Uruguayans displaced by climate change.
Uruguay's National Emergency System has announced that more than 47,000 residents have been displaced by climate change-induced natural disasters such as floods or droughts between 1997 and 2005.

With the country’s economy also affected, the International Organization for Migration has called for a national conference to discuss ways to mitigate the consequences. Official records show that rainfall across Uruguay has increased since 2004, setting off more flooding, while drought periods have also become more extensive.

Meanwhile, the country’s weather models forecast further increases in minimum temperatures and more periods of extreme rainfall.

We appreciate this alert to the further adverse effects of climate change, National Emergency System scientists, and pray that a balanced ecosphere is restored to the Uruguayans and all people through our global adoption of sustainable practices that preserve lives and the Earth.
Supreme Master Ching Hai has long reminded of the urgency of implementing measures to safeguard citizens from such disasters, as in an October 2009 videoconference address to government magistrates in Mexico.

http://www.plenglish.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=220767&Itemid=1
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MMAO-89AD6R?OpenDocument

World’s largest offshore wind farm opens.
On Friday, September 24, the 100-turbine Thanet Offshore Wind Farm was inaugurated in the North Sea waters near Kent county, United Kingdom. The £780million project, constructed by Swedish energy company Vattenfall, can supply electricity to over 200,000 homes per year and now contributes a total wind turbine capacity in the United Kingdom that is sufficient to power every home in Scotland.

Referring to the country’s potential to access bountiful wind and tidal power, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne stated at the opening ceremony, “We’re in a unique position to become a world leader in this industry. We are an island nation and I firmly believe we should be harnessing our wind, wave and tidal resources to the maximum.”

Bravo for your laudable green achievement, Secretary Huhne and Great Britain! May more and more nations across the world similarly develop such sustainable eco-solutions for a cleaner and cooler planet.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Worlds-largest-wind-farm-opens-off-UK-coast/tabid/417/articleID/177903
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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/841928-largest-wind-farm-in-world-costing-780million-is-switched-on

The Air Resources Board of California, USA adopts a regulation requiring that 33% of the state’s electricity come from sustainable sources by 2020, a decision that is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 13 million metric tons per year.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/09/24/California-adopts-renewable-energy-target
/UPI-63231285350501/
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-23-california-ups-ante-renewable-electricity-standard/
http://www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm

With the island of Cyprus facing extreme water shortages,Greek Cypriot cities are soon to receive all their drinking water from desalination plants, while the island’s north will be supplied via an underwater pipeline from Turkey.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/20/cyprus.water/index.html

Top US climate negotiator Todd Stern states that the nation is committed to reducing 17% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, with plans to reaffirm this commitment at the December UN climate change summit in Cancun, Mexico.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-21/u-s-stands-by-greenhouse-emissions-pledge-for-cancun-talks-
stern-says.html