institute
- Paul Getsos, National Director of the People’s Climate Movement
- Karen Perry Stillerman, senior analyst, in the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists
- Jonathan Balcombe, Biologist, Author & Director of Animal Sentience, the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy
- Chuck Kutscher, Center Director, Buildings and Thermal Systems at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- David Goldston, The Director of Government Affairs for the Natural Resources Defense Council
- Karen Davis, PhD Founder and President of United Poultry Concerns
- Janice Nolen, Assistant Vice President, National Policy for the American Lung Association
- Alex Beauchamp, Food & Water Watch’s Northeast Region Director
- Brigitte Mars, author of The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing, and many more
- Will Tuttle, educator and author of The World Peace Diet
- Gerald Iversen, founder of Simple Living Works
- Hope Bohanec, author, Executive Director Compassionate Living, Host of For the Animals Podcast
- Brenda Davis, RD, author, past chair Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- David Robinson Simon, author Meatonomics: The Bizarre Economics of Meat and Dairy
- Robin Helfritch, Founding Director of Open the Cages Alliance and the Vegan Living Program
- Julie M. Simon, author The Emotional Eater’s Repair Manual
- Vesanto Melina, RD, nutrition expert, co-author of Becoming Raw and the Raw Food Revolution Diet and many more
- Michael Greger, MD, author, internationally recognized speaker of NutritionFacts.org
- Dawn Moncrief, Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization, A Well-Fed World
- Jeff Gohringer, National Press Secretary of the League of Conservation Voters
- Carol Murphy, Executive Director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY)
- Dr. Steve Blake, author of Understanding Dietary Fats and Oils: A Scientific Guide to their Health Effects, and 28 other books
- Justin Van Kleek, freelance writer, educator, community organizer.
- Demosthenes Maratos, Sustainability Institute Communications Director
- Paul Gallay, Riverkeeper’s Executive Director and Hudson Riverkeeper
- Bill Freese, Center for Food Policy’s Science Policy Analyst
- Michael Parrish DuDell, Managing Editor of ecomagination.com
- Dr Alan Goldhamer, founder of the TrueNorth Health Center, author of The Health Promoting Cookbook and many more
- Mike Hudak, Enviro Advocate, author Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching
- Tim VanOrden, elite athlete and creator of the Running Raw Project
- Brett Cotter, Founder, CEO Stress is gone, LLC
- Jennifer K. Reilly, R.D., senior nutritionist The Cancer Project, co-author The Cancer Survivor’s Guide
- Michael Weber, Farm Animal Reform Movement Campaign Coordinator
- Steve Meyrowitz, The Sproutman, author of many books
- Nneka Leiba, Environmental Health Researcher for the Environmental working group
- Paul McRandal, National Resources Defense Council
- Barbara Loe Fisher, Co-Founder and President of the National Vaccine Information Center
- Ryan Zinn, the National Campaign Coordinator for the Organic Consumer Association
Ashok Gupta, senior energy economist and director of NRDC’s Air and Energy Program
Justin Van Kleeck, community organizer. Founder the Triangle Chicken Advocates microsanctuary
- Connie Spence, founder of The Vegan Justice League
- Eric Weltman, senior organizer Food and Water Watch
- Cate Rodgers, The Climate Reality Project
- William McKeever, Author Emperors Of The Deep: Sharks–The Ocean’s Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, & Most Important Guardians
- Jay Best, environmental scientist and engineer, founder and president of Green Team Long Island
- Dhar Jamail, award-winning journalist & author The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption.
- Dr. Sailesh Rao, Founder/Exec. Director Climate Healers, Author two books, Producer of Cowspiracy, What the Health & Others.
- Brendan DeMelle, Executive Director DeSmog
- Lauren Ornelas, Founder/President, Food Empowerment Project
- Rob Herring, Producer/Director of The Need To Grow film
- Robyn Engman, R.D. Registered Dietician and Trained Chef with Nutrition In Motion
Marisa Miller Wolfson, Film creator, long time activist and co-author of the book, Vegucated Family Table
- Ali Tabrizi, Film Director Seaspiracy
- Joel Levin, Executive Director, Plug In America
- Karl Grossman, Award-winning investigative journalist, author of six books, longtime environmental and anti-nuclear activist/educator.
- Mary Grant, Public Water For All Campaign Director, Food & Water Watch
- Ron Weiss, MD, Ethos Primary Care and Ethos Farm Project
- Andrew Knight, Veterinary Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, Founding Director University of Winchester Centre for Animal Welfare,
- Gene Baur, Author, President and Co-Founder, Farm Sanctuary
- Julie Tighe, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters and the NYLCV Education Fund
- Rosemary Mascali, Co-Founder Drive Electric Long Island EV Coalition, Chair Outreach Committee.
- Dylan Licopoli, Master Organic Gardener, Home Organic Garden Service
- Celeste Meiffen-Swango, Director of Environment Oregon, and the Zero Waste Program Director with Environment America and PIRG.
- Crystal Heath, DMV, Executive Director of Our Honor, Shelter Veterinarian, Founding Committee of Veterinarians Against Ventilation Shutdown.
- Bhavani Jaroff, Founder of iEat Green, Chair of Slow Food North Shore
Winner of 2nd Place in 2023 and 3rd Place in 2024 at the Press Club of Long Island Media Awards for Environment Radio
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