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Moving legislation through Congress can be a somewhat painful process. The Clean Air Act of 1970, which was amended in 1977, did not include any provisions directly and comprehensively addressing the need for acid rain control, so Congress has been unsuccessfully trying to resolve this problem for the past three years. The problems for Congress have been regional differences ranging from economic need to environmental awareness. Congress has, so far, found it impossible to balance the economic needs of the Midwest with the environmental needs of the Northeastern United States. A number of solutions have been offered to deal with the problem of acid rain, but so far they have not appealed to all of the regions of the country. In time, when the American people become aware of acid rain damages, Congress will be forced to find a solution to the problem.
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McPoland, F.F. (1985). Acid Rain: Legislative Perspective. In: Adams, D.D., Page, W.P. (eds) Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8350-9_24
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