Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Cambodian Soldiers Kill Cambodian Police, as China Profits

  

  It is a familiar story in Southeast Asia. In truth, it has become a familiar story almost everywhere: China’s vast appetite for luxury items was the underlying... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• American Youths File Landmark Climate Lawsuit Against President Obama & U.S....

  

  On August 12, International Youth Day, 21 young people from across the United States filed a landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit against the federal... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Monster 2015 El Nino Likely to Be Most Intense Ever Seen

  GarryRogers:Everyone should prepare for winter-weather extremes. Originally posted on robertscribbler: For nearly two years now, we’ve had every indication... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Global Climate Change: Effects

  

  Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Choking Air, Melting Glaciers: How Global Warming is Changing India

  

  Globally, India is the third largest carbon-emitting country—though its per capita emissions are only one third of the international average—according to the... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Why Are Some Wild Animals More Tolerant to Human Interaction Than Others?

  

  The researchers’ findings could ultimately help shape wildlife conservation practices. The paper notes, for example, that protecting smaller birds might be... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Desertification: The People Whose Land is Turning to Dust #Auspol #EarthToParis...

  

  “The UN predicts over 50 million people will be forced to leave their homes by 2020 because their land has turned to desert. This is already happening in... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• To Save Brazil’s Forests, Focus on Big Landowners – Futurity

  

  Richards and VanWey predict that Mato Grosso is entering a period of renewed high rates of deforestation because of several factors, including the increasing... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Japan Met Agency Confirms Early Concerns — October 2015 Shaping up to Be...

  

  GarryRogers:The Arctic anomaly is crazy. Originally posted on robertscribbler: There’s no rational reason at all to doubt that the globe is heating up. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Health and Biodiversity Restored? How Farming Can Rediscover Its Long-lost Roots

  

  “As industrial agriculture continues to erode our wildlife, Dave Goulson challenges the methods and objectives of ever-increasing food production. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 9 Animals That Are Feeling the Impacts of Climate Change

  

  RT @Interior: These animals are too cute to lose to climate change: https://t.co/N7FSQjxD9K #ActOnClimate https://t.co/xiVSQ4EHlw Sourced through Scoop.it... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Why Deforestation Happens (And Why It’s Hard To Stop)

  

  NPR spent 2 weeks in the Amazon to find out. Take 10 mins to look at our photos and learn about why it’s so hard for us to stop deforestation — and what could... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How You Can Help Protect Arizona Wildlife

  Support Arizona Wildlife Each year, more than 100,000 people apply for a license to kill one or more of Arizona’s wild animals. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Congo Basin Under Deforestation Threat

  

  The Congo Basin in Africa, the world’s second-largest tropical forest, is facing a growing threat of deforestation carried out to clear the way for palm oil... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Did Exxon Mobil Know About Climate Change In The 70’s And Do Nothing?

  

  The parallel to Tabaco companies hiding research on the harmful effects of smoking is obvious. If the government can prove ExxonMobil knew about the dangers of... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The World Runs on Palm Oil, and That’s Fueling Climate Change

  

  The worst climate crisis of the year is happening right now in Indonesia due to slash-and-burn deforestation that sends up as much carbon dioxide as the U.S.... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Rich Praise for Poor Nation’s Emissions Targets – Climate News Network

  

  Analysts say the DRC, one of the world’s poorest countries, has more credible plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from forestry than several more developed... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Deforestation: Give Credit Where Credit is Due – GreenBiz

  

  With Indonesia burning, are corporations failing in their “no deforestation” pledges? From: www.greenbiz.com GR: This story is long and empty. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Biologists Brought Wyoming Toads Back From the Brink of Extinction

  

  The only Wyoming toads in the world live in Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Wyoming, where they were common until the 1970s, hopping... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The TPP is a Nightmare and I Don’t Understand Corporate Greed

  

  So it’s finally here. After years of fear-mongering among activists groups and Wikileaks, the full TPP text is finally released, on Guy Fawks day, no less! A... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT