District of Conservation is a podcast highlighting the incredible conservationists who thrive and survive deep in or around "The Swamp." These are the policymakers, storytellers, trailblazers, and hardworking folks who go unnoticed but shape this region—whether they live or work here. In addition to guests, the podcast will also cover difficult and even controversial conservation public policy matters and news. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/district-of-conservation/support
In Episode 482 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes the Energy Bad Boys - Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling - to the podcast. Isaac and Mitch discuss their energy research work, initial reading into President Trump's executive actions on energy, why energy abundance is a better message than all-of-the-above, why wind and solar jeopardize grid stability, how to fully unleash nuclear energy, and more.
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Energy Bad Boys Substack | Isaac Orr | Mitch Rolling
America Can Save the Electric Grid or the Wind and Solar Grift, Not Both
In Episode 481 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back André Béliveau, Senior Manager of Energy Policy at the Commonwealth Foundation, to discuss President Trump's Day One energy executive orders and how they put abundance and reliability above unreliable net-zero directive. Tune in to learn more!
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Follow his Commonwealth Foundation work
DECLARING A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY
RGGI Is Unconstitutional, Harmful, and Useless
To Achieve American Energy Dominance, Trump Must Avoid ‘All-of-the-Above’ Rhetoric
In Episode 480 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back International Order of T. Roosevelt executive director Luke Hilgemann to the program. Luke discusses his organization's work to help pass Florida's right to hunt and fish amendment, future target states in 2025, previews the incoming Burgum Interior Department, why the future of conservation is bright under Trump-Vance, and other things IOTR is working on. Tune in to learn more!
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Doug Burgum testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of the Interior — 1/16/2025
In Episode 478 of District of Conservation, Gabriella has a pre-Trump 2.0 roundup on the conservation and energy tie-in's for Greenland, the L.A. wildfires, and Landman on Paramount+.
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Don't Dismiss President-Elect Trump's Greenland Moves
A Report on the Resources of Iceland and Greenland
EU and Greenland sign strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials value chains
Let's Clear the Air: Climate Policies Are Undermining the Environment
DAVID MARCUS: In California, environmental activism backfires into a blazing hellscape
‘Landman’ is a gusher of fossil fuel propaganda
In Episode 478 of District of Conservation, Gabriella preview the 119th Congress's upcoming work on energy and conservation issues, the bald eagle becoming America's official bird, and bracing for Winter Storm Blair. Tune in to learn more!
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Biden Makes Bald Eagle America’s National Bird
Guthrie Elected as Chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee
Q&A: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, incoming EPW chair
Vice Chair LaMalfa Elected as Western Caucus Chairman
Mike Lee to lead Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee next year
In Episode 477 of District of Conservation, Gabriella offers her thoughts on the Yellowstone TV series ending and the political impact from the program. Plus, a tale of two countries- Poland and Canada - and their vastly different approaches to firearms training/ownership. Tune in to learn more!
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TV Guide 2018: Yellowstone is Conservative Prestige TV
Yellowstone’s Politics Are Left. And Right. And American
‘Yellowstone’ Creator Taylor Sheridan Pushes Back Against Claims That It’s a “Red-State Show”
Canada bans more types of firearms and proposes donating guns to Ukraine
Poland Becomes 1st EU Nation to Mandate Firearms Training for Schoolchildren
Firearms License Laws in Poland. All you need to know about gun law in Poland
In Episode 476 of District of Conservation, Gabriella chats with JustTheNews report Kevin Killough about covering the energy and environment beat and if his fellow journalists ought to restore trust here. Tune in to learn more!
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In Episode 475 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back meteorology student and breakout social media star Chris Martz. Chris discusses if climate activists are demoralized by a second Trump victory, how they'll respond to Trump 2.0, and what he thinks of president-elect Trump's EPA, Interior, and Energy picks.
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Follow Chris on Facebook and Twitter | Chris's Website
In Episode 474 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews her CFACT colleagues, Craig Rucker and Marc Morano, on their experience at the recent COP 29 Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan and what climate policy will look like under the incoming Trump 2.0 administration. Tune in to learn more!
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Oil and gas are a 'gift of God', says COP29 host
Spain’s new ‘climate leave’ gives workers four days off during extreme weather
COP29 climate diplomacy delivers perfectly vague promises a decade away
CATO: On Inflation Reduction Act Reform, Anything Short of Full Repeal Is Failure
Biden pushes out over $100 billion in clean energy grants as term winds down
Top 10 Climate & Energy Action Items for Trump in His 2nd Term
In Episode 473 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Albinas Zananavičius - Lithuanian Vice Minister of Energy - on the newly-signed intergovernmental agreement between Lithuania and the US to shore up Lithuania's civil nuclear program. Tune in to learn more!
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Townhall: The U.S. and Lithuania Sign Monumental Nuclear Energy Deal
In Episode 472 of District of Conservation, Gabriella chats about Denmark passing the first-ever animal flatulence (fart) tax to wean people off of eating meat. This policy has been discussed for several months. Learn about the policy and implications of selective breeding of livestock on the show today!
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BBC: The world's first 'fart tax' to be introduced in Denmark
Bloomberg: How Denmark Is Nudging the Nation to Cut Back on Meat
Danish Action Plan for Plant-based Foods
IWF: Denmark Imposes ‘Carbon Tax’ on Animal Flatulence
Substack: Denmark Enacts First-Ever Animal Fart Tax to Fight Climate Change
Wyoming Ranchers Not Sold On Breeding Cows That Fart And Burp Less
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