Rick Whitbeck: Alaska represents classic environmentalism

“I would be a classic environmentalist. You would be a classic environmentalist. It was somebody who understood the balance between nature and the developed world. It was somebody who was always looking out for nature in balance with the world now that we’re that that word has been co-opted by the left to be somebody who thinks of nature above all else. And that’s been a very deliberate, very slow moving very, yet very aggressive, at the same time, move to turn environmentalism. You [going] into a war on development wasn’t always that way. Right? I am an environmentalist, a classic environmentalist — you are? Do you care about nature? I care about nature. I don’t want my Alaska or my United States or, you know, my town here in Anchorage, to be harmed because of bad public policy. Yeah. When it comes to the current environmentalists, they’re doing exactly that. They’re hurting jobs. They’re hurting communities. They’re hurting the name of classic environmentalism. And, you know, really, they’re doing more harm to America. And here in my great State of Alaska, they’re doing more harm to the 750,000 of us than has ever been done to, to help us. It’s absolutely abhorrent.” — Rick Whitbeck of Power the Future

In Episode 382 of District of Conservation, Gabriella interviews Rick Whitbeck of Power the Future. They recount and preview Gabriella’s Alaska film projects, discuss Rick and his involvement with Power the Future, Biden suspending approved ANWR oil and gas leases, the Alaska model, and other energy issues Power the Future works on. Tune in to learn more!

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In Episode 563 of District of Conservation, Gabriella publishes the first of three ICAST 2026 interviews with Jeff Angers from Center for Sportfishing Policy. Jeff discusses the mood at ICAST, how Senator Lindsay Graham's death impacts recreational boating and fishing, what to make of the Trump administration's Make America Beautiful Again Commission's new report, vessel speed rule update, and sharks. Tune in to learn more!SHOW NOTESCenter for Sportfishing PolicyICAST