Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• Accounting for Individual Animals and Animal Welfare in the Anthropocene

  

  GR: This article by Brandon Keim includes calls on people to apply the concept of animal welfare to wild animals. Applying animal welfare doesn’t mean that... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report – The New York Times

  

  GR: The Final draft of U. S. Congress mandated climate report by 13 agencies is complete. Probably fearing suppression by the Trump administration, anonymous... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Human Beliefs and The Ecocentric Alliance

  

  Black-headed Grosbeak and two Lazuli Buntings.These Grosbeaks aren’t as large as Robins, but they are big enough to have trouble perching on bird feeders. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 75,000 Trees Donated So Far to ‘Trump Forest’ to Offset President’s Climate...

  

  GR: The name is acceptable since there will be no single place to name thus giving future visitors the wrong impression that Trump contributed. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• These ‘Missing Charts’ Reveal That Fossil Fuel Use Is Still Increasing

  

  CO2 – August 5, 2017 GR: Good news is beginning to overwhelm the bad. Countries, cities, and U. S. states are accelerating their efforts to cut CO2 emissions. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• What Happens as the Earth Warms and Climate Adjusts

  

  GR: Editors at Futurism.com researched global warming and produced the infographic below. The names of the editors appear near the end of the graphic. We are... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Only Have a 5 Percent Chance of Avoiding ‘dangerous’ Global Warming

  

  GR: Most journalists reporting on climate-change predictions are reluctant to emphasize worst-case scenarios. Popular climate scientists share this reluctance,... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Here’s Who’s Getting Paid to Destroy the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

  

  GR: The 1973 U. S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) should have been a first step on the path to effective nature conservation. If the corporatists hadn’t been in... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Are We Doomed Or Can We Survive the Coming Crash?

  

  GR: I read an interesting article by Richard Heinberg published on the Post Carbon Institute website on Thursday. The article offers two responses to the... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Fossil Fuel Use is Rising Like There is NO Tomorrow–July 27, 2017

  

  GR: Climate scientist Paul Beckwith is a reliable source for climate-change information. I’ve included the text of Dr. Beckwith’s introduction to his latest... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Discovery: Aliens from Outer Space Working for Decades to Destroy Human...

  

  Image by Alien Policy GR: Heads of major corporations, public utilities, and governments have worked for decades to hide the dangers of CO2 emissions, global... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Clean Energy For Anyone–Today!

  

  GR: Renters and homeowners, here’s an opportunity to switch all your electrical energy to renewable sources. The offer below is from Arcadia Power. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• American Southwest Threatened by Heavy-rain Monsoons

  

  GR: The article below illustrates the value of scientific analysis. The Southwest Monsoon has always caused flooding. However, memory alone is an unreliable... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bio-Individuality, the Myth That Some People ‘Just Need Meat’

  

  GR: All people need the same nutrients. This story explains why that’s true and it debunks the “bio-individual” myth. The subject is important because... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 8 Ways to Sequester Carbon to Avoid Climate Catastrophe

  

  GR: Developing and testing atmospheric CO2 capture technology is underway. That, at a cost of perhaps a trillion dollars per year, and other less mechanical... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• World’s Last Remaining Tigers Live Under Severe Threat of Extinction

  

  GR: Our grandchildren will probably see the last of the wild apes, elephants, giraffes, lions, and tigers. We humans are eliminating Earth’s wild animals. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• IN Its Quest for Arctic Oil, Russia Admits Its Undersea Nuclear Dump

  GR: If this is correct, it is an unforgivable desecration of the Arctic sea. “The catalogue of waste dumped at sea by the Soviets, according to documents seen b... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Utilities Are Trying to Slow Down Rooftop Solar

  

  GR: Utility companies don’t want you to save money by adopting solar power. Utilities that should earn their public status by working for the common good,... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Still Have Time to Restore Our Climate. But the Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking

  

  GR: The article below describes the current state of our changing climate, the disasters facing us, and the things we could do to save ourselves. Like David... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Why Being Fearful Can Spark Climate Action

  

  GR: When I introduced David Wallace-Wells’ story last week, I mentioned that some prominent climate scientists criticized the article because of its warning of... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT