Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• Two-faced Exxon: the Misinformation Campaign Against Its Own Scientists

  

  “It appears that the only difference between the behavior of Exxon and the tobacco industry is that cigarette companies didn’t publish their research linking... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Billions Worth of EU Imports Linked to Illegal Deforestation | The Parliament...

  

  “According to Fern’s report, “the EU is one of the largest importers of products resulting from illegal deforestation [and in] 2012 imported €6bn of soy, beef,... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Can the Planet Handle China’s New Two-child Policy?

  

  “China has a knack for world-changing policy shifts, whether it’s devaluing its currency, launching a national carbon cap-and-trade system or, most recently,... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Are Mini-nuclear Reactors the Answer to the Climate Change Crisis?

  

  “Mini nuclear power plants could be trucked into a town near you to provide your hot water, or shipped to any country that wants to plug them into their... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Subsidies for Deforestation-driving Commodities Dwarf Conservation Finance New...

  

  “Agricultural subsidies worth at least $486 billion per year dwarf the $8.7 billion total committed to avoiding deforestation in tropical countries, a new... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• More Than Half of the World’s Primates on Endangered Species List

  

  “Experts highlight threat to lesser-known apes and monkeys from large-scale habitat destruction and illegal wildlife trade More than half the world’s primates,... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Commentary by Wildlife Defence League: Government Stoops to New Low in BC Wolf...

  

  Source Wildlife Defence League November 19, 2015Government Stoops to New Low in BC Wolf Cull Commentary by Wildlife Defence League Shocking new information has... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• GMO Food Animals Should Be Judged by Product, Not Process, Scientists Say

  “In a world with a burgeoning demand for meat, milk and eggs, regulatory policies around the use of biotechnologies in agriculture need to be based on the safet... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• ‘Traditional Authority’ Linked to Rates of Deforestation in Africa

  

  New analysis reveals a strong correlation between precolonial institutions in Africa and current levels of deforestation. phys.org GR: It’s certainly true in th... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Enhancing Our Soils’ Biodiversity Can Improve Human Health

  

  Colorado State University’s Diana Wall and coauthors make the case to integrate soil biodiversity research into human health studies in a paper published... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Sociologist Suggests Corporate Disinformation at Root of Climate Change...

  

  (Phys.org)—”Justin Farrell, a sociologist with the School of Forestry Environmental Studies at Yale University, has conducted a study looking into the questio... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• US Could Cut Per Capita Greenhouse Emissions 90% by 2050, Says Report

  

  As the Paris climate summit approaches, a new study shows in detail that it is technologically and economically feasible for the United States to sharply... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• A Tragic Blow to Oregon’s Wolves

  

  “It was standing room only at the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission’s meeting in the taxidermy-adorned ODFW headquarters in Salem. The only topic on the agend... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• California Public School Textbooks Mislead Students on Climate, Study Says

  

  Books voice doubt over whether climate change is real and suggest global warming could be beneficial, researchers say in analysis of four science texts Textbook... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 1.5 Degrees C is the Global Warming Level Limit Required to Save Islands and...

  

  “We definitely think that staying below 2 degrees is still very possible,” Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Beavers Important Source of Dead Wood in Boreal Forests

  

  “Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, compared dead wood quantities and types in southern Finland. The shore forests of beaver sites had... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• What If 2 C Isn’t Enough to Cap Global Warming?

  

  “43 nations home to a billion people banded together this month in a bloc called the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which is pushing for a 1.5 C cap over... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Palm Oil Companies Have Made Indonesia’s Forest Fires Worse

  

  “Deforestation linked to palm oil has helped intensify massive forest fires in Indonesia and threatened endangered species – despite rules which should ensure... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• ALERT: November 17 Hearing at Capital on Eliminating Back Tags and Eliminating...

  

  Originally posted on Wisconsin Wildlife Ethic-Vote Our Wildlife:Citizens can find their Senate and Assembly members’ contact information in the upper... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wildlife Services

  

  A little-known program called “Wildlife Services,” part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is secretive for a reason: It’s cutting a deadly path through... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT