Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Legislative Moves to Give Public Lands to the States Advance Despite Little...

  

  “All of the Western states except Montana now entertain bills to take the public lands from the United States and give, transfer or take them for the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Cascades Study May Rewrite the Textbook on Forest Growth and Death

  

  “A century-long study in the Oregon Cascades may cause scientists to revise the textbook on how forests grow and die, accumulate biomass and store carbon. Read more

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

• The Fate of Trees: How Climate Change May Alter Forests Worldwide

  

  By the end of the century, the woodlands of the Southwest will likely be reduced to weeds and shrubs. And scientists worry that the rest of the planet may see... Read more

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

• Keep It in the Ground: Guardian Climate Change Campaign

  

  Join us in urging the world’s two biggest charitable funds to move their money out of fossil fuels. Evidence shows that proven fossil fuel reserves are more tha... Read more

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

• Climate Change: UN Backs Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign

  

  Framework convention on climate change says it shares aim for strong deal on fighting global warming at Paris summit The UN organisation in charge of global... Read more

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

• Unlike Temperatures, Climate Change Deniers Are Falling Fast

  

  If you’re hoping to deny the reality of global warming, things aren’t looking so good for you right now. A couple of events are making it ever more clear that... Read more

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

• These Urban Farmers Want to Feed the Whole Neighborhood — for Free

  

  “The Beacon Food Forest is giving away dozens of strawberry plants. For free. “For now, the cooperative food forestry idea is at least spreading like those... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Ignorance and Indifference Are Contributing to Climate Change

  

  Uganda: In the current decade, features such as Namanve Forest have simply disappeared under unclear circumstances and turned into industrial parks and slums…... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Wildlife Information Centre – SBIF Conference 2015

  

  “If you record or are interested in recording wildlife then we would love to hear from you. We can offer advice and support, access to some training and help... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground to Stop Climate Change | George Monbiot

  

  George Monbiot: Once coal, oil and gas are produced, they will be used. And yet, after 23 years of UN negotiations there have been almost no steps taken to... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Will Everything Change Under Climate Change?

  

  In the second extract taken from the Introduction to This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein, the author calls the climate crisis a civilisational wake-up call t... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Protect Native Plants and the Wildlife They Support

  

  HB2570 municipalities; vegetation requirements; prohibition (Mitchell) prohibits cities from requiring native plant salvage and also from requiring the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Change: Why the Guardian is Putting Threat to Earth Front and Centre |...

  

  As global warming argument moves on to politics and business, Alan Rusbridger explains the thinking behind our major series on the climate crisis Source:... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Moving Photos Show Climate Change Destroying The Nomadic Way Of Life In Mongolia

  

  Just another sad casualty of environmental collapse: These before-and-after shots show how deserts are taking over the pastures where animals once… Source:... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 2015 El Nino to Bring Back-to-Back Hottest Years on Record?

  GarryRogers:A good bet. Originally posted on robertscribbler: For the past six months, the Pacific Ocean has been very, very warm. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Deadly Traffic: The U.S. Plays an Unwitting Role in Illegal Wildlife Trade

  

  Today is World Wildlife Day – a day created by the United Nations to celebrate the beautiful and varied wild creatures valued by people worldwide. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Hormone Disrupting Chemicals and Climate Change Increase Risk of Extinction in...

  

  The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new study published today in the journal PNAS. Source:... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Business of Endangered Species Management

  

  “The American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, is an endangered species with limited habitat remaining. Eastern Oklahoma contains significant habitat tha... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Tony Abbott’s ‘captain’s Call’ Over Tasmanian Forest Humilated Australia, Say...

  

  “Prime minister Tony Abbott made a “captain’s call” over Tasmanian forestry policy which globally humiliated Australia, the Greens and a conservation group... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Appeal to Save Endagered Lemurs is Falling on Deaf Ears, Say Campaigners

  

  Ian Johnston: “Conservationists are on the brink of despair over the plight of the lemur after an international appeal for funds to help save the world’s most... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT