Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• How Will Egypt Rein In Its Explosive Population Growth?

  

  By Joe Bish, Population Media Center “No matter how many economic projects we launch, the population growth will consume that development. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Every Day is World Oceans Day for Us

  

  Posted by: Joshua Hanthorn, Elizabeth Ruther and Karla Dutton. Oceans, covering two-thirds of Earth, are so vast and so deep that it’s easy to take their... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bay Area Voters Approve Tax to Fix Marshes As Seas Rise | Climate Central

  

  GR: Individuals, not the corporations responsible for the problem are paying this tax. Hey, Republicans, why not reverse fossil-fuel subsidies and let the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Population Matters for the World’s Oceans – Population Matters

  

  While oceans are in many respects the heart of our ecosystem, their sustainable existence is threatened by our actions. The first World Oceans Day was celebrate... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Guardian View on the Great Barrier Reef: the Crisis They Prefer to Downplay ...

  

  Many of the politicians fighting Australia’s election campaign talk about the economy and immigration but the world is listening for what they say about the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Arctic Sea Ice Breaks May Record . . . By A Lot | Climate Central

  

  By Bobby Magill: Arctic sea ice shrank to its fourth-lowest level in 50 years last month, setting a record low for the month of May and setting up conditions fo... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• To Save the Great Barrier Reef ‘we Need to Start Now, Right Now’ – Video |...

  

  GR: The video leaves us with a grim outlook. Human wastes running into the oceans coupled with global warming will soon destroy all the reefs. Do enough people... Read more

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

• Predator Control in Alaska Wildlife Refuges

  

  Pat Lavin: The state of Alaska is pursuing aggressive predator control measures on our national wildlife refuges, targeting bears, wolves and other wildlife on... Read more

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

• Green Conservatives Call for Earlier UK Coal Power Phase-out | Environment |...

  

  Damian Carrington: The UK should close all its coal-fired power stations two years earlier than the government’s pledge of 2025, according to green Conservative... Read more

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

• Great Barrier Reef: Diving in the Stench of Millions of Rotting Animals – Video ...

  

  GR: Watch this short video to get a clear idea of what’s happening to coral. Richard Vevers from the Ocean Agency had never experienced anything like the... Read more

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

• Florida Harbor Dredging Threatens Corals | Summit County Citizens Voice

  

  GR: This seems like the wrong time to be destroying coral. Is the pursuit of economic progress driving Florida and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mad? Read more

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

• Nuclear Power Or Waste? Asking the Wrong Questions | Bulletin of the Atomic...

  

  Steven Starr: This is a discussion in which, as Manpreet Sethi has noted, all the participants “either argue in favor of nuclear power or decline to argue... Read more

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

• Australia’s Politicians – the Dance Band on the Titanic – Theme for June 16 «...

  Christina MacPherson: Personalities of the leaders, Tax cuts, tax concessions, negative gearing – blah, blah – these are the big issues for the coming... Read more

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

• In Bangladesh, Around 1 Million Unwanted Births Per Year

  

  Joe Bish, Population Media Center: The following article was published in the Daily Star newspaper of Bangladesh, and reports out on a new analysis of the 2014... Read more

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

• Alaskan Community Efficiency Champions Compete for Funds to Implement Energy...

  

  Increasing Energy Efficiency GR: It is good to see renewable energy mentioned. Let’s hope it receives more emphasis in practice. Read more

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

• Rescued Whale Sharks Released Back into the Ocean – in Pictures | Environment |...

  

  Two whale sharks destined for an ocean theme park in China were rescued after an 18-month investigation by Wildlife Conservation Society, covered by... Read more

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

• Experts Prepare to Welcome Black-footed Ferrets Back to Wyoming

  

  Not terribly long ago, the black-footed ferret vanished from the wild. Today, experts are making plans to return this endangered species to the same site where... Read more

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

• Here’s What the Science Really Says About Fort McMurray and Climate Change |...

  

  Climate Change Causing More Fires Now Fort McMurray residents have begun the difficult journey home weeks after that terrifying day in May when an... Read more

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

• Help Stop the Wildlife-Killer Bill in Congress 060616 – Defenders of Wildlife

  

  It’s supposedly an energy bill, but the “North American Energy Infrastructure Act of 2016” contains a lethal dose of anti-wildlife amendments that will lead to... Read more

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

• Labor Politicians and Candidates: Question Them on Nuclear Policy! « Antinuclear

  It is best to send emails or letters in your own words. However, here’s an example anyway.My website will follow with interest – the politicians who bothered... Read more

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