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Title: Acid rain in Europe and North America: national responses to an international problem

Abstract

This study examines in detail the nature and severity of the acid rain problem, what nations are doing about it, and how national and international laws ad policies might ultimately respond. It analyzes the effectiveness of national and international air-pollution control structures in coping with acid deposition and related problems. Further, it discusses the complex scientific issues in lay terms, examines how the laws in major Western countries are not responding to the emerging scientific information on acid-deposition impacts, criticizes international legal structures, and analyzes the activities of the key multilateral organizations and bilateral efforts to cooperate in resolving the North American problem. The report also suggests ways to deal with the longer-term problems of carbon dioxide buildup and ozone depletion in the atmosphere and toxic contaminations of oceans. One of the major conclusions is that the acid rain problem is in many respects so subtle, and the research so new and complex, that a clear picture of its nature and precise impacts will probably not be available for many years. 815 references, 9 figures.

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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5505621
Resource Type:
Book
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Study for the German Marshall Fund of the US
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ACID RAIN; LEGAL ASPECTS; REVIEWS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAWS; EUROPE; TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CONTROL; COOPERATION; DOCUMENT TYPES; LAWS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RAIN; 500600* - Environment, Atmospheric- Regulations- (-1989); 290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety; 520600 - Environment, Aquatic- Regulations - (-1989)

Citation Formats

Wetstone, G S, and Rosencranz, A. Acid rain in Europe and North America: national responses to an international problem. United States: N. p., 1983. Web.
Wetstone, G S, & Rosencranz, A. Acid rain in Europe and North America: national responses to an international problem. United States.
Wetstone, G S, and Rosencranz, A. 1983. "Acid rain in Europe and North America: national responses to an international problem". United States.
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abstractNote = {This study examines in detail the nature and severity of the acid rain problem, what nations are doing about it, and how national and international laws ad policies might ultimately respond. It analyzes the effectiveness of national and international air-pollution control structures in coping with acid deposition and related problems. Further, it discusses the complex scientific issues in lay terms, examines how the laws in major Western countries are not responding to the emerging scientific information on acid-deposition impacts, criticizes international legal structures, and analyzes the activities of the key multilateral organizations and bilateral efforts to cooperate in resolving the North American problem. The report also suggests ways to deal with the longer-term problems of carbon dioxide buildup and ozone depletion in the atmosphere and toxic contaminations of oceans. One of the major conclusions is that the acid rain problem is in many respects so subtle, and the research so new and complex, that a clear picture of its nature and precise impacts will probably not be available for many years. 815 references, 9 figures.},
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year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983},
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