In Episode 495 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses a new climate scapegoat: pet dogs. Learn about a new ridiculous study from Australia claiming pet dogs are bad for the environment.SHOW NOTESPacific Conservation Environment: Bad d
In Episode 494 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back firearms instructor and Colorado gun rights activist Ava Flanell to the podcast. Ava discusses Gov. Polis signing a semi-automatic firearms ban, SB 25-300, into law and how Col
In Episode 493 of District of Conservation, Gabriella has a roundup on current events: the new coal executive order, if public lands will be tied to budget reconciliation discussion, and the impacts of broad tariffs on guns, ammo, and fishing t
In Episode 492 of District of Conservation, Gabriella recounts her first Tidal Basin cherry blossom scouting trip in several years and how National Park Service lands, managed by Dept of Interior, serve as a backdrop for sakura each spring. Tun
In Episode 491 of District of Conservation, Gabriella recaps her first bear den study from last week and analyzes the 31 deregulatory actions taken by the Trump administration's EPA. Tune in to learn more!SHOW NOTESPartner with a PayerUSFWS Wil
In Episode 490 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes her friend and former Trump 1.0 Interior Department official, Todd Wynn, to the program. He discusses his foray into conservation/energy policy, working under Trump's first administ
In Episode 489 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back wildlife biologist and Whetstone Habitat LLC's Zack Vucurevich. Zack is a former employee of U.S. Forest Service and West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. He has an in
In Episode 488 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back Mark Oliva from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Mark discusses NSSF's 2025 legislative priorities, thoughts on Secretary Burgum, the Trump administration, ATF director
In Episode 487 of District of Conservation, Gabriella speaks with OJ Oleka - the new chief executive officer of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF). OJ shares his story, what his priorities at SFOF are, continued threats from ESG and
In Episode 486 of District of Conservation, Gabriella analyzes the intention behind the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Is it trolling? Is it intended to bolster oil and gas production in the Gulf ? Will it lead to more A
In Episode 485 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back Washington Free Beacon reporter Thomas Catenacci to have him discuss his coverage of climate lawsuits against oil and gas companies. Tune in to learn more!SHOW NOTESFollow Thom
In Episode 484 of District of Conservation, Gabriella has a roundup of news stories being glossed over: the "resistance" movement at National Park Service being led by AltNPS, Orsted leadership changes and them losing 83% of stock value since 2
In Episode 483 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses the confirmations of Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary, Lee Zeldin as EPA Administrator, and Chris Wright as Energy Secretary. Tune in to learn more!SHOW NOTESEPA Administrator
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 e
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 reli
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 amend
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+. SHOW NOTESDon't Dismiss President-Elect Trump's Greenland
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!SHO
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
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!SHOW NOTESFoll
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
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 T
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 prog
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 impli
In Episode 471 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses the appeal of the new Taylor Sheridan TV series 'Landman'. Think Yellowstone, but in Texas' Permian Basin and focused on oil and gas production. 'Landman' was inspired by the Texas