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Global Defence Technology: Issue 36
2014-02-18 12:53:00| Naval Technology
In this issue: We discover a new type of cyber hacking that is teaching security teams to expect the unexpected, we ask when soldiers will be wearing solar technology, we learn how defence can be made greener and much more.
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UK floods: in defence of the Environment Agency
2014-02-18 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The flooding crisis has shone a spotlight on much that the government would prefer to remain hidden not least the coalition's quiet slashing of the Environment Agency budget. Despite advice in the wake of the 2007 floods to increase expenditure on flood defences, the government relied on its traditional mistrust of the public sector and the experts within it, and used the blunt instrument of cash limits. Prime minister David Cameron said money would be "no object" to dealing with the immediate...
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United Kingdom: Government to review flood defence investment decisions
2014-02-14 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The government will re-examine investment decisions on flood defences as part of a series of reviews of the country's resilience and response to the flooding that has devastated parts of southern England over the past two months. David Cameron yesterday announced further reviews into transport infrastructure and the Bellwin scheme that provides financial help to local authorities in emergencies. In addition, he announced the launch of an annual resilience review to consider the local, regional,...
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Asia-Pacific drives defence spending
2014-02-09 21:20:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Asia-Pac drives global defence spending at Singapore Airshow
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Flooding: too little defence, too late, as the waters rise
2014-02-01 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Like the lines drawn by parents measuring the height of their growing children, there are chalked marks on the walls of the houses piled in a picturesque jumble along the lower streets of Yalding. They have been drawn by residents scoring the progress of floodwaters through their homes over what has been the wettest month since records began and is heading towards being the wettest winter Britain has seen in 100 years. On Christmas Eve, this Domesday Book Kent village was deluged by riverwater...
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