Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2814 )

• President Obama Failed His Commitment to Reducing Nuclear Weapons

  

  GarryRogers:The power to annihilate the planet grows more frightening as forests, fertile soil, fresh water, and clean air become scarce. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• California Drought Worsening During Height of Rainy Season

  

  Figure 1. The Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that was nearly dry on September 30, 2014, in Oroville, California. Read more

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

• Human Population Growth’s Effects on Global Warming

  

  Earlier this month, Pope Francis made news when he said that not only was climate change real, but it was mostly man-made. Then, last week, he said that... Read more

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

• Let Outdated Attitudes Go Extinct

  

  GarryRogers:Lack of concern for wildlife is outdated because so many animals disappeared in the past few decades and the extinction rate is exploding. Read more

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

• Yellowstone Wildlife Sent to Slaughter; Calling All Buffalo Warriors

  

  GarryRogers:If ranchers want this, let them pay for it. Originally posted on Animal Blawg: Kathleen Stachowski Other Nations Dear Americans: You’re busy, I know. Read more

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

• What’s a “biophilic City”? Let Timothy Beatley Explain | Citiscope

  

  By Christopher Swope, Cityscope: “This week’s Citiscope innovation feature story looks at the ways Singapore fosters connections to nature in a dense urban... Read more

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

• How Singapore Makes Biodiversity an Important Part of Urban Life | Citiscope

  

  Inside a city that works hard at keeping the jungle in “urban jungle.” by Grace Chua: Cityscope “SINGAPORE — When it comes to discovering plant and animal... Read more

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

• Feds Seek Public Comment on Offshore Wind Farm Zone

  

  GR: Alternative energy may reduce pollution, but it has its own problems. In the desert near me, solar farms are shading and destroying native vegetation,... Read more

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

• Forests Precede Us, Deserts Follow

  

  GarryRogers:This article discusses how deforesting the Amazon Basin and other regions could lead to the fall of modern civilization. Read more

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

• Yellowstone Begins Transferring Bison for Slaughter

  

  By Matthew Brown, Phys.org “Yellowstone National Park has begun shipping wild bison for slaughter as part of a plan to reduce the park’s population by as many a... Read more

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

• Pennsylvania Pigeon Shoots: An Early Push for Their Extinction

  

  Politics Preys on Pennsylvania Pigeons By Rahn Forney, [email protected] 01/21/2015 08:23:49 PM EST “Pennsylvania, in 2014, almost became the 50th state to... Read more

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

• #Anonymous Comes to the Aid of Endangered Swedish Wolves with #SaveSweWolves

  

  Originally posted on The Cryptosphere: SaveSweWolves via AnonSwedenInfo on Twitter Never mess with a Spirit Animal. The wolf is a hunter; so are many Swedes. An... Read more

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

• Is There an Optimal Urbanization Strategy?

  

  Urban Sprawl in Mexico City GR: Those 1960’s suggestions that we cluster humans in tall buildings have never been truly encouraged. In many places, urban... Read more

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

• Mine Could Cause Irreparable Harm to Smith River

  

  Mining Impact Potential on Smith River Bob Ream, Independent Record: “Unfortunately, the Smith River is under serious threat from a proposal to build a massive... Read more

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

• Scientists Warn of Impending Turtle Dove British Extinction

  

  Turtle Dove Extinction Malta Today: Turtle dove numbers in Britain have plummeted by 93% since 1970 and the migratory bird may be rendered entirely extinct... Read more

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

• Drought, Fire Management and Land Use Changes Have Led to Denser Forests in...

  

  (Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from several institutions in the U.S. Source: phys.org The researchers need to test their assumption that fire... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Concerned Are CEOs About Climate Change? Answer: Not at All.

  

  GR: Lack of CEO interest in climate change is not surprising, but it is terribly disappointing. Jo Confino, Guardian, Tuesday 20 January 2015 13. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Animal Welfare at Risk in Experiments for Meat Industry

  

  By MICHAEL MOSS (JAN. 19, 2015) “Cattle dot the pastures at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in southern Nebraska, along with bunkers that once stored... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Should We Put a Price on Nature?

  

  The following interesting essay is by Ben Goldfarb, High Country News, Jan. 19, 2015 Starfish near a dock at low tide, Vancouver Island, Canada (Jurgen... Read more

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

• Pipeline Breach Spills Oil into Yellowstone River

  

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) 1/18/15 — “Montana officials said Sunday that an oil pipeline breach spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near... Read more

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