Podcasts about hb6

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. 

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.

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!!!

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. 

Host Joe DeMare reveals his true identity as an Alpha, electric cars, and a coolant leak at Perry nuclear plant. Next he interviews Maureen Willis, Ohio's Consumer Counsel about the ongoing legal battles to reverse HB6. Rebecca Wood tells us about the White River in Indianapolis. Ecological News includes: renewables outpacing coal in India; killer whales with too much time on their hands; and deadly mudslides in Papua New Guinea.  

While it was embroiled in the HB6 bribery scandal, FirstEnergy also threw dark money contributions to top Ohio politicians not implicated in the scheme, according to newly released documents.

Joe talks about his impressions of the eclipse and the seeming lack of bees.  We discuss PFAS levels and EPA regulations with a caller. In lieu of an interview, we have part of a news conference of indigenous peoples local to the Toronto region, protesting the move by Royal Bank of Canada to invest in fossil fuel infrastructure. Rebecca Wood talks about garlic mustard, and ecological news includes the success of Germany's move away from nuclear power, Michigan's first dark sky sanctuary (Beaver Island), and the eternal struggle against Ohio's HB6.

Two former First Energy executives, Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling, pleaded not guilty last week to 27 felony violations as part of the HB6 scandal.

Two former First Energy executives, Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling, pleaded not guilty last week to 27 felony violations as part of the HB6 scandal.

Joe DeMare talks about the ongoing Pasteurization of NW Ohio. Then he reviews the latest arrests and indictments in the HB6 scandal with a little help from US House Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Next he interview Zhiwen Ma, a researcher with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that has developed a revolutionary new energy storage system that simply uses hot sand. Rebecca Wood talks about Harriet Tubman and the Finger Lakes in New York. Ecological News includes good news about clean energy generation, the new oldest tree in the world, the spread of solar power in South Africa and Ohio's HB 197 which is a ho-hum creation of a tiny bit of solar energy. 

Host Joseph R. DeMare returns to the mic after successfully battling Covid. He talks about Covid, COP 28, and battling pro-nuclear trolls on X. Then he interviews Vina Colley about the terrible situation in Piketon, Ohio where radioactive contamination from 70 years of nuclear waste reprocessing is contaminating an entire region, creating a cancer endemic. Next, Rebecca Wood talks about the Maccabbees and the history of Hanukka. Ecological News includes Uruguay running four months in a row using nothing but wind, solar, and hydro and Sam Randazzo's long awaited arrest for corruption in connection with the HB6 scandal. 

Joe DeMare talks some more about his experiences in Washington, DC, including seeing AOC. Then, he reports on what he learned visiting the site of a 1,500 gallon gasoline spill in Toledo. Next he interviews Molly Nichols of the Sierra Club about the fight to get the PUCO to repeal the coal subsidies in HB6. Rebecca Wood celebrates National Ferret Day. Ecological News includes a study showing 0 bird strikes in offshore wind farms, Ohio's insane SB83 which would force college professors to teach lies about global warming, and why whales are being driven to extinction off the US coast. 

Joe DeMare talks about March 11, the Fukushima anniversary, and how he marks it by boycotting grid power. Next, he interviews Jake Zuckerman from Cleveland.com about Larry Householder's conviction on racketeering charges over the corrupt nuclear bailout bill, HB6! Bribes and kickbacks apparently couldn't protect him from the law. Rebecca Wood takes us on a tour of Hulun Lake in Inner Mongolia. Ecological News includes Krill, Squid, Astroturf, incineration of East Palestine wastes, and Australia hitting the 80% mark on wind and solar energy. 

Host Anna Staver speaks with political reporters Laura Bischoff and Jessie Balmert on this special episode of the Ohio Politics Explained podcast. During this edition we provide an update of everything that happened in the sixth week of the Larry Householder public corruption trail and look ahead to what we know is coming up next.

Host Anna Staver speaks with political reporters Laura Bischoff and Jessie Balmert on this special episode of the Ohio Politics Explained podcast. During this edition we provide an update of everything that happened in the fifth week of the Larry Householder public corruption trail and look ahead to what we know is coming up next.

Joe DeMare talks about his trip to E. Palestine, Ohio, where he watched the cleanup of the tanker car derailment, interviewed people in E. Palestine, smelled some chemical odors and felt nauseous after only a few hours. Rebecca Wood talks about Lake Erie and its connection to the Underground Railroad. We get a caller reminding everyone of the Feb 23 hearing on Lake Erie phosphorous pollution. Ecological News includes New Mexico banning nuclear dumps, a record breaking wind turbine, and an update on the trial of Larry Householder for the HB6 scandal! 

Joe DeMare talks about Al Gore NOT having a meltdown at Davos, and the lying Fox News hosts who claim he did, reviewing some of their brainwashing techniques. Next he interviews students from the Environmental Action Group at Bowling Green State University about student based environmental activism on college campuses. With Rebecca Wood out with Covid, Joe dives straight into environmental news including PFAS in freshwater fish a million times the EPA limits, how bee deaths are causing human deaths, and an update on HB6. 

New Lawyer Talk episodes coming, but here's the Common Sense Ohio podcast until then.Ohio House ex-speaker's trial in $60M bribery probe to begin. Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder goes on trial next week in the highest-profile reckoning yet to arise from a $60 million federal bribery investigation that federal prosecutors call the largest corruption case in state history.So what to look for in this trial?What was HB6? If it WAS a good idea, but was repealed, what's wrong with it now?We talk about how Householder was "schooled" by Vern Riffe (tarnishing his reputation, Riffe was charged with failing to report speaker's fees and with failing to report interest income from an inheritance).Upper Arlington and Groveport Madison school administrators reveal tactics for tricking parents if CRT syllabus was banned.Elwood Jones allowed out on bail after 27 years on death row for 1994 murder. Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Wende Cross granted Jones bail, after ruling last month he should get a new trial.Norm's NuggetsRecorded at Channel 511, a production of 511 South High Media LLC.Stephen E. Palmer, Esq. has been practicing criminal defense almost exclusively since 1995. He has represented people in federal, state, and local courts in Ohio and elsewhere.Though he focuses on all areas of criminal defense, he particularly enjoys complex cases in state and federal courts.He has unique experience handling and assembling top defense teams of attorneys and experts in cases involving allegations of child abuse (false sexual allegations, false physical abuse allegations), complex scientific cases involving allegations of DUI and vehicular homicide cases with blood alcohol tests, and any other criminal cases that demand jury trial experience.Steve has unique experience handling numerous high publicity cases that have garnered national attention.For more information about Steve and his law firm, visit Yavitch & Palmer Co., L.P.A. You can also find Lawyer Talk on these platforms:Rumble: LawyerTalkPodcastBrighteon: LawyerTalkPodcastGab: @LawyerTalkPodcastGETTR: @LawyerTalkCopyright 2023 Stephen E. Palmer - Attorney At Law

In 2019, Ohio elected officials enacted a law to provide more than $1 billion in bailouts for private nuclear and coal-fired power plants with ratepayer money. Federal Justice Department officials later linked the law to more than $60 million in bribes. Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, who along with others was implicated in the scandal, is expected to stand trial beginning in January 2023 for his alleged role in the scheme. Meanwhile, House Bill 6 remains on the books in Ohio and sits at the center of the largest corruption case in the state's history, allegedly fueled primarily by so-called “dark money” from Akron-based electric utility FirstEnergy and current or former affiliates. This CMC forum untangles the ongoing HB6 scandal in Ohio, unpacks the impact on ratepayers and the environment, and examines what can be done to mitigate the damage done to Ohio's energy policy by “dark money.” The panelists are: Ashley Brown, Former Two-Term Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, and Founding Executive Director, Harvard Electricity Policy Group David DeVillers, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg, and Former U.S. Attorney, Assistant U.S. Attorney and State Prosecutor   Kathiann Kowalski, Journalist, Eye On Ohio and the Energy News Network   The host is Jo Ingles, Journalist, Producer, Statehouse News Bureau The forum sponsor was Barnes & Thornburg, with support from the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. This forum was recorded before a live audience on January 18, 2023.

Joe DeMare is finally able to call out Ohio Rep. Dick Stein for gaslighting on the floor of the Ohio House during the HB6 hearings! Next he interviews Eric Smith, spokesman for the IRS on the new tax credits for homeowners that put wind, solar, and other environmentally friendly improvements on their properties. After celebrating a new sponsor (YAY!), we hear from Rebecca Wood about asbestos. Ecological News includes good news about heat pumps, bad news about Europe's heat wave, and potentially calamitous news about China opposing Japanese dumping radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. 

Joe DeMare talks about why his house is being frequented by Vesper Sparrows, has some good news about some terrible legislation, and then interviews Dr. Cassandra Brooks from Stanford about the efforts to protect Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Rebecca Wood tells us all about the potato. Ecological News includes a bad decision by the California Public Utilities Commission, and yet another HB6 update! Correction: California has approximately 13,500 Megawatts of rooftop solar installed, not Gigawatts. It is roughly equivalent to 13 nuclear power plants. 

Joe DeMare takes on Gwynn Dyer's push for mad scientist geoengineering schemes. Then Philip Yenyo from American Indian Movement of Ohio discusses the role of gratitude in native American culture. Rebecca Wood tells us all about cranberries. In ecological news, Donald Trump shows up in the HB6 scandal as  "Federal Official #1," Palisades nuclear plant stays closed, and more!  

Joe DeMare talks about the cultish aspects of human society and how the cult of the atom is killing people. Then he interviews Molly Nichols from the Sierra Club about their postcard campaign to repeal the coal plant subsidies in HB6. Rebecca Wood talks about honeysuckle. Ecological news includes the latest nuclear power plant failures in Finland and Ukraine, the Greenland glaciers melting from atmospheric warming stuck in a positive feedback loop that are melting them much, much more quickly than predicted. Also, why the scientific method isn't always the best way to study ecology in the real world. 

Joe DeMare talks about regrowing forests and the coming of fall. Next, he interviews Jesse James Deer In Water about Michigan's Governor Whitmer's insane decision to reopen the shuttered Palisades nuclear power plant. Rebecca talks about marigolds and their connection to Aztec culture. Ecological News includes some minor court victories against Enbridge and the firing of yet another First Energy CEO over HB6! 

Joe DeMare talks about his visit to western New York and myths surrounding electric cars and solar power. Then he interviews Brett Hartl about environmental problems in the Inflation Reduction Act. Rebecca Wood gives a report about ice holes in glaciers. Ecological News includes linking DeWine to HB6, and nuclear plants poised on the edge of disaster in Ukraine. 

Newly-released text messages show that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted worked diligently behind the scenes to pass HB6, the nuclear power plant bailout law. We discuss what this new information means in the ongoing saga of the $60 million bribery scandal that led to multiple arrests and indictments.

Newly-released text messages show just how closely Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted worked with Akron-based FirstEnergy to pass the consumer-funded powerplant bailout known as HB6.

Newly-released text messages show just how closely Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted worked with Akron-based FirstEnergy to pass the consumer-funded powerplant bailout known as HB6.

Joe DeMare talks about his upcoming meeting with State Rep Haraz Ghanbari and then makes an announcement about a shockingly unenvironmental thing he's planning to do in March. Next, he interviews Lisa Maatz from Ohio Citizen Action about SB117 and HB351 twin bills that would finally end the coal plant subsidies put in place by the infamous HB6. CORRECTION: In the original broadcast, Joe stated that Representative Bill Seitz started drooling when American Electric Power offered to "work with" the committee to pass HB6. This recording has been corrected. It was actually Dick Stein, author of the current HB434--a bill to turn Ohio into a radioactive waste dump, that was doing the drooling. Next Rebecca Wood tells us about the Maroon peoples in honor of black history month. In ecological news, Biden appoints a wolf killer to head the Fish and Wildlife department, Ukraine nuke plants, and more! 

Joe DeMare puts the Superbowl cities in a head to head sustainability competition. Then he interviews Dr. Judah Cohen at MIT about the polar vortex and how global warming is actually causing colder winter temperatures over much of the US. Pat Marida joins us in the second half of the show to warn us about HB434, the return of the undead mutant son of HB6 which creates a nuclear "authority" that can irradiate Ohio. Rebecca Wood tells us more than we want to know about ducks. Ecological news includes a near melt down at Enrico Fermi II on February 4, a Yellowstone bison update, and good news for wolves! 

The pane, gerrymandering and HB6 were not good news stories for DeWine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joseph DeMare talks about his wife, Carolyn Kawecka's, heroic two year battle with cancer. He shares her amazing story which includes battling cancer with diet, experimental viral therapy treatment, and the latest immunotherapy. Rebecca Wood talks about olive oil. Environmental news includes Santa Claus weighing in on the HB6 issue and a discussion of the tornadoes that tore through the southeast. 

How is a legislator's $300 million nursing home giveaway not another version of the HB6 giveaway to FirstEnergy? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe DeMare and Rebecca Wood discuss a wide variety of ecological topics from rags to lantern flies. Then Joe interviews Tiffani Kalevec with the Ohio EPA about the Maumee Watershed and the OEPA's Total Maximum Daily Load document currently up for public comments about the phosphorous pollution that causes algae blooms in Lake Erie. Rebecca takes us to Big Bend National Park on the Rio Grande. Eco news includes an HB6 update (!) news from Line 3 in Minnesota, Fairy Creek in British Columbia, and more! 

Why is the HB6 prosecutor working to make clear that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is not a target? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Mark Jacobson from Stanford University reassures Joe DeMare that the world is not ending THIS month, and lays out a plan for eliminating carbon pollution. Rebecca Wood tells us all about the tomato. Joe and Rebecca cover the red sun caused by forest fires, the passing of the white rhino, and suggest a new mission statement for First Energy based on their internal HB6 communications which laid out their multimillion dollar bribery scheme to prop up their nuke plants, "F#%$ anyone who's not us!" 

The U.S. Attorney's office has charged FirstEnergy Corp. with wire fraud in connection with ongoing investigation over HB6, the nuclear bailout law. On the weekly Reporter Roundtable, we explore the latest chapter in the Ohio bribery scandal.

May 25, 2021: Where police reform stands in Ohio one year after George Floyd’s death at the hands of former officer Derek Chauvin, family of Strongsville native who drowned raises nearly $70,000 in less than a day for soccer scholarship in her honor, Gov. Mike DeWine speaks out against push to block Vax-A-Million drawings, former Browns QB Bernie Kosar offers home to convicted mobster seeking early release, CLE Tiki Barge slams into the Nautica Queen, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Need a break from bad news? Watch It’s All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney, every Wednesday: https://youtu.be/JUlXAdhb4SM Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow One year after murder of George Floyd, police reform stalled in Ohio https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/one-year-after-murder-of-george-floyd-police-reform-stalled-in-ohio/530-eb536605-e549-40ae-9747-9999b060dfa3 Family of University of Cincinnati soccer player who drowned over the weekend sets up GoFundMe, raises over $50,000 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ally-sidloski-gofundme-university-of-cincinnati-sophomore-strongsville/95-0de642cd-4f65-462e-ad38-971c514027d3 'A beautiful, extraordinary woman': Social media pays tribute to drowning victim Ally Sidloski, Strongsville native and Cincinnati student https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/tributes-pour-in-for-ally-sidloski-strongsville-native-university-of-cincinnati-student-drowning-victim/95-cf896da3-5fa1-4ef1-adaa-693da5327157 East Fork Lake drowning victim identified as 21-year-old Strongsville native Ally Sidloski https://www.wkyc.com/video/news/local/ohio/east-fork-lake-drowning-victim-identified/95-b782b100-2771-4441-9b5b-d70d71b2f08c Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley subpoenas several employees, records connected to HB6 bribery scheme https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-city-council-kevin-kelly-subpoenas-for-several-generation-now-employees-asks-to-see-bank-records-to-hb6-bribery-scheme/95-2ab3028a-2ab3-4958-916e-0056c63f7e6f Gov. DeWine speaks out against legislative attempt to block Vax-A-Million: ‘I respectfully disagree’ https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/ohio-covid-vaccine-lottery-vax-a-million-governor-mike-dewine-legislative-block-attempt/95-a88291ac-383a-42fe-9bd4-c2aa55f96f36 The latest on the number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/timeline-of-coronavirus-cases-ohio/95-c97c228d-c6c7-4949-b12b-4324d7ed8bb5 ENTER NOW | Ohio's COVID vaccine lottery registration: How to enter the $1 million Vax-a-Million drawings https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/ohio-covid-19-vaccine-lottery-one-million-dollars-governor-mike-dewine/95-988fed80-a9b9-419e-a7b1-5de325010467 3News Investigates: Former Browns QB Bernie Kosar offers his home to imprisoned mobster seeking early release https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/3news-investigates-bernie-kosar-mobster-home/95-54d0d64c-23e8-459e-a47a-e32c21fa7972 Would a Julio Jones trade make sense for the Cleveland Browns https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/browns-julio-jones-may-25/95-893dcd0a-b60f-4b0b-a4e9-521ac9af6849 Cleveland Browns given long-shot odds of landing Julio Jones https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/browns-julio-jones-odds/95-ddab2d68-35fc-4a30-b39d-5ab258dbb6fc Watch: Tiki Barge collides with Nautica Queen in Cleveland https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/tiki-barge-collides-nautica-queen-cleveland-cuyahoga-river-coast-guard/95-0534e177-13e6-4cf1-b7b4-9fed8ec983e4

Today's storyteller is Isobel Romero-Shaw! Isobel is a PhD student at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She studies gravitational waves, which is AWESOME. I'm not even going to pretend to be smart enough to write out an explanation of what that is so just listen in and Isobel will explain it to us. What I will say is that the existence of gravitational waves was predicted by Albert Einstein, and recently confirmed just a few years ago. There's still so much to learn in this field! Today Isobel tells us how she stubbornly chose physics, and about her research with gravitational waves. And then we jump into a dive about Homeward Bound - I'm HB5 as you all know and Isobel is HB6. It was really great getting to talk to her and I'm happy to have met another person from HB6, so enjoy! --- You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42. You can find Isobel on Twitter @astrobel_rs and her HB6 fundraising website. Isobel's book is Planetymology! LIGO is the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/. The LIGO facility in Louisiana I reference is the Livingston one. Book List: Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski, The Art Instinct by Dennis Dutton, The Trial by Franz Kafka, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Episodes referenced in this episode: "my friend Tim" is Tim Spruill (Episode 8), Harriet Teare (Episode 121) You can find Homeward Bound at their website https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/, on Twitter @HomewardBound16, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/homewardboundprojects. Recorded on 20 March 2021.

Today's storyteller is Dr Harriet Teare! I got connected with Harriet because she's in the newest cohort of Homeward Bound - HB6 - and I put an all call on Twitter to invite them to come be on the podcast! So Harriet is the first of several episodes featuring HB6ers, and I feel a bit like a sophomore in high school now with the new class coming in after me. So that's how Harriet and I got connected, but she's here today to talk about her work in the healthcare space working on managing health, not disease, and focusing on ways new and upcoming technologies can make healthcare more accessible for all. It's really interesting and I learned a lot! Then we also go on tangents about our health habits and fitness interests, like the endurance activities we both do. I personally have been struggling with lack of motivation during this pandemic because my normal source of motivation is gone, and Harriet explains how she found unique ways to stay motivated during this unusual time. As usual the episode title doesn't begin to cover everything we talk about in this episode so enjoy! --- You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42. You can find Harriet on Twitter @HTeare and her HB6 fundraising page: https://chuffed.org/project/hari-to-antarctica-global-leadership-for-women-in-stemm-teamhb6 To learn more about the UK participants in the HB6 cohort, and to support if you so desire: https://uk2antarctica.com/home Book List: Cross Everything by Henry Scowcroft You can find Homeward Bound at their website https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/, on Twitter @HomewardBound16, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/homewardboundprojects. Recorded on 20 March 2021.

It's the Battle of the Bills! Texas with their VERY racist HB6 election bill concerning election fraud vs the US HR1 "For the People" voting bill. which let's ANYTHING go! Who will reign supreme? Find out THIS TIME on Demagogue Z! DGN is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Castbox, Spreaker, and Youtube! Search DGNCASTDGN has a merch store! Buy a shirt and support your favorite political podcast!teespring.com/stores/dgncastDGN is on Twitch! Watch us live every Monday and Thursday 8pm PSTtwitch.tv/dgncast

With Ohio losing a seat in Congress, likely a Republican, is gerrymandering in our future? Ohio lawmakers again want to end E-Check requirements in Northeast Ohio. Oil and gas trade group gave more than $1 million to anti-HB6 dark money campaign. Ohio State's battle to trademark the word "The" takes another turn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 2 of Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, Victoria deFrancesco Soto, LBJ’s assistant dean for civic engagement, talks with former U.S. Congressman Beto O’Rourke, now an adjuct assistant professor at the school, about the restrictive voter provisions laid out in SB7 and HB6. They discuss how the bills, which would […]

Joe DeMare interviews Dr. Timothy Mousseau, one of the foremost experts on the effect of ionizing radiation on ecosystems in the world. He talks about his 20+ years of experience researching the effects of radiation in places like Fukushima and Chernobyl, and focuses on his recent study that proves increasing radiation levels decreases mammal populations. Rebecca Wood talks about what those Easter chicks and bunnies really require. Joe talks about another twist in the HB6 tale and other ecological news, and more!

Joseph DeMare talks about "regulatory capture" of the Bowling Green municipal utilities board. Then he interviews Valarie Middleton about a recent court victory protecting parts of the Wayne National Forest. Rebecca Wood reports on the NBA and environmental issues. Ecological News including partial HB6 repeal, record high temperatures in Russia, and more!

In this episode, we spend much of our time talking to our resident energy expert Carrie Collier-Brown about what actually happened with the blackout. She gives an in-depth explanation beyond who ERCOT is and what went wrong and why we were so close to a weeks-long reboot of the power grid.    We also discuss the state of COVID and vaccine distribution and the awful voter suppression bills going through the state legislature right now, HB6 and SB7. 

Ex-U.S. attorney who oversaw HB6 investigation will now help Ohio combat unemployment fraud. New Cuyahoga County Jail will not be built using traditional sealed bid process. At long last, Ohio legislators repeal the stinky parts of House Bill 6 nine months after learning of how corrupt it was. New law curbing Gov. Mike DeWine’s coronavirus powers expected to be challenged in court. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ODNR biologist Eric Weimer is Joe DeMare's guest as they discuss Walleye in Lake Erie. Rebecca Wood lists the Top 5 Women Environmentalists. SB 52 presents fresh threats to wind and solar in Ohio. Dramatic news about HB6 and more!!

What is Bill Seitz thinking by saying he sees no corruption in the Ohio House passage of HB6? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brendan sits down with Noah, a representative of Sunrise Oberlin, to talk about HB6 and what is going on up in Oberlin

The agency accused of being the machinery of the $61 million in HB6 bribes will plead guilty See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Generation Now, the dark money nonprofit at the center of the $61 million statehouse corruption case, last week copped to its involvement and agreed to plead guilty. That’s the third guilty plea in the HB6 scandal that federal authorities have called the largest public corruption case in state history.

Generation Now, the dark money nonprofit at the center of the $61 million statehouse corruption case, last week copped to its involvement and agreed to plead guilty. That’s the third guilty plea in the HB6 scandal that federal authorities have called the largest public corruption case in state history.

FirstEnergy gives up a lucrative part of corrupt HB6 along with hundreds of millions of dollars See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FirstEnergy gives up most lucrative part of the corrupt HB6. Why? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Three former Ohio Public Utility Commission members suggest FirstEnergy should be tossed out of Ohio for its role in the corrupt HB6 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why the story about former PUCO chief Sam Randazzo should make you even more outraged about HB6 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe DeMare talks about his experiences with the Delaware Bay oil spill. Then it's a review of the environmental positions of all four presidential candidates. Some real shockers in our HB6 update. Cloned Mutant Crayfish attack Belgium (really), the letter form the future, and more!!!

New information about what led FirstEnergy to fire CEO Chuck Jones amid the HB6 scandal See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leah Stokes on What the Voters Really Want A Special Bonus Episode. In this special bonus episode to Season One of the Mother Earth Podcast our guest is Leah Stokes. Leah burst onto the scene in recent years as America’s leading expert on voting behavior and public policy as they relate to the climate crisis. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app with the links on our website. Leah is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California at Santa Barbara and runs the ENVENT Lab. She researches public opinion, political behavior and public policy as they relate to climate change and energy issues. Stokes’ research regularly appears in top-tier academic journals and her opinion pieces and articles have been published in leading media outlets, including The New York Times, Vox, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, CNN.com and the Los Angeles Times. And for good reason: Leah’s research has put her finger on the pulse of what American voters want from their leaders on energy and climate change policy. In our conversation with Leah, we discuss those voter preferences and what kinds of policies to tackle the climate crisis appeal to voters of all kinds. Leah also explains why she enthusiastically supports Joe Biden’s climate and jobs plan. We discuss her recent book, Short Circuiting Policy, which exposes how electric utilities take money from their monopolized customers and use it to corrupt the political system in an attack on clean energy standards. And if you're not familiar with the HB6 scandal in Ohio, which resulted in the FBI recently arresting the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives on racketeering and bribery charges as part of an alleged $60 million dark money operation to roll back clean energy, you'll get to hear about that too. (No this is not the Sporanos; this is the Mother Earth Podcast and the lived reality of our 2020 politics). In the final analysis, Leah encourages us to remember that the environmental movement is broad and diverse, and that the best policy solutions are inclusive and promote justice. To support the podcast, please tell your friends and family about it and share online. For People and Planet, thank you for listening.Matt

A view of the HB6 bribery scandal from inside, by someone charged in the case See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We try to get some answers on why state lawmakers drag their feet on repealing corrupt HB6 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

JJ Bechhold is our guest, talking about his environmental website for the Deaf named Eutierria. Joe DeMare gives an HB6 update and explains what's wrong with Michigan's Proposal 1. Rebecca Wood reports on California communities running out of funds to fight wildfires. Flow batteries may help us eliminate carbon, the letter from the future, and more!

Why can FirstEnergy and others in the HB6 scandal keep lobbying legislators while they consider the repeal? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Like many, the Greater Cleveland Partnership wants the corrupt HB6 repealed, so why are legislators sitting on their hands? Don't they face re-election? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe DeMare interviews OH House Representative David Leland about HB6 and the hearings, which Rep. Leland calls "a joke," That the Republicans are using to block repeal of "the most corrupt bill in Ohio's history." Joe talks about the Adirondack State Park and. Rebecca Wood talks about Slovenian medicinal herbs. There's mostly good environmental news, the letter from the future, and more!

Karlin Itchoak with the Wilderness Society returns to talk with Joe DeMare about the Administration's latest threat to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but first Joe explains why human nature is NOT > Nature. Rebecca Wood takes us on a tour of Slovenian glaciers. Mother Nature destroys a nuke plant in Iowa, an HB6 update, letter from the future, and MORE!

Joe DeMare interviews Michaela King, glaciologist from OSU, who talks about her research on Greenland's glaciers and what it means for us here in Ohio. Pat Marida calls in with an HB6 update; Rebecca Wood talks about wilderness in Slovenia; a simple trick for reducing wind turbine/bird deaths; the letter from the future; and More!

University of Dayton tries to wrangle the largest COVID-19 outbreak of any college in the state; Ohio State and Miami University of Ohio also reporting sharp increase in positive coronavirus tests; committee formed to repeal and replace House Bill 6, the law at the center of the state's largest-ever bribery scandal; former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder pleads 'not guilty' to federal charges related to HB6 scheme.

Dr. Heidi Hutner returns to tell us her story of being hit by Hurricane Isaias, the hurricane nobody talked about that did $4 billion damage to the US. Some good and bad news, Trump loses big in a migratory bird case. Joe DeMare talks about making ink from pokeweed, and takes Paula Hicks-Hudson to task for her part in HB6. Rebecca Wood joins the fun and more!

Rachel Belz of Ohio Citizen Action is our guest as we look back at the debacle that was HB6 and look ahead at the proposals to repeal it. Joe DeMare talks about the collapse of the Milne Ice Shelf in Nunavut other eco-news. Rebecca Wood talks about a cool park in Wyoming, the letter from the future, and more!

Joe DeMare talks about the superfund site in Luckey, Ohio where they are spending a quarter of a billion dollars to remove radioactive wastes like thorium, radium, and uranium. Rebecca Wood reads her very nice poem, "Tundra." HB6, the letter from the future with a dire warning about "Sweet Caroline," and more!

John Witte is our guest, sharing over 40 years experience in the solar power industry. He is owner of a solar power installation company and talks about how the solar industry has evolved over the years. Joe DeMare rakes the Ohio Legislature over the coals about HB6. Rebecca Wood talks about wild rice, a very brief letter from the future, and more!

Andrew Tobias from Cleveland.com is our guest to discuss how Energy Harbor is doing $800 million in stock buybacks after getting $1 billion added to our electric bills by the Ohio state government with HB6. Joe DeMare and Rebecca Wood discuss wearing Covid masks, blue bees, Monsanto gets its butt kicked in court, and much more!!

Joe DeMare and Rebecca Wood review 2019 in eco-news. Fires, floods, nuclear disaster, bison, wind power, solar power, walleye, salmon, plastic bags, HB6, and many other things. The letter from the future, and much more!

Guest Luke Kasparian describes being harassed by blockers as he carried HB6 referendum petitions. We discuss cars Vs. hybrids Vs. trains. What's in your tea? Letter from the future, and a caller talks about bird decline in his area.

The benefits of geothermal energy. Leatra Harper from the Freshwater Accountability Project tells us about the proposed cracker plant on the Ohio River. Updates on HB6, the Letter From the Future, and various other things.

We discuss the power of bacteria. How one species of bacteria destroyed almost all life on Earth in the Great Oxygenation Event. Scary stories of genetically modified bacteria which almost killed all plant life on Earth, and other fascinating facts. The Letter From the Future, update on HB6, and other worthwhile things.

Dr. Al Compaan describes the revolution in wind and solar power that makes them cheaper and more practical than nukes or coal. Also, EU passes Right to Repair, update on HB6, nice call about Ms. Peltier, and an introduction to the Michindo acquifer.

Tim Porter tells us about the environmental, personal, and economic benefits of train travel vs. cars or planes. This show is dedicated to the memory of Phyllis Oster, a great lady and radiation researcher. We cover HB6, DeWine's fascination with PFAS, the letter from the future, and general hilarity.

Daryl Stockburger talks about utility scale batteries that can power entire cities. Houston is prosecuting environmental protesters as felons even as it drowns. Link between thyroid cancer and Three Mile Island proven. We take some great calls, and an update on the HB6 ugliness.

Wood County recycles plastics 1-7. Hannah Smith, the Wood County Solid Waste District spokesperson discusses how and why. Joe and Rebecca tear apart the HB6 ads polluting our airwaves and mailboxes and a nice Letter From The Future.

Trump's insane plan to gut the Endangered Species Act. Also updates on HB6 and Bowling Green's plastic bag ban. A letter from the future and the Algae bloom on Lake Erie! All this and more as Joe does a solo turn at the mic.

Ocean currents and how they keep the planet habitable. Joe and Rebecca discuss the evidence that ocean currents are stopping because of global warming and talk about the "Waterworld" Apocalypse Vs. "The Day After Tomorrow" Apocalypse. Drama on HB6, Russian nuclear powered rocket disaster, and the letter from the future.

Diane D'Arrigo from NIRS is our guest as we discuss the plan to irradiate you by hauling high level radioactive wastes to centralized "temporary" storage in the south. Also, no-till ag and algae blooms, shark week, an update on HB6, and the letter from the future

Adaptation to climate change versus ending carbon pollution first, then Harvey Wasserman! The man who created the phrase "No Nukes!" and host of "Solartopia!" on PRN joins us to talk about the evils of nuclear power and shares some history of the anti-nuclear movement. The letter from the future and update on passage of HB6.

Jim Witer talks about the health benefits of being out in Nature. Also: an update on HB6; heat deaths in the far North; a very dramatic letter from the future; and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

Greg Lawson of the Buckeye Institute discusses HB6

Right to Repair is discussed briefly, as our hoped for guest never materializes. Our new Co-Host, Rebecca Wood, helps fill in the gaps beautifully. Chernobyl voles, our hardwired love of Nature, HB6, trying to buy a hybrid in the US, and many other topics are covered.

"Nature is the Infrastructure of Freedom!" Joe discusses how the American Revolution would have failed without the healthy ecosystems of North America to support the Continental Army. Carol calls in about plastic recycling. A short Letter From the Future, and an update on HB6.

Becca Pollard is our guest talking about HB6. Fathers and Nature is the theme. Carol calls in to talk about how her father brought the family to Oak Openings. Joe talks about his Father's Day fishing trip, and former EPA Administrators unite to take down Trump.

An interview with Daryl Stockburger who was instrumental in putting up Bowling Green's wind turbines and solar panels. Also, the heat wave in India, updates on HB6, the letter from the future, and the wisdom of proving computer models right by destroying the planet.

Forest Fires in Alberta, flooding in the midwest, unplanted fields in Ohio, how they're all hooked together by global warming. Also, Joe's top 5 "Eco-Movies," an update on HB6 including calls for protests, and the Letter From the Future.

Health benefits of gardening, some tips and tricks for home gardeners. Also update on HB6. Republicans have removed all pretense of it being a "clean" energy bill and now it just bails out nuclear and coal plants, one in Indiana!

Ken Dragoon, Executive Director of the Renewable Hydrogen Alliance, tells about how hydrogen energy storage works, and why it should be part of a Green Future. Updates on HB6, and our Letter From the Future.

John Zanfardino is our guest as we discuss Bowling Green's proposed ban on plastic bags. Also, Trump's plan's to exterminate wolves and pollute groundwater. We update HB6, the nuclear bailout bill, and listen to our Letter From the Future.

Joe goes to Columbus to testify against HB6, the multi-billion dollar bailout for Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear plants. Also, clean air and the Glass City Marathon, and the Letter From The Future.