NORFOLK, Va. — Acid rain is a serious environmental problem caused by air pollution. It forms when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the atmosphere, mainly from burning fossil fuels ...

Introduction: a rain of ashes -- Creating a global pollution problem -- The science of acid rain -- Energy industry research and the politics of doubt -- Pollution across the Iron Curtain -- ...

Adding scrubbers in coal-fired power plants helped reduce acid rain, but they continued to fuel climate change. Drums600 via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Climate change can seem like an insurmountable ...

With the pesticide DDT, lead paint, and the power plant emissions that were causing acid rain, growing public outcry eventually led to policy changes, despite pushback from industry. Climate change ...

Climate change can seem like an insurmountable challenge. However, if you look closely at its causes, you'll realize that history is filled with similar health and environmental threats that humanity ...

Acid rain has been greatly reduced but tons of toxis still drift down each year. MARCH 4, 2013— -- Acid rain commanded as much attention in the 1990s as global warming or the hole in the ozone ...

Acid rain is a term that refers to not just rain but also other forms of precipitation such as snow, hail, sleet, and fog that has a higher acidity than normal. Acid rain is caused by the burning of ...

Decades ago, acid rain was one of the world's most alarming environmental crises. Pollution from coal power plants and cars made rainfall so toxic that it killed fish, wiped out forests, and even ...

Even with that progress, environmental groups including the Kentucky Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Kentucky Resources Council, say the updated haze plan Kentucky is considering doesn’t do nearly ...