Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Endangered Indiana Bats Face Twin Threat from Wind Turbines and White-nose...

  

  GR: Energy production destroys wildlife. Burning fossil fuel is has the worst impact, but wind and solar are also harmful. Unless we reverse our population... Read more

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

• Justice (Just Us) Democrats New Executive Director

  

  Justice Democrats Appoint Bernie Sanders Campaigner as Executive Director Saikat Chakrabarti from the Bernie Sanders campaign is the new Executive Director of... Read more

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

• It is Now Two and a Half Minutes to Midnight | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

  

  Nagasaki nuclear explosion photo by Charles Levy from one of the B29 Superfortresses GR: A group of concerned scientists created the Doomsday Clock at the end o... Read more

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

• Platform Addition for the Justice Democrats

  

  Justice Democrats Platform Omission Monarch butterfly at Coldwater Farm. I agree with the 20 items included in the Justice Democrats platform. My concerns for... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Why You Should Care: Trump’s Order on the Border Wall

  

  GR: In the midst of the greatest mass extinction in Earth history, the U. S. government is stepping in to do even more to disrupt wildlife movements and put mor... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• A Lake District Winter Birdwatching Guide – Craig Manor Hotel

  

  GR: A Cassin’s Finch perched in a small Mulberry three feet off my right shoulder while I filled the feeder this morning. He hopped about impatiently pausing fo... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Reforming American Politics: Justice Democrats Looking Good

  

  About the Justice Democrats (Just Us) The Justice Democrats’ goal is to renew/replace our establishment democratic party with a truly progressive party. Read more

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

• Justice Democrats » Platform

  

  GR: Here’s a portion of the platform of a new political initiative, the Justice Democrats. The initiative’s goal is to find and support powerful progressives... Read more

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

• EPA Backs Away from Protecting Pollinators

  

  The EPA has been a disappointment. Will it get worse? Summit County Citizens Voice Bees are taking a big hit from neonicotinoid pesticides, and the EPA isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• NASA Data Shows the Rate of Global Warming is Accelerating — 2016 is Third...

  

  GR: Climate scientists have warned us that warming will accelerate as positive feedbacks grow stronger. We may have just witnessed the first evidence that they... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Are Destroying Rainforests So Quickly They May Be Gone in 100 Years

  

  GR: Deforestation is a major cause of climate change and of biodiversity decline, extinction of amphibians, arthropods, birds, mammals, and reptiles. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Threat to Species from Climate Change Should Provoke Shame in Our Hearts

  

  GR: More about Australian wildlife decline due to climate change. Climate change from unprecedented carbon emissions not only threaten the habitats of our uniqu... Read more

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

• Warm Air Invades Arctic Again, Slowing Sea Ice Growth

  

  GR: Southerly movement of cold air balances northerly movement of warm air. The added warmth is melting polar sea ice, increasing humidity, trapping more heat,... Read more

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

• Koalas Are Fading Away

  

  GR: I would add that not only are habitat losses causing greater short-term harm than climate change, so are invasive species. Read more

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

• We Can Keep Our Open Spaces by Limiting Population

  

  Human Overpopulation GR: Human overpopulation results in burning more fossil fuel for energy, conversion of more natural habitats to farms, more destruction of... Read more

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

• Ring-Tailed Lemur Populations Have Crashed by 95 Percent

  

  GR: Sad times if you care for wildlife. The researchers explain that Ring-Tailed Lemurs declined to this point with no outcry because no one was watching. Read more

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

• The Risks of Climate Change, in a Single Graph

  

  Destructive Climate Change Has Begun. What Comes Next? GR: Global average temperature has risen a little more than .8 degrees Celsius since the late 1800’s. Read more

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

• Duterte Orders Better Access To Birth Control In Majority Catholic Philippines...

  

  GR: Cultural, social, and religious practices that formed centuries earlier can become destructive. The Catholic Church needs an update that acknowledges the... Read more

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

• Behind New Zealand’s Wild Plan to Purge All Pests

  

  Invasive Species GR: After 1500 AD, sailing ships and then later on, motor-powered ships began transporting and introducing plant and animal species all over th... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Africa: Mauritania to Benefit From U.S.$21 Million IFAD Grant to Boost Food...

  

  GR: The U.S. should grant an equal amount of money for family planning with the goal to cut population and food requirements. Anyone can see that continuing to... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT