Ep. 538: Does Wildlife Win or Lose With Renewable Energy?

Published: 2024-04-01 09:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks with Brendan Runde, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: The musky manifesto; get tickets to our Live Tour and reserve your spot with Steve, Jani, Cal, and Clay for MeatEater Experiences; the controversy around spearing pike in MN; the very long halflife of mercury; scrubbing emissions; the BLM’s proposal for land to be developed for solar; all the places you can put solar panels; fishing around a wind turbine; 24 wind turbines currently producing power in the Atlantic Ocean; scour protection in the form of a a rubble donut; creating habitat; the aesthetics of wind farms; investigating the whale argument; impact of offshore wind on fish species; The Nature Conservancy making public lands; Runde TNC; turn your lights off and stop buying balloons; and more.

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Referenced Books

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Referenced when discussing the dilemma of catching a record musky - if you kill it for the record you'll be criticized by the musky community, but if you don't kill it you can't get it officially weighed on land as required. Speaker calls this situation a 'two point oh catch twenty two.'

Referenced at 00:50:00

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

Speaker 1 tries to recall a novelist who is a big birder and discusses his perspective on climate change and wildlife conservation. The author's viewpoint was that as climate changes, the best thing we can give wildlife is sanctuary/habitat to weather the storm. Speaker asks 'Who wrote the corrections?' while trying to remember this author's name.

Referenced at 01:12:55