Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2814 )

• Coca Cola, Heinz And Other Major Food Companies Warn Climate Change Threatens...

  

  But as ThinkProgress noted at the time, the real story was not a guacamole shortage, but the emerging reality of doing business in a warming world. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Negotiation Is Over – Animal Rights Leadership Council

  

  RT @defendanimals1: Animal Rights Leadership Council http://t.co/bBPsYCfIIb via @CamilleMarino by Roland Windsor Vincent Sometime over the next few months I hop... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Brazil Amazon: New Data Reveal That Annual Rate of Deforestation is up for...

  

  GarryRogers:Such waste. Ecological succession, the natural process of recovery after a landslide or flood can take hundreds of years. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Useless Creatures (and Why They Matter)

  

  GarryRogers:Here’s a quote from Aldo Leopold that relates to the article below: “One basic weakness in a conservation system based wholly on economic motives... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• From Pine Beetles to Disappearing Glaciers, NASA Scientists Tell of “Dramatic”...

  

  In addition to droughts and floods, anthropogenic climate disturbances scientists and astronauts can see from space include fires, insect outbreaks and more... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Animals Are Dying off 1,000 Times FASTER Now That Humans Are Present

  

  “Brown University scientists in Providence found that the pre-human extinction rate was 10 times lower than scientists had believed, which means that the curren... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• After 90 Percent Decline, Federal Protection Sought for Monarch Butterfly

  

  Joint Press Release Regarding Monarch Butterfly Protection by Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Food Safety, and the Xerces Society. See it here. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How a Fraction of Farm Subsidies Could Save 10,000 Species

  

  GarryRogers:“Reporting in the journal Science, a team of international scientists have calculated that it would cost US$198 million per year to pay private... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• USA Poll Finds Renewable Energy Favoured Far More Than Coal, Gas, Nuclear Power

  

  “Energy efficiency, renewable energy rules favored by voters, poll finds, Cleveland.com By John Funk, The Plain Dealer on September 05, 2014 COLUMBUS, Ohio –... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Warming Oceans Could Impact Krill, Foundation of Marine Food Chains

  

  GarryRogers:Food-chain foundations everywhere are being threatened by the abrupt changes that are occurring. Originally posted on The ocean update: Credit :... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Majority of Threatened African Amphibians May Be ‘Invisible’ Under Climate Change

  

  It turns out that the majority of threatened species are “invisible” when using modern methods to predict species distributions under climate change. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Pacific SIDS Launch Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas |...

  

  Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (Pacific SIDS launch framework for nature conservation and protected areas http://t.co/IrTzeikr96)…... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Getting the Best Value for Conservation in Africa

  

  The Bangweulu Wetlands ecosystem in northern Zambia covers a large area of great biodiversity. This grassy floodplain encompasses high value terrestrial and... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Approval to Build 5,000 Homes on Nightingale Habitat Condemned

  

  Move to replace songbirds only breeding site in the UK is unscientific and unprecedented, says RSPB Environmental campaigners have condemned a decision to... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wolf Weekly Wrap Up

  

  Alpha Female of Huckleberry Pack Killed by Washington Wildlife Officials: Last week we updated you about a series of livestock-wolf conflicts occurring on a... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• It’s Not Just Deforestation, It’s Degradation. And Wildlife Loses

  

  GarryRogers:Diversity and stability of forests depends on much more than just the presence of trees. Regional forest inventories have relied heavily on satellit... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Existing Coal Power Plants Will Emit 300GT Of CO2

  

  “Bringing down carbon emissions means retiring more fossil fuel-burning facilities than we build,” said Steven Davis, assistant professor of Earth system scienc... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Limits to Growth Was Right. Research Shows Pending Collapse as Human Population...

  

  Four decades after publication, Limit to Growth’s forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian research. Expect the early stages of global collapse to... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Environmental and Animal Groups: Views on Hunting

  GarryRogers:Excellent resource! Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game: Introduction There are a number of local, state, national and international... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• ‘Tipping Point’ for Rhinos

  

  GarryRogers:It is hard to think of a response. Because we know rhino numbers, poaching ranks right up there with the criminal acts of the energy and chemical... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT