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Algae bloom tides product of global warming and animal agriculture.
Increasingly since the 1970s, the Brittany region in the northwest of France has experienced the phenomenon of “green tides” in which huge quantities of Chlorophytas algae remain suspended in the water.
The algae has not only caused beaches to close and affected tourism, it also emits the toxic and lethal hydrogen sulfide as it dries.

Experts say the algae has appeared in Brittany’s waters due to global warming, which creates conditions for new species to flourish, as well as animal agriculture, which pollutes the waters with phosphorus and nitrogen, causing the algae into further bloom.

Mr. Jean-François Piquot, spokesman for the Water and Rivers of Brittany Association, is recommending the avoidance of these concentrated animal operations.

Thank you scientists, Mr. Piquot and Water and Rivers of Brittany Association, for your insights and suggestions.

Let us all do our part by making organic vegan choices at every meal to return Brittany to her long-admired beauty and our ecosphere to balance and harmony.

Always working to better the quality of life on Earth, Supreme Master Ching Hai again emphasized the need to adopt a plant-based lifestyle during a July 2008 videoconference with Supreme Master Television staff.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: If people are well-informed on time, they can take measures against calamity by heeding wise counsel and react according to correct advice.

Things can always change overnight if people turn and walk in the right direction. We know meat eating, scientifically, physically speaking is the major cause of our planet’s destructive direction.

Then we must turn around and walk in the opposite direction. The opposite of meat diet is a vegetarian, compassionate diet. All the animal products, all the killing of men or animals must be stopped if we want to stop the climate change. Stop killing and global warming will stop, immediately, because we turn in the other direction.
Reference
http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2009/08/08/la-proliferation-des-algues-un-danger-pour-le-littoral_1226765_3244.html
http://www.ifremer.fr/delec-en/projets/marees%20vertes/marees.htm, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfure_d'hydrog%C3%A8ne

Shrinking glaciers in Pacific Northwest.
A study by the US Geological Survey (USGS) involving three glaciers,two in Alaska and one in Washington state, found that they are losing mass at an ever faster pace.

These findings are based on data collected over a more than 50-year period in what is thought to be one of the longest studies of its kind.

Dr. Edward Josberger with the USGS Water Science Center in Washington stated that the impact could be severe for both humans and the environment.

Our sincere thanks, Dr. Josberger and US Geological Survey scientists for alerting us to yet another reflection
of the perilous state of our globe. Let us act now to preserve the vital natural cycles of our Earth.
Reference
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/longterm_study_details_glacier.html

China pledges to control greenhouse gas emissions.
In efforts to reduce global warming effects as well as to improve the nation's environmental and economic health, Chinese cabinet members have vowed to prioritize the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as part of her national development plans.

In a meeting chaired by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, the cabinet also called for the development of low-carbon industry, construction and transportation.

Jiang Kejun, a climate change policy expert at Beijing's Energy Research Institute said, "This shows climate policy issues are now a central part of the national strategy."

Our accolades, China for your commitment to mitigating climate change. Wishing your eco-initiatives abundant green success for the health of the Chinese people and the environment.  
Reference
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/08/200981374725100.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE57C05L20090813

Extra News
In San Diego, California, a group of youth called the Sandy LEGO Beachbots won a Compassionate Kids Award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for Teens (PETA) for their message to the world, also spread through their website, about the eco-harms of consuming meat and that being veg is the planet-cooling answer.
http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=13426      

UK researchers at Queen University develop a small device to be used in European Space Agency missions that measures the Earth’s thermal emissions to provide better weather forecasts and understanding of climate change.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/qub-rbw080609.php
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20090807/981/tsc-scientific-breakthrough-will-lead-to.html

To boost food security, Singapore has established a new program with additional land set aside for farming and funds allocated to help farmers and the industry prosper.
http://www.france24.com/en/20090810-singapore-farmers-see-green-shoots-new-food-policy