The usual excuse behind the rush to build these data centers is "we can't let China get ahead of us". But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy. Odd, ain't it?
For A Green Future
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A weekly radio show that does a deep dive into ecological and environmental issues. We face the threats to our Earth squarely, but we also keep an optimistic view of a future where we finally figure out how to live in harmony with Nature.
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... "Doubling down" how Trump uses it to control the press while destroying the planet. Interview Todd Duvall with Partnership for Clean Streams. Giant puffballs. Eco News: Dams in the West drying up; Diablo nuke wastes energy youtu.be/D1BrpQ5LUrc #FAGF #ForAGreenFuture
For A Green Future: Clean Your Streams! 081626 Episode 389
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about seeing wildlife while traveling including a personal encounter with a prairie dog. Then he looks at the practice of "doubling down," and how Trump uses the technique...
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Conflagration!! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Wood County Fair and animal cruelty.: Ralph Bloemers on destructive fires in the Pacific NW. Eco News: Trump spreading toxic sewage sludge on prime farmland; global positive feedback heating loop; solar hits third Terawatt. youtu.be/9m_L5KLa8KU
For A Green Future: Conflagration! August 8, 2026; Episode 388
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about the Wood County Fair and brings up issues of animal cruelty, and how our society hasn't caught up with the information that animals have the same feelings and emotio...
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"Preventing the extinction of the Tapanuli orangutan is about maintaining the resilience of an entire landscape and ensuring that both humans and wildlife can continue to thrive in one of the world’s most biodiverse and imperilled ecosystems." theconversation.com/multiple-thr...
Multiple threats endanger the world’s rarest great ape, a new study on the Tapanuli orangutan reveals
Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.
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Data Center Disaster! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Wood County Ohio's history of boom and bust oil, once world's largest producer. Next, eco impacts of Data Centers. EcoNews court case for Yellowstone bison, wildfire in Europe, Trump admits blocking renewable energy grants youtu.be/fyDXSkJF7ik
For A Green Future: Data Center Disaster! August 2, 2026 Episode 387
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about finding a gas well in his neighborhood, and talks a little bit about Wood County Ohio's history of boom and bust oil extraction. Wood County was once the largest oil ...
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www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Bowling Green ends penalty on rooftop solar. seven year battle.Interview: Cathy Cowan-Becker SB 219 helps oil and gas frack Ohio state parks. Eco News: Lancet letter debunks nuclear power. Pentagon blocks wind, OEPA nixes data center permit. youtu.be/Yy4FKmVeAi0
For A Green Future: Ohio Parks Post Mortem! July 26, 2026. Episode 386
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about the City of Bowling Green eliminating its penalty on rooftop solar after a seven year battle. Next he interviews Cathy Cowan-Becker about SB 219 a law which makes it ...
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Endangered Species Act Extinct! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Canadian wildfires. Interview Tara Zuardo w/The Center for Biological Diversity, Trump eliminates Endangered Species Act using "rule change." AEP Lobbyist running JobsOhio to give AEP millions, Top 5 US EVs. youtu.be/UTplN3b4qgo
For A Green Future: Endangered Species Act Extinct! July 19, 2026 Episode 385
Guest host Joe DeMare talks about Canadian wildfires, and how they contribute to the carbon positive feedback loops in surprising ways. Next is an interview with Tara Zuardo with The Center for Biolog...
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Wow! Solar surpasses 3 TW nameplate worldwide. Wind is >1.3 TW. Together, they make up 4.3 TW. For comparison, US average demand is 0.47 TW, so W+S can now meet a peak of 9x US power demand or, over a year, 2x US electric energy demand. www.energiaestrategica.com/en/notes/esp...
Global solar capacity exceeds 3000 GW in May, doubling wind power capacity.
Installed photovoltaic capacity reached 3,025 GW in April 2026, compared to 1,331 GW of wind power, according to Ember. A month later it advanced to 3,056 GW, while Brazil, Chile, and the European Uni...
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Radiation! podomatic.com/podca… Guest host Joe DeMare talks about Cyclospora,. Interview: Diane D'Arrigo of (NIRS) re NRC's "Wholesale Revision" to let nuclear plants irradiate you. Eco News: Canada's plan to dump radioactive wastes on indigenous; y Miami and New Orleans r doomed. youtu.be/q34gM���
For A Green Future: Wholesale Radiation Exposure! July 12, 2026 Episode 384
Guest host Joe DeMare talks about Cyclospora, parasites in general and some interesting parasite trivia. Next, he interviews Diane D'Arrigo of Nuclear Information Resource Service (NIRS) about the Nuc...
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For A Green Future: For A Green Future: Carbon Capture Scam! Episode 383 www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about interdependence on July 4th. Guest Dr. Mark Jacobson on why CCS is a scam. Eco News includes SB 219, Opening Ohio state parks to fracking. youtu.be/34Fv4AX7Okw
For A Green Future: Carbon Capture Scam! Episode 383
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about interdependence on the 4th of July. Dust from the Sahara clouds the skies of NW Ohio. Positive feedback loops accelerate global warming. Next, Guest Dr. Mark Jacobson...
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www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Guest Host Joe DeMare talks interconnectedness. From krill to the Gulf oil spill. Interview: Jenny Morgan on fossil fuel accidents and explosions. Eco News: Trump backs off dismantling ocean monitoring; Antarctic heat wave. youtu.be/xA6caR5Tmcc?... #FAGF #Nuke
For A Green Future: Fossil Fuel Explosions! June 28, 2026 Episode 382
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about the interconnectedness of the crises facing the world today. From the war in Ukraine to the krill in the Antarctic to the salmon on your grocery shelves to the Gulf o...
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Great news! Air Products scraps wasteful CO2 capture/blue H2 plant that would have increased fossil gas mining+air pollution, added CO2 pipes, & stored CO2 under a lake near a wildlife area when it could have eliminated the gas, producing the H2 from clean, renewables www.wfmz.com/news/area/le...
Air Products scraps plans for massive clean energy complex
The project in Darrow, Louisiana was first announced by Air Products in 2021, representing the company's largest U.S. investment.
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www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Global low fertility rates and global pollution. Interview: Linda Pentz Gunter, author of, "No to Nuclear" Eco news: Offshore wind farms beneficial for octopuses, Trump's "Justice" dept. helping Musk's data centers break environmental laws. youtu.be/mcI7-ldqiXM
For A Green Future: No To Nuclear! June 21, 2026 Episode 321
Guest host Joe DeMare talks about the probable connection between global low fertility rates and global pollution such as radioactive isotopes, microplastics, toxic chemicals, and rising temperatures....
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Save the Krill! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Eco-observations on Asheville, NC trip, w/a run in with a bear. Interviews with Casson Trenor about Sea Shepherd's efforts to save the Krill. Eco News: Trump destroys ANWR for a few million dollars, wind and solar beat gas! youtu.be/nHGGUccR7Xo
For A Green Future: Save the Krill! June 6, 2026 Episode 380
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about eco-observations on a trip to the Asheville, North Carolina area, including a run in with a black bear. Senior Host Joseph DeMare interviews Casson Trenor about the o...
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The Anti-Nukers! podomatic.com/podca… Fighting disinformation in the time of Trump. Interview w/three of the most important US anti-nuclear activists, Kevin Kamps, Mike Keegan, and Diane D'Arrigo. Eco News: Trump destroys ocean monitoring & eliminates toxic coal ash regulations.youtu.be/xQMMHO5NFt4
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Russia’s missiles can knock out coal and gas plants, but not every rooftop solar panel or home battery. Greenpeace Ukraine & Central Eastern Europe are helping communities on the ground show that local, people-powered renewable energy is real security and resilience. via @euobserver.com
War is driving Ukraine’s green energy build-out, but lack of money is holding it back
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's gas and coal plants are driving Kyiv's shift to cleaner energy sources. But a lack of access to Europe's capital markets is severely restricting the country's transition.
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What Will the Neighbors Think? www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Gardening, and weeds of untruth in the mind's garden. Emily Goddard Yale Program on Climate Change Communication survey of American global warming attitudes. Eco News: Scottish study proves nuke power sucks. youtu.be/ap3dmAu7FJ4
For A Green Future: What Will the Neighbors Think? May 31, 2026, Episode 378
Guest Host Joey DeMare talks about gardening, "weeds," and how some people let the weeds of untruth grow in the garden of their minds. Next, Joe DeMare interviews Emily Goddard with the Yale Program o...
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Bison Threatened Again! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Guest Host Joey DeMare interviews Stephany Seay about Yellowstone's "secret" EIS +hunting bison? Eco News: nuke plants catch fire, dangerous invasive ant, report by Buffi Elwazani on SLAPP lawsuit against Greenpeace. youtu.be/blWLRsk0c_M
For A Green Future: Bison Threatened Again! Episode 377 May 24, 2026
Guest Host Joey DeMare talks about the anti-nuclear summit at the Circle Pines nature camp. Next he interviews Stephany Seay about Yellowstone Park's "secret Environmental Impact Statement" that could...
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Ohio Banning Renewables! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... History of nuclear power disinformation, & countering pro-nuke propaganda. Joe's testifies against OH SB 294 which outlaws all new wind + solar. Opposition to Toledo sola,NZ's plan to eliminate all invasive predators. youtu.be/FadZWyC40cw
For A Green Future: SB 294: Ohio Banning Renewables!
Host Joe DeMare talks about the history of disinformation around nuclear power, and efforts to counter the overwhelming corporate and government propaganda pushing nukes right now. He also describes h...
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Drones are everywhere on the battlefield and some have hit close to #nuclear sites. One blew a hole in #Chernobyl roof. It's just a matter of time before disaster strikes, with nuclear power plants in a war zone -- or anywhere. No to Nuclear! @plutopress.bsky.social @nuclearcosts.bsky.social
Richland Regresses! www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Joe DeMare talks about Mothers' Day, interviews Brian McPeek Jr. about failed attempt to overturn Richland County ban on wind & solar. Orangutans & motherhood. Victory in the Black Hills! Hunting open in all national Park youtu.be/CYNhP_ukSaI
For A Green Future: Richland Regresses! Episode 375 May 10, 2026
Host Joe DeMare talks about Mothers' Day, electric cars, and the biggest week in birding. Next, he interviews Brian McPeek Jr. about the failed attempt to overturn Richland County's ban on wind and so...
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Return of the Birds? www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... 40th anniversary of Chernobyl. Interview Scott Weidensaul, author, "The Return of the Oystercatcher." Eco News: Trump eliminates NSF scientists; Indigenous Youth block mining; Householder fails to make bribery legal. youtu.be/wqTlDsg_CAc
For A Green Future: Return of the Birds? 050326 Episode 375
Host Joe DeMare talks about the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the HBO Miniseries by the same name, and what both say about humans and our attitudes towards technology, the tru...
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Two years ago today marks the two-year anniversary of the completion of Plant Vogtle, the only nuclear reactors built in the United States in the past 30 years. For Georgia Power customers experiencing a 25% rate increase, this anniversary is not a celebration.
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Joe DeMare talks about his Earth Day party and generates hydrogen for a (small) explosion using solar panel and water. Ecological News Santa Marta conference where 53 countries are planning to completely abandon fossil fuels. youtu.be/09YU_9bz2M4
For A Green Future: Mugwort! Episode 373 April 26, 2026
Host Joe DeMare talks about his Earth Day party and generating hydrogen for a (small) explosion using his solar panel and water. Caller Barbie and Rebecca Wood both discuss the wonders of Mugwort and ...
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The US–Israel war on Iran shows how fragile a fossil fuel‑dependent world is: one conflict and bills, food prices and instability explode everywhere. In Santa Marta, governments can choose clean, homegrown renewables that cut emissions, stabilise costs and help the world say no to war, oil and gas.
In Santa Marta, governments can back clean energy, say no to war and oil and gas - Greenpeace International
As leaders prepare to gather in Santa Marta, Colombia to chart a course away from fossil fuels, the world is being reminded, again, of the cost of coal, oil and gas dependence.
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Executive Disorder: Trump's Nuke Fantasies www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Joe celebrates Earth Day, interviews Diane D'Arrigo from NIRS re executive orders gutting NRC & Safety. EcoNews: record amounts of wind and solar, new studies show 0 bird deaths from wind turbines. youtu.be/Hl-g49L89Nw
Executive Disorder: Trump's Nuclear Fantasies
For A Green Future is a weekly show on Ecology and the Environment. Host Joe DeMare has weekly interviews with environmentalists on the front lines battling pollution, species loss, and climate change...
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For A Green Future www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Joe DeMare accepts the "Producers of the Year" award. He interviews Vina Colley about Piketon: nuclear contamination, nuke plants, and data centers. Trump dismantles the Forest Service, eliminates NEPA. Solar's rise. youtu.be/gmb8vA_3HOE
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Joe DeMare discusses Easter. Next, interviews Diane Wilson with San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers (SIBEW) on the 30th day of her hunger strike against Dow. Dow is polluting Texas with plastic nurdles and plans to build 4 nuke plants. youtu.be/X_sYH5XyZOo
For A Green Future: Taking on Dow! Episode 370, April 5, 2026
Host Joe DeMare discusses Easter and the often overlooked connections between the story of Jesus and the natural world. Next, he interviews Diane Wilson with the group San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterk...
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4A Green Future www.podomatic.com/podcasts/for... Joe DeMare's epic visit to Yellowstone. Interview Stephany Seay and Jaedin Medicine Elk about the slaughter threatening the Yellowstone bison. Eco News David Suzuki turns 90 and Trump paying $1 billion to prevent wind turbines. youtu.be/2WcebYHxDQs
For A Green Future: Yellowstone and Bison! Episode 369 March 29, 2026
Host Joe DeMare talks about his epic visit to Yellowstone National Park. Then he interviews Stephany Seay and Jaedin Medicine Elk about the ongoing slaughter that threatens the Yellowstone bison herd....
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