Leonard Lopate at Large: George Pakenham




LEONARD LOPATE AT LARGE show

Summary: <p><a href="http://www.robinhoodradio.com/donate.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-4060 alignleft" src="https://i1.wp.com/robinhoodradioondemand.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/make-a-donation.jpg?resize=244%2C36&amp;ssl=1" alt="" width="244" height="36"></a>Today Leonard has a conversation with <a href="http://www.verdantvigilante.com/about/george.html">George Pakenham</a> on the dangers of idling vehicles.<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5590" src="https://i1.wp.com/robinhoodradioondemand.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/man-on-emissions-300x172.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="172"></p> <div>Idling engines consume more than 6 billion gallons of gasoline annually in the U.S., a significant contributor to local air pollution, respiratory disease and global climate change. In <a href="http://www.verdantvigilante.com/about/george.html">George Pakenham’s</a> documentary “Idle Threat,” the Wall Street banker is shown helping improve local air quality, and gaining worldwide recognition for the anti-idling cause in the process, with articles about his underdog fight featured in the Wall Street Journal, New Yorker magazine and the Financial Times.</div> <div> <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"></div> </div> <div></div> <div></div>