For A Green Future

Host Joe DeMare talks about planting paw paw trees and global warming. Then he "interviews" META, the parent company of Facebook about then environmental impacts of a new data center they are building in northwest Ohio. Rebecca Wood tells us about the invasive Dames Rockets versus the native Phlox. Ecological News includes Taiwan shuttering its last nuke plant and the Trump reversing itself on banning an offshore wind farm (though only that one, the rest are still banned). 

Host Joe DeMare talks about his trip to Western New York and insights into how the Fox News crowd can keep denying global warming even as their houses blow away. Next he interviews Randi Pokladnik about a bill before the Ohio State Legislature that would allow carbon capture and storage facilities to pump CO2 at 1,000 PSI under people's homes and offices. Rebecca Wood talks about Red Oaks and Red Ruffed Lemurs. Ecological News includes the great news that China's CO2 emissions appear to have peaked and the not so great news that the Trump administration is ignoring environmental laws to authorize a uranium mine

Host Joe DeMare talks about Mother's Day and praises the eco-moms who are defending the planet. Next he announces that For A Green Future is #16 on Million Podcasts list of 60 top "Earth" podcasts! Then he interviews Dave Sweeney about the victory of anti-nuclear campaigners in Australia's elections. Ecological News includes denial of Larry Householder's appeal, Fish and Wildlife's Services comment period for grizzly bear trophy hunting, and Trump's elimination of the Endangered Species Act. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the recent Australian elections which were in large part a referendum on nuclear energy. The Aussies overwhelmingly voted down nukes and demolished the "Coalition" that was pushing them. Next he interviews Jennifer Wilber, an environmental educator fired by DOGE. Rebecca wood covers white violets. Ecological News includes discussion of the Hawaii'an "Freakosystems" made up entirely of invasive species, and radioactive contamination in Ohio. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the new HBO documentary series "The Dark Money Game" which focuses on Ohio's HB6 scandal, and dark money's erosion of Democracy. Next he interviews Stephany Seay about the slaughter of almost 1/4 of Yellowstone's bison. Rebecca Wood talks about pollinators. Ecological News includes a new graphene battery developed by Sweden, South Australia aiming for 100% wind and solar power by 2027, and Trump's Executive Order to sterilize the oceans. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about Easter, Flowers, and Frogs. Next he interviews Brennain Lloyd with Nuclear Free North about plans to dump nuclear wastes on the indigenous people living in northern Ontario. Rebecca Wood talks about eggs. Ecological News includes more electric cars, salmon on Xanex, and Trump wiping out marine sanctuaries. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about lawn spraying season, the environmental record of Congressman Bob Latta, and trees talking to birds. Next, he interviews Nick Hennessy Sustainability Manager at Bowling Green State University about sustainability and the upcoming Eco-Fair. Rebecca Wood takes and ecological look at the Kandi region of India. Ecological News includes low carbon sources passing 40% of electricity generation around the world--a new record with wind and solar leading the way. But, the US Department of Energy just announced it intends to return the US to coal dependency. Also, massive honeybee die offs and a Keystone Oil pipeline spill. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the 5 million strong "Hands Off" protests that happened around the country and around the world on April 5. Next Rebecca Wood talks about sink holes. After a brief discussion of Earth Day activities, Ecological News includes an oil spill on the St. Claire River, and attempts to repair the hole Russia blew in the Chernobyl containment structure. 

Host Joe DeMare compares the threat of global warming to the threat of impending dictatorship in the US. Next he interviews Diane D'Arrigo from Nuclear Information Resource Service about the insane plan to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Rebecca Wood tells us all about fish. Ecological News includes record renewables growth in 2024 as reported by IRENA, and Sea Lions going insane along the west coast and attacking people. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about dust from Texas coating NW Ohio, walleye fishermen, and why autocracy is boring. Then he interviews Catherine Turcer from Common Cause about SJR 3, which is Ohio asking for a constitutional convention to rewrite the constitution from top to bottom. Rebecca Wood talks about Muslim environmentalism. Ecological News includes good news including renewables having a record year in the US  and bad news including the planet blowing past 1.5 degrees of warming in 2024.

Host Joe DeMare talks about freedom of speech, freedom of information, and how both are threatened under Trump, especially information we need to fight global warming. Next he interviews Angela Bischoff, from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. She's calling for the cancellation of four nuclear plants that Ontario has ordered from the US. A Caller talks about how difficult it is to keep fighting in the face of the evil Trump is doing. Rebecca Wood lightens the mood talking about African penguins. Ecological News includes updates on the Greenpeace lawsuit, rising sea levels, and the EPA giving up on environmental protection. 

For A Green Future: The Bison Slaughter Begins! 030925 Episode 315Host Joe DeMare Talks about seeing eagles and testifying before the Ohio Senate explaining that Nukes, coal, and gas are not "Green!" Next he interviews Stephany Seay from Roam Free Nation about the Yellowstone bison. The slaughter is beginning. Returning Co-Host Rebecca Wood takes a very deep dive into at least 7 different kinds of shrews. Ecological News includes a newly found organism that breathes nitrogen, awful things Trump is doing to the environment, and an Australian bank that no longer finances gas powered cars. 

Host Joe DeMare dedicates the show to Mic Gonzalez, host of "The Cheap Seats" on 100.7 and a cancer victim. Then he talks about the loss of cultural memory of important events like the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. Next he interviews Cathy Cowan-Becker from Save Ohio's Parks about SB2, which defines coal, gas, and nuclear as "Green" energy and about fracking in Ohio's state parks. Rebecca Wood tells us about the Biminy Road, and Ecological News includes the crash of Tesla, rise of the electric car and 30 GW wind and solar projects in India.  

Host Joe DeMare talks about the voracious shrew, and how quickly they starve to death, comparing that to the US economy which is being starved of wages by the mass federal layoffs. Then he talks with Winona LaDuke about Greenpeace being sued by Energy Partners for $300 million over the Standing Rock encampment and protest. Rebecca Wood tells us all about pistachios. Ecological News includes protests over the destruction of our national parks, and Vienna tapping geothermal to heat the City. 

Joe DeMare talks about how the whipsaw weather hurts wildlife like robins as well as being super dangerous for human beings. Next he interviews Pavlo Bilodid from DTEK, the company working with Vestas to build a 500 MW wind farm in Ukraine in the middle of the war with Russia. Rebecca Wood interviews her black friend on attitudes towards the environment for Black History Month. Ecological News includes a ton of news from Australia which is experiencing both record heat and record cold, as well as Trump's massive attacks on the environment.

Host Joe DeMare talks about the necessity of environmental regulations, both to fight global warming and to save the water we drink and the air we breathe, taking aim at some of the more outrageous disinformation being blasted out there. Next he interviews some brave ice fisherman out at Metzger Marsh. Co-Host Rebecca Wood is out with a broken leg, but she calls in briefly for a check in. Ecological News includes Trump's complete derailing of the US's $200 billion wind and solar industries, and his convening of a "death squad" whose purpose is to target species for extinction. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about how nice it is to have ice and how the 2 weeks of winter seem to be over. Next he interviews Kevin Kamps  from Beyond Nuclear about the UK deciding that the 150 tonnes of radioactive plutonium it "recycled" from nuclear wastes is too deadly and dangerous to use after all and so it will be turning it back into wastes again. Rebecca Woods talks about marigolds and Ecological News includes "Crazy Donny's" declaration of an "energy emergency" while banning wind and solar power. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about his adventures on the ice at Metzger Marsh and how one cold snap does not disprove global warming. Next he interviews Brett Hartl from the Center for Biological Diversity about Trump's anti-environmental executives orders that "threaten all life on Earth." Rebecca Wood takes on an examination of the environmental impacts of peanut brittle. Ecological News includes a new funding scheme for solar power in Texas and the UK finally admitting defeat and giving up on spent nuclear fuel "recycling." They are turning "recycled" plutonium back into waste to be buried. 

Hosts Joe DeMare and Rebecca Wood talk about their experiences in Washington DC at the People's March. Then he interviews Stephany Seay from Roam Free Nation about the Governor of Montana suing Yellowstone so that he can kill more bison. Rebecca's segment discusses watersheds. Ecological News includes more HB6 indictments and a UK proposal that all new construction have solar roofs.

Hosts Joe DeMare and Rebecca Woods talk about the terrible fires raging in California and ask the question, "How has your belief in global warming changed your behaivour at all?" Rebecca then tells us about the origin of Santa Ana winds. Ecological News includes China crushing its EV goals and failing (thankfully) at expanding its nuclear fleet. Also, Explosions at fracking pads near Ohio parks, millions of Ohio chickens dying from bird flu, and a breakthrough in massless energy storage. 

Joe DeMare narrates a review of some of the best interviews of 2024, the fifth fantastic year of "For A Green Future.' Interviews include:  Leona Morgan of Haul No; Ziwhen Ma from the National Renewable Energy Labs; Linda Seeley with Mothers for Peace; and Deepa Pedmenabba from Greenpeace.

Host Joe DeMare talks about why nobody talks about the weather anymore. Next he interviews Daniel Simons from Greenpeace about an important win in their legal battles with big oil. Rebecca Wood talks about weird, blob headed, catfish and other creatures new to science recently discovered in Peru. Ecological News includes great news from the UK, where wind power is breaking records, and Norway abandons its plans to sterilize the deep ocean, for now.

Host Joe DeMare talks about his trip to Washington DC to volunteer with the anti-nuclear organization NIRS. He shares his observations of history of battling the nuclear industry and his eco-observations made during the train ride to and from DC. Rebecca Wood talks about the "Feast of the Seven Fishes" which has its roots in Italian culture, but is a "tradition" that only began in the 1980s. Ecological News includes France finally connecting its Flamanville nuke to the grid, 12 years late and 13 Billion Euros over budget, and massive increases in wind and solar energy around the world.

Host Joe DeMare takes a deep look at Ohio's HB 308 which declares coal, nukes, and fracking "clean." He places it in the larger context of Ohio's uniquely corrupt government. Rebecca Wood tells us all about Australia's adorable "possum bunnies" the bilby. Ecological News includes EV sales up and "left handed" bacteria that can eat every living thing on earth. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about seeing a beautiful vision of the future in Cleveland, driving through a lake effect snowstorm, and what the Universe is trying to tell us about energy. Next he interviews Pat Marida about HB 308, which is the a bill that declares nuclear, coal, and methane to be "clean" energy sources. UPDATE the Ohio Senate Energy Committee voted to send HB 308 to the Senate for a full vote on 12/10 Rebecca Wood tells us all about llamas. Almost all good news in the Ecological News segment, including the world's largest heat pump coming online and South Africa's High Court banning future coal plants.  

Host Joe DeMare talks about his eco-observation on a trip to Colorado including droughts, Sandhill cranes and wind turbines. Next he interviews Dr. Andy Hoffman about the ways culture influences people's beliefs about global warming. Rebecca Wood talks about World AIDS Day, and the ecological ramifications. Ecological News includes weird world weather and Global Witness's annual report on environmental activists who've been martyred for protecting the environment. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about global warming and rolling a giant Earth ball in the Bowling Green Holiday Parade. This is the 300th Episode of our show, and also our special Thanksgiving episode. We talk with Philip Yenyo head of the American Indian Movement of Ohio about gratitude and humans relations with the natural world and each other. Next, Rebecca Wood talks about Haifa and the Bahai faith. Ecological News includes Biden's trip to the Amazon, permafrost releasing mercury and causing suicides, and another HB6 update!!!

Host Joe DeMare talks about the bizarre weather happening around the world and in NW Ohio because of global warming, and the latest projections about what will happen if the Atlantic current collapses, hint, it's NOT like in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." Next he plays a press conference held by anti-nuclear organizations from around the world at COP 29 that explain why nukes are no solution to climate change. Rebecca Wood celebrates "Men's Day." Ecological News includes good news about two way car battery charging and bad news about greenhouse gas emissions. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about his lilacs and other flowers blooming in November. Then he interviews Stephany Seay from Roam Free Nation about Yellowstone's plans to slaughter 1/4 of the Yellowstone herd this winter. Rebecca Wood tells us about cicada killer wasps, Ecological News includes Algeria going solar and wildfires in California and Pennsylvania. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the upcoming election and why global warming denial should be a "poison pill" for any candidate. Next he interviews Rick Bailey about TARTA's plans to become carbon neutral by 2040. Rebecca Wood describes the highs and lows of sugar. Ecological News includes a huge loss for oil companies in the UK and super effective protests in the Netherlands.

Host Joe DeMare reviews the environmental policies of the four major presidential candidates. Next he interviews Dr. Eliot Jacobson, retired math professor and expert in making amazing graphs and charts that illustrate global warming with incredible precision and which have gained him more than 80,000 X followers. Rebecca Wood talks about bats. Ecological News includes records being broken in Australia for rooftop solar and the UN Biodiversity conference in Columbia. 

Joe DeMare talks about his observations of this "fall" that's includes 80 degree temperatures and birds starting new broods in October. Next he interviews Randi Podladnik, a Dr. of Environmental Science who reports on fracking developments in overly fracked eastern part of Ohio, including the ARCH2 "clean" hydrogen hub. Ecological News includes Japan turning towards more renewables and less nukes, the global carbon sink collapsing, and 98% of rooftop solar systems surviving Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Host Joe DeMare talks about his observations at Maumee Bay State Park where he went to see the Northern Lights. Next he talks with Vickie Askins from Lake Erie Advocates about the continuing scandal of CAFOS being allowed to contaminate Lake Erie with sewage. Rebecca Wood tells us about the Taino people who were brutalized by Columbus. Ecological News includes advances in Sodium Chloride battery production and the discovery of 70,000 new viruses. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the connection between diet and ecological destruction, singing the praises of vegans, even though he's not one himself. Next he interviews  Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about the latest discoveries of corrosion in the steam tubes of the Palisades nuclear power plant, and what that means for the crooked company Holtec, claiming to be able to restart the plant for a few billion dollars. Rebecca Wood talks about the Phucket, Thailand Nine Emperor Gods Vegan Festival. Ecological News includes Ford giving away free level 2 electric car chargers and the seven countries that have already achieved 100% renewable electricity.

Host Joe DeMare talks about harvesting delicious puffballs. Then he describes the incredible Hurricane Helene and its environmental impact. Next, he interviews Chase Oliver, Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party, asking how Libertarians who oppose government regulations could protect the environment. Rebecca Wood describes the Toledo hydrogen fire, and then talks about hydrogen in general. Ecological News includes the UK closing its last coal plant, and Elon Musk doing a 180 on global warming.

Joe DeMare talks about the drought gripping most of Ohio causing crop losses and draining rivers and ponds. Then he reminisces about the 2014 People's Climate March, the largest environmental protest in US history with 400,000 people! Next he interviews Dylan Gomes, marine biologist who talks about the ecological impact of marine heat waves including huge surges of Pyrosomes, colonial tubes up to 60 feet long that vacuum up sea life. Rebecca Wood talks about the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Ecological News includes record wind turbine orders in China, but falling orders elsewhere, Australian conservative politicians' plan to switch off people's rooftop solar panels, and more! 

Host Joe DeMare answers a listener's question about why wind and solar companies don't advertise more to counter the disinformation being spread about them. He also talks about the fate of the NASA astronauts trapped on the ISS and compares their fate to ours. Next he interviews Richard Steiner of PEER about Alaska's misguided and ineffective policy of slaughtering bears and wolves. Then Rebecca Wood celebrates Greenpeace day. Ecological News includes drought in Sicily, the federal government paying people to take nuclear generated electricity, and Denmark's largest windfarm.

Host Joe DeMare talks about his experiences doing clean up and recycling at the Black Swamp Arts Festival, and Ohio's ban on single use plastics bans that are preventing us from moving away from plastics. Next he interviews Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson from Stanford about countries that have already essentially switched to 100% renewables and busting myths like carbon capture and storage. Rebecca Wood dives into pigs. Ecological News includes Canadian Timber Companies finally running out of the last of the old growth forests and Wolves returning to Rocky Mountain National Park. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the early fall bird migration that seems to be going on in North America. Next, he interviews Linda Seeley with Mothers for Peace about a rare point of hope in their battle to protect California from the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, poised for disaster on thrust faults. Rebecca Wood tells us all about armadillos. Ecological News includes: new shocking levels of plutonium contamination at Los Alamos; Elon Musk sabotaging the switch to the Tesla charging system; and Brazilian wildfires. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about his home being carbon negative in July with only 6 kW of solar. Then he dives into controversies in NW Ohio where some are advocating the extermination of nature. Next, he interviews organic farmer Kristy Buskirk about the challenges and victories involved in going organic. Co-host Rebecca Wood tells us about cicadas. Ecological News includes renewables outgrowing fossil fuels, the resignation of Japan's nuke-crazed prime minister, and Lake Erie's huge algal bloom. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the "Trapped in Maumee" movement. Homeowners have been hit with bills of $30,000 or more to replace their sewer lines, and been given only 90 days to do it. Joe talks about some financial strategies that could be used to soften the blow, but focuses on the necessity of stopping the flow of sewage into the Maumee. Then he reviews the new movie, "My Friend the Penguin." It's a heartwarming tale of a Brazilian fisherman who overcomes grief and depression when he rescues an oil soaked penguin, who then returns every year to spend the summer with him. Rebecca Wood talks more about mangroves. Ecological News is mostly good news this week, with huge strides being made by wind and solar around the world.

Joe talks about watching the stars with the Toledo Astronomical Society in Beavercreek Park. Then he describes his battle with the Tree of Heaven plants threatening to take over his whole yard. He interviews Leona Morgan with Haul No about the illegal transport of uranium ore across Navajo territory. Ecological News includes the carless 2028 Olympics in LA, Sucralose contributing to algae blooms, and Washington state switching to electric school buses

Host Joe DeMare talks about experiences at the Wood County Fair, then reviews a congressional report on the oil companies that have used their billions to spread disinformation about the climate. Rebecca Wood remembers the 10 year anniversary of the Toledo Water Crisis caused by the poisoning of Lake Erie by an algal bloom. Ecological News includes great news from Taiwan which closed its penultimate nuke plant and bad news from Earth which suffered its hottest recorded day on July 22. 

 Joe returns from his adventures around the globe, comparing and contrasting his experiences in the City of Chennai, India and Garden Island, Michigan. Rebecca Wood tries to figure out what happened to the mason bees that had been living in her porch. Ecological News includes the horrible pro-nuclear ADVANCE act and Florida becoming too hot for swimming. 

Joe DeMare introduces this Best Of Episode which initially aired in February, 2024. It includes a speech from Marcy Kaptur about HB6 and an interview with the inventor of a particulate storage energy system that will revolutionize energy storage. 

Joe replays an episode that originally aired in February of 2019, talking about electric cars and Trump's deregulations, one that lead directly to the E. Palestine Train disaster in 2024.

Joe DeMare talks about his upcoming trip to Tamil Nadu, India. Then he plays speeches given by Governor DeWine and the ODNR heads at the the Governor's Fish Day in Port Clinton. Rebecca Wood talks about blueberries. Ecological Nesw includes hope for ash triees, the great barrier reef dying, and Germnay's success without nukes. 

Joe DeMare and Rebecca Wood co-Host For A Green Future. This week, Joe talks about his experience surveying Lake Erie during the Ohio Governor's Fishing Day, we hear from Rebecca about the Goliath Tigerfish, and Joe discusses the recent string of Supreme Court rulings and how they are just as bad for the environment as they are for the constituents.  Ecological news includes updates on the Diablo Nuclear Plant and the potential new Wood County Solar Farm.

Host Joe DeMare talks about heat waves in Ohio and around the world, and how increased heat makes people stupider. This leads to bad decisions like Congress's ADVANCE act, which turns the Nuclear Regulatory Commission into a nuclear promotion agency. Like we need another one of those. Then he interviews Stephany Seay about another bad government decision, the choice of "Option 2" in the bison management plan which will limit bison numbers to 6,000 max. Rebecca Wood talks about pecans. Ecological News includes: new studies predicting geoengineering disaster; approval for the mountain valley pipeline; and French nuke company EDF on trail for corruption. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the growing movement to throw out the ideas of personal responsibility making a difference in the war to save the planet. Then Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear tells us about the criminal history of Holtec, the company the Biden administration trusts to restart the dead Palisades nuclear reactor. Rebecca Wood talks about radiation contamination in Toledo. Ecological News includes: a geoengineering experiment that was stopped in California; EVs are now cheaper that gas cars; and California lawmakers balking at giving Diablo Canyon more money. 

 Host Joe DeMare talks about the invasive Joro spider and the misinformation campaign trying to convince people that invasive spiders the size of dinner plates with a painful bite and an appetite for humming birds is no big deal. Next he interview Deepa Pedmanabha, Deputy General Counsel for Greenpeace USA about the $300 million SLAPP lawsuit that is threatening to bankrupt one of the most important environmental organizations in the world. Rebecca Wood talks about daisies versus butterweed. Ecological News includes: a shocking EPA cover up surrounding the East Palestine disaster;  a 90 Gigawatt hour thermal storage system being built in Finland; and the fact that we only need 1/3 as much wind and solar to replace all fossil fuels.