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In this episode we talk to a couple zookeepers from the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina. Jennifer and Greg Garcia, a married couple, both have a passion for wildlife and conservation and have been dedicated to the cause for over a decade. Among the multitude of conservation projects they are involved in, we focus on the efforts to conserve Amur leopards both in the wild and in zoos, as well as the larger scale efforts the Association of Zoos and Aquariums or AZA is undertaking. This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. New Conservation Conversations can b

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form Conservation Conversations can also be found on YouTube. Drawdown Shell says oil production will fall every year, forever https://futurism.com/the-byte/shell-oil-production-fall-every-year-forever?fbclid=IwAR3h0qWUmpVm6pgsOGHf2WBeR7-heuSpUuGaFvuNWmexR4XJpFN5KjM77eM General Motors, the largest US automaker, plans to be carbon neutral by 2040 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961777665/general-motors-aims-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2040 San Diego County sets plan for Zero Carbon emissions by 2035 https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/01/27/supervisors-ok-plan-to-move-county-toward-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2035/ South Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan For World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-energy-windfarm-idUSKBN2A512D Legal wins Russian Court Orders Mining Giant To Pay $1.96 Billion

This week's episode packs a lot of great headlines into a short amount of time. Check out these awesome stories below! Drawdown GM seeks to end making gas- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2021/01/28/gm-pledges-end-tailpipe-emissions-become-carbon-neutral-2040/4291597001/ Elon Musk pledges $100 million for carbon capture technology https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/elon-musk-tesla-ceo-donates-to-carbon-capture-technology-prize.html Biden All the things Biden has done: · Rejoins the Paris agreement · Cancels Keystone XL Pipeline · Says he will replace the entire federal fleet with electric vehicles · Halts new oil drilling on federal lands · Blocks drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge · Commits to ambitious 30 percent of US land protected by 2030 Endangered Species Missouri officials remove peregrine falcon from endangered species list https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/outdoors/

In this Conservation Conversations episode we talk with Dr. Arnaud Desbiez, president of ICAS - Instituto de Conservacao Animais Silvestres (Institute of the Conservation of Wild Animals). Dr. Desbiez has worked in conservation for decades, but in the last 20 years he has lived and worked in the Pantanal region of Brazil focused on the conservation of Giant Armadillos and Giant Anteaters. These two programs, found at www.giantarmadillo.org and www.giantanteater.org, are doing everything it takes to save these species and this amazing region's habitat. His passion for these species, and all wildlife is so incredibly inspiring. Enjoy! This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved Al

Even during these crazy last few weeks we were able to find a few inspiring conservation news stories. See headlines below! All podcasts can be found at our website at Pelecanus.org and on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Drawdown Massachusetts To Require 100 Percent Of Car Sales To Be Electric By 2035 https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/532684-massachusetts-to-require-100-percent-of-car-sales-to-be Researchers find a way to pull carbon out of the air and turn it into jet fuel https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-find-way-to-pull-carbon-out-of-the-air-and-make-it-jet-fuel Renewables produce more power than fossil fuels in Germany for first time https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/renewables-produce-more-power-fossil-fuels-germany-first-time Land protection and Regulations Nigeria superhighway project through the rainforest stopped https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/achievements/10007/nigeria-superhighway-project-through-the-rainforest-stopped EU bans

Here are all of the amazing headlines, out of many, we highlight on this first day of 2021. Enjoy! Divestment The Rockefeller Foundation, a $5billion foundation literally founded on oil money is saying goodbye to fossil fuels https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/investing/rockefeller-foundation-divest-fossil-fuels-oil/index.html Lloyd’s market to quit fossil fuel insurance by 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/17/lloyds-market-to-quit-fossil-fuel-insurance-by-2030 Technology - both out of UC Berkeley New nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-nanomaterial-hydrogen-liquid-energy-carrier.html New catalytic process turns plastic bags into adhesives https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201217135231.htm Rewilding In rare event, 90k turtles hatch on a beach in Brazil https://www.treehugger.com/rare-turtles-hatch-beach-brazil-5092340 Zoo Knoxville welcomes endangered baby mountain zeb

In this Conservation Conversations episode we talk to Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, the Godfather of Biodiversity. Dr. Lovejoy has been as influential on the conservation movement as any American in history. He has worked for the World Wildlife Fund, the Smithsonian institute, advised multiple presidential administrations as well as the United Nations. We were so pleased to talk with him and hear his many interesting stories from his lifetime of scientific adventures. Producer on this episode is Taylor Parker Music provided by "A Picture Book" Special thanks to Cat Kutz and Carmen Thorndike. All podcasts can be found at pelecanus.org, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon podcasts, and Google podcasts

Here are the headlines from this Pelecanus News episode. All podcasts can be found at pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google podcasts. The Arctic Court rejects White House Arctic drilling proposal in ‘Huge Victory for Polar Bears and our Climate’ https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/federal-court-rejects-trumps-approval-of-offshore-oil-drilling-project-in-arctic-2020-12-07/ With Bank of America refusing, now every major bank has ruled out funding Arctic drilling https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/11/bank-america-announcement-every-major-us-bank-has-ruled-out-funding-for Divestment New York’s $225 Billion Pension Fund is dropping fossil fuel stocks https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/nyregion/new-york-pension-fossil-fuels.html UK to halt subsidies for fossil fuel projects abroad https://time.com/5920475/u-k-fossil-fuels-overseas/ Drawdown Japan plans to join the pack and ban sales of new gasoline cars by 2030 https://www.zmescience.com/science/j

Here are some great headlines from the last few weeks to give us all some much needed inspiration. All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org as well as all podcast providers and YouTube. Drawdown US rejects controversial Alaska Pebble Gold, Copper Mine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/u-s-rejects-controversial-alaska-mine-project-in-permit-review GM flips to California’s side in pollution fight against White House https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lawsuits-environment-california-gavin-newsom-f30458eb13b6ff967d05b12c178621e8 Wildlife Galapagos sees record rise in penguins, flightless cormorants https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/27869/20201025/galapagos-sees-record-increase-endemic-penguins-cormorants.htm Global map of bees created in conservation first https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55006902

In this Conservation Conversation episode we talk with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka about the amazing work she does in Uganda to conserve Mountain Gorillas. Her organization Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH.org) has three integrated strategic programs: Wildlife Conservation, Community Health and Alternative Livelihoods. Poverty alleviation and improving rural public health will contribute to greater biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in and around Africa’s protected areas. One of the alternative livelihoods they are empowering is sustainable coffee production. Their company Gorilla Conservation Coffee (gorillaconservationcoffee.org) is the first Ugandan coffee expressly created to help conserve the mountain gorillas by directly supporting farmers living around the gorillas’ habitat. They're working to save gorillas one sip at a time! Her story is incredibly powerful and inspiring. Please consider donating to their cause or purchasing coffee from Gorilla Conservation Coffee when poss

Check out this week's episode's headlines here: Drawdown Japan’s new leader sets ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/business/japan-carbon-neutral.html Renewable energy defies COVID to hit record growth in 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/10/renewable-energy-covid-19-record-growth-2020 BP plans move into green hydrogen production https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/10/bp-plans-move-into-green-hydrogen-production Wealthy countries edge towards global climate finance goal https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2020-11-06/wealthy-countries-edge-towards-global-climate-finance-goal Wildlife In historic move, Colorado Voters decide to reintroduce Gray Wolves https://www.npr.org/2020/11/06/931472376/in-historic-move-colorado-voters-decide-to-reintroduce-gray-wolves China wildlife crime prosecutions up sharply after COVID outbreak https://nypost.com/2020/11/10/china-wildlife-crime-prosecutions-up-sharply-after-covid-19-outbreak/ All p

Here's 8 great headlines from the the last few weeks in conservation. All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, on Apple podcasts, Spotify, soundcloud, Amazon podcasts, and Stitcher. 1. It's Official: Solar Is the Cheapest Electricity in History https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34372005/solar-cheapest-energy-ever/ 2. The next generation of power plants will be virtual https://www.theverge.com/21523976/virtual-power-plants-solar-energy-grid-resilience-climate-change 3. Carbon capture ‘moonshot’ moves closer as billions of dollars pour in https://grist.org/climate/carbon-capture-moonshot-moves-closer-as-billions-of-dollars-pour-in/ 4. RBC becomes first major Canadian bank to refuse to fund oil drilling in Arctic refuge https://thenarwhal.ca/rbc-oil-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/

This Pelecanus News episode for October 15th has these amazing headlines: Divestment · Cambridge University makes $4.5 billion fossil-fuel divestment promise o https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-01/cambridge-university-makes-4-5-billion-fossil-fuel-divestment-promise Energy · Green Hydrogen from renewables could become cheapest ‘transformative fuel’ within a decade o https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/green-hydrogen-from-renewables-could-become-cheapest-transformative-fuel-within-a-decade · Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene o https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-build-a-circuit-from-graphene-that-generates-clean-limitless-power · Canada’s Liberal government to spend $10B on clean energy infrastructure to fuel pandemic economic recovery o https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-infrastructure-pandemic-recovery-mckenna-1.5746029 · Nuclear fusion reactor could be here as soon as 2025 o

The October 1st Pelecanus NEWS episode has some great and uplifting stories from the world of Conservation. All podcast episodes can be found at Pelecanus.org, Apple podcasts, spotify, soundcloud, and amazon podcasts. Drawdown China, world’s biggest polluter, vows to go carbon neutral by 2050 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/world/asia/china-climate-change.html California plans to ban sales of gas-powered cars in 15 years https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/california-ban-gas-cars.html Rewilding Joshua Trees given temporary endangered species protections https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/state-grants-temporary-endangered-species-protections-for-joshua-trees/ Two new Javan rhino calves are spotted in the species’ last holdout https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/two-new-javan-rhino-calves-are-spotted-in-the-species-last-holdout/ SciFi in Real Life Chinese startup launching space mining robot in November https://www.universetoday.com/147878/chinese-asteroid-mining-robot-due-to-launch-in-november/ Ast

In this Pelecanus NEWS episode for September 15 2020 we cover these headlines: Drawdown · Portugal free of fossil fuel extraction projects as company abandons the last contract o https://www.climaximo.pt/2020/09/04/victory-portugal-free-of-fossil-fuel-extraction-projects-as-company-abandons-the-last-contract/ · 6 young Portuguese activists area suing European Countries over climate change o https://www.dw.com/en/portugal-youthprotest-legal-humanrights-emissions-strasbourg-climatechange/a-54799620 · Exxon Mobil dropped from the Dow after nearly a century o https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dow-jones-exxon-mobil-pfizer-raytheon-replaced-salesforce-amgen-honeywell/ · French PM says jobs and green recovery at heart of COVID recovery plan o https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/03/french-pm-says-jobs-and-green-economy-at-heart-of-covid-recovery-plan-jean-castex-france · Madagascar introduces stoves that burn rice husks instead of forests o https://news.mongabay

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This week's episode has some great news headlines that span across a few fields. From reducing carbon emissions to nesting flamingos, we share some really encouraging news from the last few weeks. All podcasts can be found on apple podcasts, spotify, soundcloud and at Pelecanus.org Drawdown  BP commits to slashing oil and gas operations, a necessary step for climate action Portugal ends coal burning two years ahead of schedule Wildlife  Court Overturns White House Policy That Sharply Curtailed Protections for Migratory Birds South African rhino poaching halves in six months thanks to COVID Record 876 flamingo chicks born during 2020 breeding season at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve Wild bees add about $1.5 billion to yields for just six U.S. crops

In this Pelecanus News episode for August 1st, 2020 we highlight a few headlines including Germany working to reduce their plastic pollution, Gorongosa Park celebrating a big anniversary, the US Congress passing the great American outdoors act, the WWF supporting a ban on trophy hunting imports in the UK and Taiwan banning the fishing of old-world sharks. All episodes can be found on pelecanus.org, soundcloud, iTunes, and spotify.

This episode of Pelecanus NEWS has some great headlines from canceled oil pipelines to new condor populations. All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, and Spotify Drawdown Applying rock dust to croplands could absorb up to 2 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere https://phys.org/news/2020-07-croplands-absorb-billion-tonnes-co2.html Federal Judge rules Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipeline shut down until environmental review complete https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/07/06/dakota-access-pipeline/ Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled as delays and costs mount https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/business/atlantic-coast-pipeline-cancel-dominion-energy-berkshire-hathaway.html Endangered California condors in Sequoia National Park for the first time in 50 years https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-08/endangered-california-condors-sequoia-national-park US 9th Circuit upholds Endangered Species protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies https://earthjustice.org/n

For the July 1 NEWS episode, I have found some pretty interesting Pelecanus News for you. I’ve categorized them into Legislation, Science and Technology, and Animals. The first two categories have the regular amazing stuff but the last category is amazing in the sheer number – frankly, I couldn’t believe how many great stories popped up in the last two weeks. So, instead of going into depth with each, I am just going to look at the headline and maybe one bulletpoint. You can find the rest of the information and links to each on Pelecanus.org. Also, we received a amazing comment about these News episodes, recommending we give context for what each these headlines mean, so, I’m going to try and do the best I can to help explain what these stories mean to conservation, obviously, in my opinion. All of our podcasts can be found on Pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, and Spotify