Ozone Layer - An Environmental Regulation Success Story
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 14:07
in Earth & Climate
If you're concerned that too much politically-motivated action regarding the environment will end up costing a lot of money and accomplish little, you're not without rationale. History has shown that government involvement rarely helps and is always expensive. But merging more than a decade of atmospheric data from European satellites, scientists have compiled a homogeneous long-term ozone record that allows them to monitor total ozone trends on a global scale – and it shows an ozone recovery. So there is at least one example where industry complained, government regulations were put into place and the environment actually improved. read more