Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Canada Announces 2020 Biodiversity Goals

  

  OTTAWA, Feb. 9, 2015 /CNW/ – Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency an... Read more

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

• Withering Clouds: Climate Change Damaging Biodiverse Costa Rica Forest

  

  MONTEVERDE, Costa Rica — The cloud forests of Monteverde are known around the world for their biodiversity. But locals and scientists are warning the delicate... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Outrage Over US Secret Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees -

  

  “The International Campaign to STOP GE Trees, Dogwood Alliance Biofuelwatch Groups Condemn US for Bowing to Industry, Ignoring Widespread Public Opposition Ne... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Somebody Stole $19 Billion from U.S. Wildlife and Open Spaces

  

  GarryRogers:GR: The U. S. Congress is willing to drop any protections that might threaten a developer’s opportunity to use the land. Read more

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

• Meeting Two Degree Climate Target Means 80 Per Cent of World’s Coal is...

  

  Turning to the global picture, meeting our two-degree commitment in a cost-effective way means leaving all unconventional oil and 82 per cent of unconventional... Read more

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

• What the Climate Models Have Taught Us

  

  We’ve heard a lot about the so called “pause” in global temperatures over the recent decade – a misnomer, since temperatures have continued to rise, just not... Read more

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

• Australia: Of Droughts and Flooding Rains

  

  “MY COUNTRY”, a famed poem by Dorothea Mackellar, is known to generations of Australian schoolchildren. They will know by heart the stanza I love a sunburnt…... Read more

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

• Outrage Over Government’s Animal Experiments Leads To USDA Review

  

  Story by: Allison Aubrey Lawmakers also introduced a bill to strengthen laws protecting farm animals used in research. Both moves come out of a New York Times... Read more

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

• Arizona Game & Fish Commission May Oppose Grand Canyon Watershed National...

  

  Arizona Game Fish Commissioners Meet Tomorrow (Feb. 6) From comments included in the announcement, it seems to me that the Commissioners are more concerned... Read more

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

• B Team Open Letter Calls For Bold Climate Action at COP21 in Paris

  

  Dear Christiana Figueres (Executive Secretary, UNFCCC), Today, as global business leaders and members of the B Team, we are calling on governments and businesse... Read more

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

• Monsanto’s Roundup System Threatens Extinction of Monarch Butterflies – Report

  

  Monsanto’s Roundup Ready system – a potent herbicide combined with genetically-modified seeds that can withstand it – has decimated the monarch butterfly’s... Read more

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

• The IPBES Biodiversity Initiative Will Need Our Support

  

  GR: The IPBES (International Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) could provide a useful central resource for the many nature conservation programs... Read more

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

• Benefits of Removing Livestock from Rangelands to Sequester Carbon

  

  George Wuerthner: “Rangelands make up a large proportion of the Earth’s surface, and the soils hold a significant amount of sequestered carbon. Read more

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

• David Duchovny Tackles Animal Rights, Veganism in New Book

  

  Most people know David Duchonvny as an actor but with a new book out tackling the issue of veganism and animal rights in fiction form, he is ready to be Read... Read more

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

• Conservationists v Chainsaws: the RSPB’s Battle to Save an Indonesian Rainforest

  

  Colm O’Molloy, Guardian: “In 2007 an RSPB-led group bought up a series of logged-out Indonesian forests to bring them back from the brink. Read more

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

• Eating Tilapia is Worse Than Eating Bacon – Dr Axe

  

  Fish is a low fat, high protein food that has a range of health benefits. However, given what we know of fish and its sources today, that’s not always true.... Read more

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

• Using Nature’s Mycorrhizal Tool-Kit to Compete with Weeds Vs Killing Them with...

  

  There are also some other important points to consider regarding farm cost savings and higher production yields with mycorrhizae. Read more

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

• Free UW Wildlife Course Would Please Aldo Leopold

  

  Online class explores hunting and role in conservation. Source: www.greenbaypressgazette.com GR: I’m thinking Leopold would be appalled. Like many of us, Leopol... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Americans’ Increasing Distrust of Science — and Not Just on Climate Change

  

  By Aaron Blake. “It’s also not just Republicans. “Eight in 10 Americans believe science has made life better for most people, but they still don’t trust... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Unusual Number of Anti Animal Rights Posts Today

  Read some of the articles on my Google News feed and you’ll see what I mean. Here’s a related(?) story: “… they found that for right-wingers, meat-eating... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT