Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• Are U.S. Tax Dollars Financing Destruction of World’s Largest Mangrove Forest?

  

  GR: We US taxpayers just don’t quit! We finance wars, subsidize fossil fuels, and sacrifice the environment for profit. Our education system sucks, but we do... Read more

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

• Philosophical Friday: The Population Bioethicist Strikes Back at Critics

  

  GR: Here is a short essay that gives clear reasons for reducing the human population. Joe Bish sets up the essay, and the delivery is by Travis Rieder. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Report: ‘Blowtorch’-Like Ocean Warming Advances Killer Seas, Shifts El...

  

  GR: The author of this natural-hazard warning (actually, it’s not natural, it’s a human-made hazard), says the hazard is something that should keep us up at... Read more

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

• Planet at the Crossroads

  

  GR: The short-term focus of our news media reflects the short-term focus of its customers–us. The result often has the appearance of psychosis where critical... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wildlife Service Kills

  

  GR: This interactive map shows counts of bears, bobcats, mountain lions, and wolves killed by the U. S. government’s Wildlife Service. The legend is on the... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• A World Unprepared: Waves of Youth in Fragile and Unstable States

  

  GR.–Irresponsible growth of the human population and fossil-fuel propelled global warming endanger all life on Earth. Joe Bish, Population Media Center. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• World Population Growth Is Speeding Up, Not Slowing Down; No Peak in Sight and...

  

  By Leon Kolankiewicz “Leon is an Advisory Board Member and Senior Writing Fellow with CAPS. A wildlife biologist, and environmental scientist and planner, Leon... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• African Forest Elephants May ​face Extinction Sooner Than Thought

  

  GR.–It’s difficult to think of a response to this. Apparently humanities love of ivory is stronger than its love of elephants. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Have Monarch Caterpillars!

  

  Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars I’ve been checking the little patches of Narrowleaf Milkweed around my place several times a day and this afternoon found two... Read more

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

• Population Reference Bureau Issues 2016 World Population Data Sheet

  

  GR: Our current population of 7.4+ billion is expected to reach 10 billion by 2053. Economists generally do not recognize what this means. Read more

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

• Ecological Special Forces

  

  GR.–No guns and bombs. We need commando units specializing in background investigations and exposure of perpetrators of ecological harm. Let’s have more hacker... Read more

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

• Malawi: Population Growth Amid Poverty, Drought & Felled Trees

  

  GR.–Population growth and deforestation–Destroying nature. Joe Bish, Population Media Center: “The scale of destruction has accelerated in the past three to fiv... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2016 ENVIRONMENT

• Times Like These Remind Us…

  

  Jayden, 12, of Rayne, Louisiana, pictured with her mother, Cherri Foytlin. Obama Administration Ignores Global Warming “Ironically and sadly, this past... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Without Batting an Eye — NPR Puts “Population Engineering” on The Table

  

  Human Population Joins Mainstream Concerns GR:–The human population problem is reentering main-stream concerns after a 45-year hiatus, and it is being properly... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Are All the Ants as Heavy as All the Humans? – BBC News

  

  GR.–Yes. Ants weigh about as much as humans (who weigh as much as all other wild vertebrates combined). The weight of ants was estimated some years ago, but... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Bugs (arthropods) Among Us

  

  Arthropod (Bug) Show Coming next Saturday! Bugs are small, but their importance on Earth is immense. Most live their lives unaware of our existence; here’s... Read more

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

• Killing in the Name of “Conservation”?

  

  GR.–There’s no counter-intuitive justification. This is like the one about financial advisors investing your money until it’s all gone. Will we conserve the... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Use a Camera

  

  Wildlife presents a similar challenge for hunters and photographers, but because of range limitations, photography compares best with archery. Read more

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

• Hothouse 2090: Category 6 Hurricane A Grey Swansong For Tampa | Robertscribbler

  

  GR.–“Here’s what you get when a climate expert adds a little drama to scientific projections of what we can expect: Sea-level rise, massive storms, heat, and... Read more

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

• Scientists Warn of Ecological Recession as Biodiversity Declines

  

  GR.–Population growth, land use, and resource harvests are destroying the Earth’s natural systems. The study described below reviewed thousands of research... Read more

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