November 13, 2008
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Monitoring & Testing Newsletter November 13, 2008 |
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Ozone hole grows but is below 2006 record
Scientists from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) have discovered that the ozone hole over Antarctica has expanded this year against what it was in 2007, but is smaller than what it was in 2006. The ozone is a protective atmospheric layer protecting Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays. Failure to shield the planet can trigger a multitude of health ailments in people and harm biodiversity. While the ozone hole reached 27 million square kilometres in 2008, against 25 million square kilometres the year before, it was still under the 29 million square kilometres recorded in 2006, which is equal to ... |
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Business leaders urge government to increase green R&D tenfold
The government must increase its annual investment in low carbon technologies tenfold from GBP 250m to GBP 2.5bn if the UK is to meet its climate change targets, according to a report from the Confederation of British Industries (CBI). Spending must equal the defence budget if the country is to hit targets included in the climate change bill to reduce carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2050, the business lobby group said in a new report released this week. Report author and CBI director of business environment Dr Neil Bentley, said that the UK must undertake a rapid roll out of low carbon technologies, ... |
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