For A Green Future

Host Joe DeMare talks about his 45th high school class reunion and bemoans the fact that Americans can't talk about politics. Next he interviews Keving Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about the Palisades nuclear plant and its shift to "operational status." He also drops the bombshell that there is a thyroid cancer cluster around the nuke plant. Rebecca Wood talks about the US Forest Service. Ecological News includes Trump's corrupt cancellation of offshore windfars; the link between fossil fuel money and anti-wind "citizens" groups; and WWII bombs exploding in UK wildfires. 

Host Joseph R. DeMare talks about the film and book "My Life as a Turkey," and the growing sentiment among many that they want to get out of the human race. Next he interviews Rachel Belz from Ohio Citizen Action about their 50th anniversary and some of their battles and successes over the years. Rebecca Wood tells us about the Aleutian Low and how it can effect weather all over North America. Ecological News includes the ending of CHEJ, and the rebranding of Bison as wildlife and not cattle on some reservations. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about his 5 mile kayak trip on the mighty Maumee River complete with bald eagles and freshwater mussels. Then he interviews Christina O'Millian and Brian McPeek about a petition effort to overturn Richland County's ban on solar and wind power. Rebecca Wood tells about the Kyshtym nuclear disaster which contaminates 9,000 square miles in Russia. Ecological News includes 8 nuclear plants crashing in one week, including 4 shut down by jellyfish. Also, Republicans send a letter to Canada telling them to stop having so many forest fires. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about the surge in people purchasing electric and plug in hybrid cars. Then he discusses individual action versus governmental policy in the battle against global warming. Next he interviews Roxann Kuhns about her organization Civilian Disaster Response that has been on the front lines of responding to global warming enhanced disasters. Rebecca Woods looks back at the Windscale nuclear disaster. Ecological News includes stories about the global plastics treaty being negotiated in Geneva, Trump ordering the destruction of NASA satellites monitoring carbon, and Australia's latest polling showing that, like the rest of the world, the vast majority want stronger climate action. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about his experiences at the Wood County Fair from and ecological perspective. Then he asks the audience, "What then shall we do?" in a country where the government is denying ecological reality and changing laws to damage the environment. Rebecca Wood talks about the invasive plant Creeping Charlotte. Environmental news includes Trump's "Don Quixoti speech where he told a string of absolute lies about wind turbines, Australia outfitting thousands of home with batteries, and weather disasters around the world. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about our global warming enhanced summer and how 90 degree water in the Gulf of Mexico is making life miserable as far north as Canada. Next he plays a montage of recordings from the 45th annual Governor's Fish Day including a press conference at the end. Rebecca Wood's piece is on the most common butterfly in the world, the Cabbage White. Ecological News includes Congress eliminating the Clean Water Act, NSF employees sending a letter decrying the politicization of science, and Australia giving away free electricity because they have so much solar power. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about his experience at the Governor's Fish Day, talking with other environmental journalists who've fallen into despair or denial. Next he interviews Staten Middleton about his H2Ohio financed project that turned 24 acres of farmland back into wetlands. Rebecca Wood talks about Tree of Heaven. Ecological News includes the September 30 deadline to buy electric cars, China's record size wind turbines, and a definitive Harvard study linking exposure to radiation as children to deadly cancers as adults for people who lived near Coldwater Creek.

Host Joe DeMare talks about the latest twist in global warming denial, then shares his eco-observations from a recent trip to Western New York State. Next he interviews Colette Delawalla, Executive Director of Stand Up For Science about the recent letter over 600 EPA employees sent to  Director Lee Zeldin, calling him out on lies he's been telling about science and the agency. Over 100 employees were kicked out of their offices, put on administrative leave, and may well lose their jobs. Then Rebecca Wood tells us about purslane. Ecological News includes Solar passing nuclear to become the EU's largest power source and China hitting the 1 Terawatt level of solar power. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about how Trump supporters may be beginning to admit they were wrong to support him as he continues to trash the environment, especially the Everglades. Next he interviews Ann Rabe of Don't Waste New York about the plans to fight NY Governor Kathy Hochul as she tries to irradiate "Upstate" with new nuclear plants. Rebecca Wood talks about King Mindaugas of Lithuania and the brackish Baltic Sea. Ecological News includes nuclear plants shutting down in the heat and Ireland shutting its last coal plant.

Host Joe DeMare talks about the abundance of fireflies this year and making a presentation to the Bowling Green Municipal Utility Board proving they are wrong to penalize solar panel owners. Next he interviews Kelly Ramsey, author of the new book, Wildfire Days: A Woman, A Hotshot Crew, and the Burning of the American West. She talks about her experiences fighting some of the biggest fires in history and the global warming that's breaking the records. Rebecca Wood talks about bamboo and its uses as food, building material, and explosives. Ecological News includes Trump declaring asbestos is good for you, the connection between the ionosphere and earthquakes, and an extinct fish that may come back to Lake Erie. 

Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Host Joe DeMare talks about the heat wave gripping the continent and the effects from wildfires in Canada to Heat Advisories in Alaska. Next he talks about his experiences at the SJR 3 hearing in Columbus and the efforts to call a constitutional convention that would destroy the US constitution. Rebecca Wood talks about native and non-native white clovers. Ecological News includes an explanation about why electricity is more expensive, even as more cheaper wind and solar are added to the grid. Also, biking infrastructure in the Netherlands and sea spiders that eat methane. 

Host Joe DeMare talks about how the environment is at the root of all the conflicts we're facing today. Then he interviews Gary Houser talking about how the Ohio Power Siting Board is destroying Ohio's solar power industry at the behest of just a few corrupt officials. Rebecca Wood talks about Chicken of the Woods edible fungus. Ecological News includes Miami's drinking water being threatened by radioactive water leaking from the Turkey Point nuclear plant and the world's largest renewable energy hub, 70 GW!, announced in Australia.

Host Joe DeMare talks about the Canadian wildfires and Greta Thunberg's change of focus to the plight of the Palestinians. Next he interviews Tim Judson of NIRS about Trump's executive orders that sacrifice health and safety of Americans to the gods of nuclear power. Rebecca Wood discusses the Pitcairn Islands on the anniversary of the HMS Bounty mutiny. Ecological News includes solar beating nuclear worldwide, sodium batteries powering scooters in China, and the collapse of Ireland's ocean ecosystem because of the extermination of the Sprat.

Host Joe DeMare talks about the Canadian wildfire haze blanketing the midwest and links that to Ohio's SB1 which forces public university teachers to teach global warming denial. Then he interviews Tristan Rader about the move to have Ohio join the call for a constitutional convention which would rewrite the US constitution, making environmental laws impossible. Rebecca Wood talks about her experience with Brown Bears at the Toledo Zoo. Ecological News includes records being set by California wind and solar, and Ontario's Premier Doug Ford attempting to implement Trump's energy and environmental agenda. 

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.