Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Trump’s Attack on Clean Power Threatens Livable Climate, Public Health, and...

  

  GR: Here’s a review of the national benefits Trump is scrapping along with the Clean Power Plan. The con game run by the fossil-fuel industry is bearing fat... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate News | GarryRogers Nature Conservation

  

  Here’s a news summary from my Atmosphere News page. Click here for Coverage and Sources. The top stories today are not good. Most of them focus on Trump’s effor... Read more

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

• Humans Responsible for Weather Extremes in Summer: Study | ANI News

  

  GR: Still ringing the alarm, but no one is pouring into the streets. CO2 levels are rising, farms are expanding, forests are disappearing, population is... Read more

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

• Trapping Cruelty Addressed In New House Bills Seeking Bans

  

  GR: The economic justification for trapping and hunting is fading away along with the animals. Even indigenous cultures with strong animal hunting and eating... Read more

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

• Bat-killing Fungus Spreads to Texas – Summit County Citizens Voice

  

  GR: This is sad news for our flying furry friends. The lethal fungus is spreading west across North America. It hasn’t been found in Arizona yet, but we have... Read more

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

• How Broadcast Networks Covered Climate Change In 2016

  

  GR: So focused on our navels last year, we had no time for the building climate disaster. The Media Matters story below included fine graphics with full... Read more

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

• Farm Policy in Age of Climate Change Creating Another Dust Bowl, Critics Say |...

  

  GR: Most farmers and ranchers don’t preserve the land. They sacrifice soil and long-term productivity for profit or food. We have to give up the common belief... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Access to Nature Reduces Depression and Obesity, Finds European Study

  

  GR: Researchers have shown that people are healthier and happier when they have regular contact with nature (plants and animals). Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Change is Happening Now – Here’s Eight Things We Can Do to Adapt

  

  GR: The first four of these suggestions are for you to take to prepare for the challenges of climate change. You should recommend the last four suggestions to... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Trump Repeal of Climate Rules Means U.S. Paris Target Now Out of Reach

  

  GR: Ignoring recent weather extremes, thinning sea ice, disappearing wildlife, and more, our leaders are rushing to help their masters take a little more... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• U.S. Spring Extremes: Coldest and Warmest First Days of Spring

  

  GR: These maps published yesterday by the U. S. Climate division of NOAA illustrate climate change in action. “By plants’ calendars, spring arrived in parts of... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• March Climate Madness — Wildfires, Scorching Summer Heat Strike Central and...

  

  GR: Record heat and winter fires. More on the way. “In Colorado today the news was one of fire. There, a wildfire just south of Boulder had forced emergency... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Unlocking The Cage

  

  GR: Legal personhood for chimps is the subject of a New York Supreme Court trial underway now. The film described below provides background on the issue. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Turtle Update

  

  Turtles at Coldwater Farm Our turtle population is doing well. I photographed the Sonora Mud Turtle at top left in 2014 and the others today (March 18, 2017). Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

• Climate Change Facts & Figures

  

  Here’s an excellent video/graph showing atmospheric CO2 changes through time. The next video shows how global CO2 levels change around the world. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Meet Sherri Goodman, Who in Two Words Made the Military Care About Climate Change

  

  Gr: The U. S. military takes the “threat multiplier” effect of climate change very seriously. Here’s why. “The Age of Consequences” Climate Film and Speaking... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Signals of Climate Change Visible as Record Fires Give Way to Massive Floods in...

  

  GR: Peru is suffering through a series of global warming weather extremes. Expect more of this worldwide. “We’ve rarely seen this kind of rapid and quick... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Carnivores in the Crosshairs (H.J. Res. 69)

  

  GR: This type of management (eliminate predators to please human hunters) is more than just a crime against nature; it’s a foolish plan that has failed many... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Sydney Seafood Store Convicted of Animal Cruelty for Inhumane Treatment of...

  

  GR: I find it delightful that law protects these sentient creatures from cruelty. Let this idea spread and it will transform our society into a much happier,... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Floodplain Restoration – Defenders of Wildlife Blog

  

  GR: If you’ve ever wondered if we could get along without nature, if you’d like to know if the only plants we need are those we plant for food, and if you wonde... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT