Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• Breaching Environmental Boundaries: UN Report on Resource Limits

  

  GR: This is a thoughtful assessment of the problems with development goals that seek to raise everyone to the living standards of the United States and... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• NPR Poo-Poos Catastrophic Wildlife Collapse; Issues Happy Pills Instead

  

  GR: I have often lamented the lack of ecological knowledge among our leaders and news media. Here’s a story by Joe Bish that illustrates the problem of ignoranc... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

• Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona

  

  There is a new book on the birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona. The book has photographs, notes on seasonal abundance, and conservation status for the 127 species... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Elon Musk Announces Solar Roof

  

  GR: After humans have consumed Earth’s resources and covered the land with concrete and pavement, global warming will be the coup de gras for wildlife. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Real Monster in the Woods

  

  GR: Numerous studies have documented the negative impact human presence has on wildlife. Animals avoid areas frequented by people. This is why we must avoid... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Mass Wildlife Poisoning in Limpopo National Park

  

  GR: Lion bones? Are ignorant people of Asia the most deadly threat to lions and rhinos? Do they also crave Panda and Snow Leopard body parts? What about America... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bipartisan Senate Legislation Gets Tough on Wildlife Crime

  

  GR: Almost brings a tear to an eye to see Congress doing something good. “Update: On October 7, 2016, President Obama signed into law the END Wildlife... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Living Planet Report 2016

  

  GR: The Living Planet Index, which measures abundance levels of 14,152 monitored populations of 3,706 vertebrate species, continues to show a downward trend. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• “We Have Nowhere to Go” — Sea Level Rise is Devouring the Coast of West Africa

  

  GR: Wild plants and animals are like poor people–they have no place to go either. “I am very afraid for the future of this place. Sooner or later we will have t... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bushmeat Demand Overwhelming “Supply” of 301 Mammal Species

  

  GR: We praise indigenous people for their reverence for nature. The study discussed here shows how population growth and evolving social values have erased the... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Live Q&A: How Can the Environment and Development Sectors Work Together to...

  

  GR: They can’t. “Sustainable development” is a nonsense term used to green-wash the destruction of nature. To sustain nature we must reduce our population and... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Local Wind Farm Fatalities May Affect Whole Bird Populations | Anthropocene

  

  GR: The mortality rate suggests that wind turbines will result in loss of almost all the western U. S. Golden Eagles. “Hundreds of thousands of birds are... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Message to Presidential Debate Moderators: Failure to Ask Climate Questions =...

  

  GR: I caught only one mention by Clinton. The moderators and the candidates know that Americans are too slow-witted to recognize the omission of one of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• When Everyone Is Telling You Meat Is The Bad Guy

  

  “The United Nations would like to remove every meat animal from the face of the planet if it could, and especially cattle. “So says Technocracy News – August... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Volume 1979-2016

  

  Sea-Ice Decline GR: Global warming leads to climate change. Watch this video to see how warming, especially the unusually high polar temperature, is destroying... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Electric Vehicles Could Go First at Traffic Lights Under UK Clean Air Zone Plans

  

  Government proposals to tackle air pollution in five UK cities could see electric vehicle drivers using bus lanes and getting priority at traffic lights... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Can No Longer Ignore the Damage Factory Meat Production is Causing to Our...

  

  GR: With meat demand rising, biodiversity sinking, and water resources disappearing, it’s time to quit eating meat. “In London, back in 2013, the world’s first... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Painting the Bigger Picture

  

  GR: Lot’s of farewell sentiments arising in these days. Meanwhile, scientists are beginning to nudge one another into “big-picture” research as they realize tha... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Report Offers Cold, Hard Truth About Global Warming – Summit County Citizens...

  

  GR: Floods, droughts, extinctions, and human intraspecific conflicts will all increase as the CO2 now in the atmosphere traps heat and slowly warms the land... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• South Australia’s Nuclear Dump Plan – Fool’s Gold? – Senior Liberal MP «...

  GR: There are so many problems with nuclear power. Efforts should be directed toward nonpolluting renewable energy sources. “SA nuclear dump dreams just fool’s... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT