For A Green Future

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 nuclear plant with four reactors 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!!!