This is a sort of news round up on the Environment front. So much is happening on a daily basis, good and bad.
First, some good. Al Gore took his environmental work down to Mexico last week to speak with the President and have a conference on Global Warming and share ideas on how to combat the Climate Crisis.
Al Gore was welcomed with a very receptive audience by President Calderon and the 3,000 people selected via the Internet among officials, scholars and academics, researchers and scientists that will help spread this knowledge, at the Conference.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon called for the international community to support former US Vice President Albert Gore's proposal of building an Alliance for Climate Protection.
In their meeting, President Calderon stated, "I especially admire Gore's position, work and extraordinary leadership to preserve environment,"
Calderon stated that his government is absolutely involved with preserving the environment, despite being a developing country, and noted that all nations have something to do to protect land and for climate change.
The Mexican president also promised to dedicate about three million hectares more to Protected Natural Areas, to reach 25 million hectares in preserving the country, representing 14 percent of the national territory.
We can do this. We have time if we all work together. And as Mexico shows, we ALL have a responsibility, no matter how small or large, we can have a positive impact.
But we do need to act. We cannot keep pushing it a decade later. Our time for waiting is up and we need to move to solve this planetary emergency.
19 Million Displaced From Flooding
Monsoon floods displace 19 million
19 million driven from their homes by floods in South Asia, officials say in
Estimates of total deaths vary from a few hundred to well over 1,000
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal all hit by rising waters
Rhinos forced from their habitat have killed at least one person
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Havoc from monsoon rains killed another 12 people in India, including two children swept away by floods and a man attacked by a rhinoceros forced out of its inundated habitat, officials said Saturday.
Bangladeshi flood victims row a boat to a safer area in Sirajgonj.
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Helicopters dropped food to hundreds of thousands of frightened villagers perched on rooftops.
Vital to farmers, the annual rains are a blessing and a curse for the subcontinent. At least 198 people have been killed in India and neighboring Bangladesh and 19 million driven from their homes in recent days, according to government figures.
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