Acid Deposition Environmental Economic And Policy Issues

Author : Donald Adams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461583500
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues written by Donald Adams and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern about acid deposition, commonly referred to as acid rain, as a widespread pollution problem with severe ecological consequences has heightened public awareness. Many authorities fear that acid deposition may be the worst environmental crisis of our industrialized society because of both the global implications and possible widespread, irreversible damage to lakes, soils, and forested ecosystems. Neither state nor international boundaries are exempt from the transport and deposition of airborne pollutants resulting from local and distant emission sources. The dilemma and debate will continue as long as society requires fossil fuels for its energy needs without regard to emission constraints. This book started as a modest attempt to provide a status report on atmospheric transport, the chemical processes which produce acidifying agents, and resultant ecological and economic consequences. The materials in this book have been substantially revised from those presented at the conference in 1983. It became obvious that additional chapters were required when sudden and profound changes occurring in European forests were reported. It is felt that perhaps such damages could be an early warning to forested ecosystems in the northeastern United States and Canada as well as other places throughout the world. Most importantly, it is essential that gained scientific knowledge be translated into required legislation - a section on Policy Issues was incorporated to address these concerns. It is hoped that the reader will become informed and concerned enough to be involved in ll this IIglobal debate. Donald D. Adams Halter P.

Author : Ernest J Yanarella
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000242595
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Acid Rain Debate written by Ernest J Yanarella and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by noted academicians, lawyers, energy agency administrators, and research analysts focuses on the political and legal aspects of the acid rain debate, the policy options for resolving the controversy, and the international dimensions of acid rain control. The contributors highlight concerns drawn primarily from the developing study of acid rain in political science, economics, public administration, and policy analysis--concerns that are the focal point of the public debate over the nature, impact, and cost of acid rain and the mitigation of its effects. The book complements the impressive body of research from the natural sciences and responds to the need for applied study to help resolve the current policy stalemate on this critical environmental issue. The Acid Rain Debate features a comprehensive annotated bibliography on acid rain and relevant social science research.

Author : Gerald R. Visgilio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387375627
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acid in the Environment written by Gerald R. Visgilio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-13 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a conference held biannually at the Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College. It uses an interdisciplinary approach to focus on important ecological impacts of acid deposition. The book combines research findings and the policy analyses of experts from different academic disciplines with the positions advanced by representatives of various nongovernmental organizations.

Author : Paulette Mandelbaum
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461583535
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acid Rain Economic Assessment written by Paulette Mandelbaum and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, Proceedings of the Conference ACID RAIN: Economic Assessment, is meant to present the areas of agreement which economists have established and the uncertainties which they have discovered in their attempts to use the methodology of economics to better understand the nature of the acid rain issue. Scientific articles about acid rain initially appeared in 1972. The public turned its attention to the issue in the mid-1970s. In April 1979, the first acid rain bill was introduced in the Senate, authored by New York's Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. The bill sought to establish a federal research program dedicated to filling the gaps in understanding of the phenomena of long-range transport of air pollutants and their environmental, health and economic impacts. 'The bill was passed into law in 1980. Since then, tens of bills have been proposed to control emissions of S02 and NO , x thought to be the precursors of acid rain. And yet, in contrast with the pattern set by the majority of environmental issues, where legislation followed very quickly on the heels of public anxiety and involvement, by July 1985 not a single federal acid rain control bill had been passed.

Author : Ger Klaassen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781858984896
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acid Rain and Environmental Degradation written by Ger Klaassen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acid Rain and Environmental Degradation is a succinct yet comprehensive survey of emission trading - a significant research and policy field of increasing importance for both Europe and the USA. Against the background of environmental policy instruments in general, Dr Klaassen presents a state-of-the-art survey of both the theory and actual applications of tradable permits. This survey also analyses international theory and experience. Later chapters examine the European acid rain issue and discuss how it can be addressed by means of tradable permits with particular relevance to sulphur emissions. Acid Rain and Environmental Degradation responds to current European policy discussions to apply emission trading on a continental scale. Because of its unique blend of theory and practice, this volume not only sets the tone for future discussions in Europe on transboundary pollution control, but also offers something for the academic economist, the environmentalist and the policymaker.

Author : Arild Underdal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351776444
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Environmental Agreements and Domestic Politics written by Arild Underdal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: In examining the domestic politics of international co-operation, this book addresses two important questions: 1. Why do governments often take different positions in negotiations about common problems - why do some states push for international regulation while others hold back? 2. How can variance in the domestic implementation of and compliance with, international agreements be explained - why do some states deliver more than they have promised, others less? The authors report findings and observations from a major study which focused on efforts to establish international regulations to cope with the problem known as acid rain. They provide in-depth case studies of nine European countries as well as a comparative analysis searching for patterns and general conclusions.

Author : Bruce Alexander Forster
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Acid Rain Debate written by Bruce Alexander Forster and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1993 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acid Rain and Transported Air Pollutants written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James L. Regens
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822974371
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Acid Rain Controversy written by James L. Regens and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1988-06-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study describes the origins of acid rain, how it is formed, the ecological and human effects, and prevention methods. It also examines debates within the scientific community as a basis for evaluating policy decisions. A comprehensive review of pollution control techniques questions which technologies are currently available, their future availability, or whether they are merely theoretical. The authors frame the economic and political context for making decisions about acid rain control policy and offer valuable insights about the underlying dynamics of the environmental policymaking process for the near future.

Author : Kent E. Portney
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0803942222
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Controversial Issues In Environmental Policy written by Kent E. Portney and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1992-09-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most controversies in environmental policy are rooted in clashes of values involving science and technology versus humanism, economic efficiency versus humanism, the role of nature in society and the role of government in society. The author discusses how America makes environmental policy - at the Federal and State levels as well as their enforcement agencies designed to protect and regulate at the same time. Portney examines legislation, public opinion, implementation or non-implementation relative to the debates over water, air and soil management.