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Description: Anyone who remembers the 70s and 80s will probably remember acid rain. Industrial emissions acidified precipitation around the globe, which killed forests and crops, rendered lakes inhospitable, corroded buildings, and exacerbated human health problems. But anyone who follows environmental news will be surprised to learn this: we solved it! Countries came together to limit acid rain-causing emissions, eliminating the problem altogether. …kind of. Acidic precipitation may not be a thing of the past after all. Further reading: Ambio [journal] link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-019-01244-4#citeas The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com/1982/1206/120663.html Engineering & Science, 1984 calteches.library.caltech.edu/3438/1/Hoffmann.pdf U.S. Geological Survey usgs.gov/media/images/ph-scale-0 Environmental Protection Agency epa.gov/acidrain/what-acid-rain epa.gov/acidrain/effects-acid-rain#:~:text=Many%20scientific%20studies%20have%20shown,difficulties%20for%20people%20with%20asthma www3.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whyharmful.html#:~:text=Acid%20Rain%20Can%20Cause%20Health,hard%20for%20people%20to%20breathe epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-07/documents/2004_u.s.-canada_progress_report.pdf Poisonous Skies [book] amazon.com/Poisonous-Skies-Acid-Globalization-Pollution/dp/022663471X Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/grapher/so-emissions-per-capita-tonnes-per-year Harvard’s Center for Science & Int’l Affairs belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/The%20Press%20and%20Global%20Environmental%20Change%20Appendix%201%20-%20Evolution%20of%20the%20Acid%20Rain%20Issue%20-%20E-95-12.pdf The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/12/30/acid-rain-push-toward-coal-makes-global-pollution-worse/91911c34-8865-4521-bf6c-dc603298c70f The MacNeil/Lehrer Report americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_507-pk06w9754b Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-political-history-of-cap-and-trade-34711212 NYLS J. of Int’l & Comp. Law digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1165&context=journal_of_international_and_comparative_law The Los Angeles Times latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-28-mn-3082-story.html Institute for Research on Public Policy policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/harpers-foreign-policy/acid-rain-a-case-study-in-canada-us-relations U.S. Energy Department energy.gov/podcasts/direct-current-energygov-podcast/episode-9-what-happened-acid-rain Canadian Minister of Environment canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/pdf/international-affairs/compendium/2018/batch-12/canada-us-air-quality-agreement-2018.pdf Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-19/acid-rain-has-turned-canadian-lakes-into-a-kind-of-jelly Nature [journal] nature.com/articles/news050808-10 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation cbc.ca/news/politics/acid-rain-bush-climate-change-mulroney-1.4934402 Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics [journal] acp.copernicus.org/articles/11/1101/2011/acp-11-1101-2011.pdf National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts/ocean-acidification Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/like-oceans-freshwater-is-also-acidifying Subscribe to Cheddar on YouTube: chdr.tv/subscribe Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: chdr.tv/facebook On Twitter: chdr.tv/twitter On Instagram: chdr.tv/instagram On Cheddar.com: chdr.tv/cheddar