For A Green Future

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...

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, m...

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 aban...

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. Ecolo...

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...

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 environm...

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. Ec...

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...

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 Aust...

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,...

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 p...

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 f...

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 gener...

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...

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 W...

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 div...

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 plutoniu...

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 fossi...

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." I...

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,...