For A Green Future

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.