Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Zinke Releases National Monument Hit List

  

  GR: The anti-nature Trump administration guided by our corrupt congress, has launched yet another attempt to enrich the fossil-fuel industry. This attempt is... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Anthropogenic Noise Pollution is Threatening Wild Spaces

  

  GR: Earth’s wildlife decline is caused by construction, invasive species, climate change, and many other human impacts. For instance, scientists have shown... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Call For Population Papers: Spring 2018

  

  GR: The European Journal of Literature, Culture, and Environment recently issued a call for papers to appear in a special section of the Journal. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Worrisome First Quarter of 2017 Climate Trends – Yale Climate Connections

  

  GR: Here’s a handy summary of global temperature, sea ice, and coral reef changes so far in 2017. “With the first quarter of 2017 now past, the year is shaping... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Paul Hawken: “Game On” for Global Warming

  

  GR: What can we do to reverse global warming? Lots. The list of proposals contained in this work is by far the most comprehensive I’ve seen (Project Drawdown).... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Moving Away From the Pro-Growth Economy | MAHB

  

  GR: Here’s an annotated bibliography that explores alternatives to perpetual growth. Perpetual growth is the idea that economies will fail without continuous... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 180 Climate Deniers in Congress Received $82 Million in Dirty Money

  

  GR: “Trump himself received $1,132,996 in dirty energy money.” If we can’t get money out of politics, human weakness will destroy the world. This EcoWatch... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• It’s the End of the World and We Know It: Scientists in Many Disciplines See...

  

  GR: Here’s an article that I hope at least my friends and family read. If it doesn’t worry and motivate you, then you are a victim of “willful blindness” a... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Merkley, Sanders Goal: U.S. on All Renewables by 2050

  

  GR: The U. S. has begun adopting renewable energy. For instance, the number of us solar jobs (not even counting wind) surpassed coal, oil, and gas jobs... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Ocean Farmers Make “Climate March by Sea”

  

  GR: The premise of the article below is that warming oceans are destroying marine ecosystems and eliminating fish-harvesting jobs. It’s about jobs, and... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Trump’s Climate Cuts Will Add Millions of Extra Tons of CO2 to the Air

  

  GR: Even if the next U. S. president reverses Trump’s policies, there will still be a large quantity of extra greenhouse-gas emissions. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Celebrate World Penguin Day by Taking Action

  

  GR: Here’s another opportunity to lend your support to nature conservation. Join the #Antarctica2020 movement! “In October 2016, the 25 member governments that... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Trump to Launch Unprecedented Attack on National Monuments

  

  GR: To add profits for a few companies, Donald Trump is willing to abandon protections for public lands that took years to get. In this action, Trump is just a... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Plastic-eating Bugs? It’s a Great Story – but There’s a Sting in the Tail

  

  GR: People have often tried to import species to solve problems or increase productivity. Many times, unintended consequences have proven disastrous as the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Pollution From Canada’s Oil Sands May Be Underreported

  

  GR: Almost every day, we learn that the many forces contributing to climate change are more powerful than we thought, or we learn that they are occurring... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How a Warming Planet Drives Human Migration

  

  GR: Thoughts on Climate Change The climate news today (and really every day now) is not good. The Times article below focuses on just one of the bad bits. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• A Spectacular Thug Is Out of Control

  

  GR: As I’ve often reported, only construction and total habitat destruction have done as much as invasive plants and animals to reduce global biodiversity and... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 ENVIRONMENT

• Prescott, Arizona History: Prescott Used to Have Countless Prairie Dogs

  

  GR: People have eradicated inconvenient social groups and wildlife many times; it’s what we do. We haven’t prevented the growth of our own population, but we... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Under the Arctic Dome — Brutish High Pressure System is Wrecking the Already...

  

  GR: Arctic warming and polar ice cap melting are proceeding as predicted. The predictions should have alarmed our governments. The reality is going to be... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Butterflies and Moths of Yavapai County, Arizona

  

  My Butterfly and Moth Checklist, Yavapai County, Arizona is complete. The book includes species lists from the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT