The real lessons of Fukushima
Lesson #1: People died from forced evacuations, not radiation.
Learn how to master the outdoor media pitch
Gabriella, host of CFACT-sponsored District of Conservation podcast, will lead an upcoming POMA Insights Session on mastering the media pitch for outdoor content.
Conservation success: Iberian lynx paws back from near extinction
Thanks to human ingenuity and commonsense stewardship practices, there are now an estimated 1,000 Iberian lynx on the peninsula.
Return of the tiger: Wildlife conservation amidst rapid economic development
The success story of India—with its population of 1.3 billion—proves that conservation is possible in the midst of economic development, provided policy makers adopt a development-centric approach with due diligence to the needs of conservation.
Full scale assault from team climate
People like this understand we have increasingly become a society based on fear.
Watch President Trump meet with California officials on fire and climate
President Trump met with California Governor Gavin Newsom, California officials and the press.
Proper preparation for the power of nature
Preparing for extreme weather events makes sense under any climate scenario.
Biden responds to fires with his own unscientific climate hustle
Presidential candidate Joe Biden read out an unbelievable list of radical global warming talking points that are pure science fiction. Watch for yourself.
EP 104: Four Federal Environmental & Conservation Updates to Be Aware Of
In Episode 104 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discussed four key policy updates across the environmental and conservation space. ENVIRONMENT: Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) being praised by environmentalists for Superfund Clean-up and the establishment of the new Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains to address abandoned mines and clean-up. CONSERVATION: The news that USFWS will fully delist the biologically recovered gray wolf in the Lower-48 by year's end and the Senate Committee on [...]
Now is not the time to abandon core American values
Individual freedom and responsibility are under assault.
Governor Newsom’s unscientific fire hustle
WRONG, GOVERNOR! No amount of wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, carbon offsets, and the rest would have meaningfully altered the hot, dry conditions that led to this year's devastating fires.
Systemic racism is not racism
Systemic racism is not racism. It is not even evidence of racism. That people think it is, and are being told so, is a destructive conceptual confusion. Instead of coming together we are being torn apart.
EP 103: Biden vs. Trump: Who’s Better for True Conservationists?
In Episode 103 of District of Conservation, Gabriella compares the 2020 candidates on the issues of Second Amendment rights, hunting, fishing, wildlife conservation, land management, public lands access, and more. She dissects and assesses Joe Biden's proposals on firearms and conservation issues against President Donald Trump's record. Is it better? Is Trump terrible on public lands issues and the environment as reported? Is Biden offering something new or largely borrowing from the Trump Administration? You, [...]
WILDFIRE: Watch California Governor Newsom’s unscientific climate rant
How would California Governor Gavin Newsom combat devastating wildfires? Shutting down debate and "doubling down" (his words) on climate policy, Green energy and the UN Paris Accord. Who's really in denial? Watch for yourself.
ENERGYCAST: What did the massive TXU buyout mean for American energy?
The 2007 TXU buyout coal buyout was the largest private equity buyout in the history of finance. Listen to how it happened and what it means.
ENERGYCAST: The TXU energy deal called in an energy “crisis consultant”
Former Public Strategies managing director Tom Stewart takes us inside the TXU "War Room" to explore the role of the crisis consultant. Listen now.
ENERGYCAST: TXU energy and the climate campaigner
Jim Marston of Environmental Defense Fund gives his account of his fight against the TXU coal expansion and his secret negotiations with the buyers.
ENERGYCAST: The TXU buyout — a reporter’s scoop?
The scoop that almost uncovered the buyout's secret.
ENERGYCAST: Communicating the massive TXU buyout
What are the challenges for an energy producer communicating with the public when faced with environmentalists, rival companies, and former Eagles front men? Listen now.
Man-made West Coast wildfires
The vast spread of wildfires in the nation’s three Pacific Coast states—California, Oregon and Washington—are the fault of politicians, bureaucrats and green interest groups.
ENERGYCAST: Reliable renewables? Duke Energy’s renewable control center
Welcome Jay Dauenhauer's Energy Cast to CFACT.org. We hope you enjoy his informative explanation and analysis of the realities, potentials and pitfalls of how vital energy is produced and consumed. Let's take a listen!
Utopian targets and dystopian outcomes: California brown-outs
All told, power plants with the ability to produce almost 6,000 megawatts, or about 15 percent of the electricity on California’s grid, were reported as being offline when temperatures surged last Friday
Climate hustlers exposed — September 24th — Be there!
This is going to be tremendous fun for us, but not for the climate hustlers.
“Systemic racism” is emotional semantics
This is hyperbolic semantics, not science. There is nothing new here excepts the names and the anger they evoke.
California scapegoating
The really bad news is that these blackouts are going to be an ever-present reality in California for years to come.
It’s time to up our level on hurricanes to get to the truth
Several years ago, I coined a term -- the "weaponization of the weather." It absolutely destroys people's love of the weather.
The blackouts are coming! The blackouts are coming!
As Paul Revere warned, this emergency is real.
EP 102: Capt. Josh Saunders of Peake Tide Fishing, Red Drum Whisperer
In Episode 102 of District of Conservation, Gabriella recounts her recent red drum fishing trip with Captain Joshua Saunders of Peake Tide Fishing. Josh launched his fishing charter in 2014. During season, he splits his time between Hampton, Virginia, in the Peninsula and his home base of Kilmarnock in Northern Neck. Although she hooked-up a bull red and it got away, there's still many a fish tale to tell. Josh worked very hard to help [...]