"Britain should expect more dangerous flash floods, catastrophic rain and hail storms, droughts and heatwaves from the rapid changes in rainfall patterns brought by global warming, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said yesterday as clean-up operations continued in flooded Boscastle..." full story
With this in mind, shouldn't the government be focussing on getting people onto cleaner forms of transport? Isn't road building (i.e. encouraging more traffic onto the roads) an unnacceptable approach when the balance between the environment (climate change) and the economy is struck. Never mind the people on the high street, goddamit. If you want to live on a road, you make your choice.
More info on flooding and building development
Environment Agency :: Flooding
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister :: Development on, or affecting, the flood plain
DEFRA :: Exposer to Flood Risk
Thursday, August 19, 2004
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