For A Green Future

Guest host Shehbaz Khan talks about Earth Day partying and the 5 biggest ways that you can fight global warming in your household. Next, he interviews Cinda Stutzman of the Bowling Green City Park Department about a new, invasive tick species that has been found there, and what that means for us. Rebecca Wood talks about the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle and mysteries surrounding it including a sudden surge in deaths and what "Ridley" means anyway. Ecological News includes the IPCC's latest report on climate change and its focus on wind and solar power, and the latest evidence that the forest defender, Tortuguita, was murdered by police.  

For a Green Future welcomes our new Guest Host, Shehbaz Kahn! Shehbaz first talks a little bit about himself and his experiences growing up on a small farm in rural India. Then we look at fishing in Ohio including the ODNR's official 2023 fishing forecast and an interview with Monica Lewis, a life long fisherwoman. Rebecca Wood talks about food deserts. Ecological News includes Holtec's evil plans to dump tritium in to our waterways, Europe cutting CO2 emissions by 2.5% despite Germany closing its nuclear plants, and Friends of the Earth suing to close Diablo Canyon. 

Joseph D. DeMare takes over hosting duties from his father Joseph R. DeMare in this episode because Joseph R. is running for Mayor of Bowling Green and can't host the program while being a candidate. Joe talks about Easter, eggs, and eagles. Then he plays a recording of a public action held in the lobby of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio which led to the PUCO starting an audit against OVEC which could shut down coal plants! Rebecca Wood talks about rivers and holy sites in the middle east that are holy to Muslims, Jewish people, and Christians for Easter/Passover/Ramadan. Ecological News includes: Scotland generating record amounts of renewable energy; Germany shutting the last of its nuclear power plants on April 15, and an update on the slaughter of bison in Yellowstone. 

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 his Amtrak trip to DC and the hopeful and terrible things he saw along the way. Next, he interviews Joanne Doroshow about the film she produced, "Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island," which received standing ovations at all three film festivals where it's been shown so far. On the 44th anniversary of the Three Mile Island disaster, truths are finally coming out. Rebecca Wood profiles Pinar Sinopoulos-Lloyd, queer environmental activist who has won numerous awards for trying to bring us all closer to the Earth. Ecological News includes Biden's first veto which protected Environmental, Social, and Good investing; the IPCC global warming report, and new ways to destroy PFAS. 

Joe DeMare talks about his experience with 1,000,000 sandhill cranes in Kearney, NB, and the movie "Plastic Island." Then he interviews Stephany Seay about the catastrophic losses to hunting in the Yellowstone Bison herd. Warning, there is some graphic video of bison slaughter. Next Rebecca Wood tells us about Wangari Mathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner. Ecological News includes nuke plant shut downs in Taiwan, and perhaps the most repressed news story in history, cyclone Freddy. 

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. 

Joe DeMare revisits his grand east coast journey, focusing on St. Augustine where an insane amount of building is happening in insane places. Then he reviews dropping fertility rates around the world. Rebecca Wood talks about the complicated and sometimes beautiful relationships disabled people have with nature. Ecological News includes Nuclear Joe Biden's $1.6 billion plan to resurrect dead nuke plants and good news for the world's oceans!  

Joe DeMare talks about visiting Weelau, the forest that the City of Atlanta wants to destroy in order to build "Cop City." Next, he interviews architect Gerard Nadeau about Green building practices and how architects are trying to build a net zero world. Rebecca Wood talks about the tiny and terrible fire ant. Ecological News includes Japan's latest example of choosing nukes over reality and the fate of the Spotted Owl (singular) in Canada

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 ecological observations on his trip to Denver including bald eagle sightings around the wind turbines, a brush with PFAS contamination in Iowa City, and the rise in EV vehicle sightings. Next, it's the Eco-Bowl! Philadelphia and Kansas City are compared, head to head on their sustainability as cities and Philly wipes out Kansas City, no contest. Rebecca Wood talks about the Ohio River, and its importance to the underground railroad. Ecological News includes Minnesota going carbon free, the importance of tortoises in the Caribbean, and more!  

Joe DeMare talks about censorship around the train wreck in Columbiana county. Then about spotting a river otter on the Maumee River and the resilience of Nature. Next he interviews Sandy Bihn about the upcoming hearing on the Ohio EPA"s proposed "regulation" of pollution from farm fields and CAFOS that are causing Lake Erie's deadly algal blooms each summer. Spoiler, the regulations will do nothing. Rebecca Wood talks about Charles Young, the first superintendent of National Parks, an African American, and Teddy Roosevelt's right hand man in overseas military excursions. Ecological News includes: Mexico banning geoengineering; the discovery that global warming killed pretty much everything in the Permian era; and NAML opposing Fukushima dumping radiation into the Pacific. 

Joe DeMare talks about seed cleaning and then explains how bathroom fights between MTG and Boebert are being used to hide the real news that's destroying our environment. Next he interviews Stephany Seay from Roam Free Nation about the terrible slaughter of bison in Yellowstone, this year. Rebecca Wood tells us all about spider mites. Ecological News includes the killing of an environmental activist in Atlanta, record heat pump sales around the world, and Germany achieving 50 percent renewable energy! 

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. 

Joe DeMare talks about how the governments half measures to encourage sustainable farming aren't really working. Next he interviews Linda Seely about efforts to prevent the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant from resurrecting a 20 year old application to keep the crumbling plant open. Rebecca Wood talks about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s influence on the environmental movement, including this quote: “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Ecological News includes the manufacture of iron/air batteries and billionaires generating thousands of tons more CO2 than the rest of us, each year. 

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 tells about his experience snowed in outside of Buffalo, NY. Then he interviews Hannah Smay from the Nuclear Information Resource Service about SB4064 which would turn the US government into a sales employee of Bill Gates's Nuscale Reactor company, dumping nukes and their waste on unsuspecting countries. Rebecca Wood tells us about the tarpon. Ecological News includes Greta Thunberg's twitter battles with Andrew Tate and the Court of Appeals wiping out NEPA. 

Joe DeMare broadcasts from his family home outside of Buffalo, New York. Having weathered the storm he presents a clip show with some of the highlights from 2022. 

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 starts out describing a taste of the Green Future, then he gives the speech in opposition to HB434 that the Senate Energy Subcommittee wouldn't let him give. Next he plays interviews that he did with people who had just watched the world premiere of Dr. Heidi Hutner's amazing documentary "Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island." Rebecca Wood talks about mountains. Ecological News includes Ann Arbor's ban on natural gas, Scotland rejecting nukes, and a huge oil spill in Kansas.