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Environment & Energy

mahatmakanejeeves

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1. Is acid rain back, or is it the case that

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 02:31 PM

Oct 2019

"Team Trump seems determined to create a comeback for acid rain?" That's something else entirely. My question is directed at the story's author.

I thought acid rain in the east came from coal-burning plants in the midwest. Are new ones opening?

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Acid rain, that '70s scourge, comes back [View all] applegrove Oct 2019 OP

Is acid rain back, or is it the case that mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #1

The acidic numbers are rising. Who knows where the tipping point is. applegrove Oct 2019 #2

In the article, all the examples were of coal-fired power plants in the central U.S. progree Oct 2019 #3