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Originally Posted by Hippikos
I remember the acid rain hysteria 25 years ago, where has it gone?
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Scrubbers were installed on those power plants. Scrubbers that the George Jr administration (about four years ago) even considered making legal to bypass (eliminate). Acid rain is like the ozone layer problem. It still exists. But is not reported. Why? We are now in a 50 year program to fix the ozone layer. The ozone layer problem is not reported because the 50 years of recovery is now ongoing. That is not news.
Reasons for acid rain have been (and are still being) addressed. Therefore acid rain is a diminishing problem. Resulting damage still exists. But it is not getting worse and is slowly being fixed - therefore not news.