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For A Green Future
Joseph R. DeMare
200 episodes
16 hours ago
Intelligent, Compelling Talk on a wide range of environmental and ecological issues. From global warming to nuclear power, we take on environmental issues by cutting through all the disinformation to get at the truth. Our focus is on how to get to the pollution-free, nuclear-free, carbon-free future, and how much better life will be for all of us once we get there.
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Intelligent, Compelling Talk on a wide range of environmental and ecological issues. From global warming to nuclear power, we take on environmental issues by cutting through all the disinformation to get at the truth. Our focus is on how to get to the pollution-free, nuclear-free, carbon-free future, and how much better life will be for all of us once we get there.
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Episodes (20/200)
For A Green Future
Episode 349: For A Green Future: Information Please! 110125 Episode 348
Host Joe DeMare talks about government disinformation and how it's affecting everything from bison to nuclear plants. Then he interviews Vina Colley of PRESS about plutonium and neptunium contamination in Piketon, Ohio. Rebecca Wood sings the praises of amaranth. Ecological News includes Trump opening the 1.6 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plains to oil and gas drilling and the UK possibly joining the Treaty of the High Seas. 
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16 hours ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 348: For A Green Future: Krill! Krill! Krill! 102625 Episode 347
Host Joe DeMare talks about the how accurate environmental information is getting harder and harder to find. Then he discusses the crisis with Antarctic Krill. Russia has just arrested the world's leading expert on Antarctic Krill and is charging him with treason because he was on his way to a global krill summit where he was going to advocate for strict limits on krill fishing. Rebecca Wood discusses the banyan tree. Ecological news includes California finally making the switch to EVs, and a proposed Ohio law that would ban the use of fracking wastes as road salt.
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1 week ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 347: For A Green Future: Harvest Time! 101925 Episode 346
Host Joe DeMare talks about the No Kings protest and how protecting the Earth and fighting global warming are supported by the overwhelming majority of Americans. Next he interviews Kristen Buskirk, owner of Clay Hill Organic Farm about organic farming and the challenges faced by farmers as global warming makes growing food more and more difficult. Rebecca Wood talks about sesame plants, seeds, oils, and more! Ecological News includes EV owners satisfaction levels and the Republican's plans to eliminate the Marine Mammal Protection Act in order to Kill the Whales.
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2 weeks ago
59 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 346: For A Green Future: "Interim = Never!" 101225 Episode 345
Host Joe DeMare talks about rolling his giant Earth ball in the Oak Harbor Apple Festival Parade. Next he interviews Don Hancock from the Southwest Research and Information Center about Holtec's recent announcement that they're abandoning plans for an interim high level nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico. Rebecca Wood talks about the swimming pigs of Exumas in the Bahamas. Ecological News includes a call for a three year moratorium on injection well permits, the shuttering of the last coal plant in New England, and Trump's plan to clearcut 80%, 1,000 square miles, of the Wayne National Forest.
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3 weeks ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 345: For A Green Future "They Speak for the Trees!" 100525 Episode 344
Host Joe DeMare remembers Jane Goodall, giant among environmentalists. Next he interviews old growth forest advocate Joshua Wright about the current blockade on Victoria Island as activists try to stop the logging of the last remnants of 2,000 year old trees. Rebecca Wood tells us about the "father of ecology" Aldo Leopold, environmental educator and author of "A Sand County Almanac." Ecological News includes Belgium shuttering another nuclear plant, wind and solar crushing coal and nuclear in the US, and New York's ban on dumping radiation into the Hudson overturned by a federal judge. 
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4 weeks ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 344: For A Green Future: "The Wind Doesn't Blow." 092825 Episode 343
Host Joe DeMare tears apart President Trump's address to the UN where he literally said, "The Wind doesn't blow," and a hundred other falsehoods about renewable energy. Next, he interviews Stephany Seay about a study that proves Yellowstone bison not only aren't overgrazing the Park, they are essential to keeping it healthy. Rebecca Wood talks about pokeweed. Ecological News has only good news this week, including 99.2% of Americans being opposed to overturning the Roadless Rule. 
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1 month ago
1 hour

For A Green Future
Episode 343: For A Green Future: Remembering Redford! 092125 Episode 342
Host Joe DeMare talks about finding hope and joy in little successes as an environmentalist, like abandoned nuclear plants being torn down. Next he eulogizes Robert Redford, who leaves an amazing legacy as an environmental activist. Rebecca Wood reads from the letter to the Toledo Museum of art decrying the environmental and social damage caused by the current NFT exhibit of "Art" generated by AI. Ecological News includes the UN High Seas treaty going into effect, protecting hundreds of thousands of square miles of the ocean, and gall wasp parasitic wasps from Europe invading the US. 
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1 month ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 342: For A Green Future: Norway Leads the Way! 091425 Episode 341
Despite technical difficulties, Joe DeMare hosts the show from Colorado, where wildfire smoke was still causing problems. Next, he interviews Silja Ask Lundberg, from the organization Oil Change International about the recent elections in Norway that have cleared the way for that country to begin winding down its fossil fuel based economy. Rebecca Wood continues to talk about "generated" art and its environmental impact. Ecological News includes PUCO allowing higher electricity charges for data centers, a new blockade protecting old growth on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Alpha-gal Syndrome making hundreds of thousands of people allergic to meat.
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1 month ago
55 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 341: For A Green Future: Atomic Bill and Payment Due 090725 Episode 340
Host Joe DeMare talks about a mushroom hunt in the Oak Openings Metropark where he found 17 different types of fungus, including an invasive Asian fungus. Next he interviews Libbe HaLevy, playwright and anti-nuclear activist about her new play "Atomic Bill and the Payment is Due," as well as her long running radio program, "Nuclear Hotseat." Rebecca Wood talks about AI, cryptocurrency, and Toledo Museum of Art Selling out real artists for computer generated ones. Ecological News includes more jellyfish attacks on nuke plants, states suing over Trump's closure of windfarms, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright's ridiculous tweets about wind and solar power.
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1 month ago
57 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 340: For A Green Future: Evil Palisades Nuke Plan Progresses! 083125 Episode 339
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. 
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2 months ago
53 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 339: For A Green Future: Fifty Years of Fighting! 082425 Episode 338
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. 
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2 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 338: For A Green Future: Democracy Vs. Solar Bans! 081725 Episode 337
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. 
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2 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 337: For A Green Future: Climate Disasters! 081025 Episode 336
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. 
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2 months ago
57 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 336: For A Green Future: The Big Question 080325 Episode 335
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. 
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3 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 335: For A Green Future: Fish Day! 072725 Episode 334
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. 
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3 months ago
57 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 334: For A Green Future: Farmland to Wetland 072025 Episode 333
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.
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3 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 333: For A Green Future: Trump's Environmental Destruction Agency! 071325 Episode 332
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. 
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3 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 332: For A Green Future: No Nukes New York! 070625 Episode 331
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.
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4 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 331: For A Green Future: Heat and Flames! Hotshots 062925 Episode 330
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. 
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4 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Episode 330: For A Green Future: Shredding the Constitution 062225 Episode 329
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. 
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4 months ago
58 minutes

For A Green Future
Intelligent, Compelling Talk on a wide range of environmental and ecological issues. From global warming to nuclear power, we take on environmental issues by cutting through all the disinformation to get at the truth. Our focus is on how to get to the pollution-free, nuclear-free, carbon-free future, and how much better life will be for all of us once we get there.