Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Balancing Hydropower and Biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

  

  Construction of Santo Antônio Dam in Brazil GR: Why don’t conservationists give up their pleas for river ecosystems. After a century of effort, they should... Read more

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

• Brazil Inflames Forest Fires with Pro-deforestation Laws

  

  New laws under consideration will likely spark more tree-cutting − despite serious drought already contributing to a big increase in vast destructive... Read more

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

• World’s Wildlife Trade Regulator Meets to Assess Compliance with Multilateral...

  

  This post includes summary statements on several popular species. I’ve included grey parrots here as an example. “The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is... Read more

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

• Australian Bushfires Signal New Climate Dangers – MAHB

  

  “The recent bushfires in Western Australia were much more than “bush” fires as they raged through mature crops of wheat, barley, canola and oats, and pastures... Read more

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

• The Carbon Bubble is Bursting

  

  Carbon bubbles arrive. GR: Let’s hope that former coal and oil cheerleaders, investors, and employees can make a smooth transition to wind and solar.... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• If Golden Globes Host Ricky Gervais Gives Out Prestigious Awards to His...

  

  Worst Performance as a “Conservationist” 2. Worst Supporting Actress to the Above Jerk 3. Lifetime of Cruelty in Entertainment Achievement Award 4. Worst... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Numbers Dwindle at Mexico’s Mountain of Butterflies

  

  “The number of Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) wintering in Mexico plunged this year to its lowest level since studies began in 1993, leading experts to... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Rugged Individualism and Independence with a Government Safety Net

  

  “The standoff in Harney County Oregon highlights one of the great ironies of the rural West. More than any other people, western rural residents are more heavil... Read more

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

• Deepwater Horizon On Land: Porter Ranch’s Neverending Gas Leak Prompts Californi...

  GR: Energy industry lies might be the most reprehensible in their consequences for the global environment and all its species. Read more

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

• What Does the Paris Agreement Mean for the World’s Other 8 Million Species?

  

  “The word “biodiversity” is employed once in the Paris agreement’s 32 pages. “Forests” appears a few times, but “oceans”, like biodiversity, scores just a singl... Read more

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

• Anti-government Ranchers Received Over $4 Million in Taxpayer Subsidies in 2014

  

  “Last June, the ranchers in middle-of-nowhere Battle Mountain, Nevada, stuck it to the federal government by herding cattle onto public rangeland which had... Read more

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

• Climate: Extreme Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Episodes Change Runoff Regime

  

  “When warm temperatures in 2012 caused an extreme melting episode across much of the Greenland Ice Sheet, it may have fundamentally altered the way the... Read more

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

• Blogging for the Earth

  

  Blogging about Nature: Introducing Garry Rogers on the League of Bloggers for a Better World Garry Rogers My blog posts are about nature, about wildlife and... Read more

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

• Holistically-managed, Grass-fed Cows Can Save the Planet! Neat Video About How...

  

  “Holistically-managed, grass-fed cows can save the planet! Neat video about how mimicking nature with grazing animals can not only reverse desertification, but... Read more

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

• A World in Hot Water Sees Floods, Floods Everywhere

  

  “2015 was the hottest climate year in the global record by a long shot. According to Japan’s Meteorological Agency, temperatures were a full 0. Read more

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

• 2015: Biodiversity’s Year Of Integration – Ecosystem Marketplace

  

  “Biodiversity and endangered habitat have always been difficult to finance, because their economic value isn’t as readily-apparent as that of water, air, and... Read more

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

• Growing Demand for Rice and Palm Oil ‘driving Mangrove Deforestation’

  

  “Over 100,000 hectares of forest cover lost in South-East Asia between 2000 and 2012, study finds.” from: www.ibtimes.co.uk GR: This is why humans have to go. Read more

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

• Climate Change and El Nino Locked in Tempestuous Embrace — Teleconnection Betwee...

  

  “The troubled and tempestuous North Atlantic. It’s a place where the most ominous kinds of atmospheric bombs just keep going off. Read more

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

• Every Biome on Earth Is Actively Dying Right Now

  

  Forests are ecological superheroes — they ventilate the planet, nurture the most biodiverse habitats on Earth, and regulate global climate and … From: www.bnn. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Alberta Must Move Away from Oil-based Economy, Minister Says

  

  EDMONTON — Climate isn’t all that’s changing in Alberta. The province’s NDP government has arguably made bigger moves on global warming in six months than the... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT