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originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: StallionDuck
Now if we can just pass a nickel per plastic bag tax (or, BYOB for no surcharge) at checkout we can actually get some serious progress going.
originally posted by: FaunaOrFlora
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: StallionDuck
Now if we can just pass a nickel per plastic bag tax (or, BYOB for no surcharge) at checkout we can actually get some serious progress going.
DC already does this.
Although I have my personal opinions about it basically because degradable plastics can be made from plants like hemp......it does force me to try to bring a bag with me to the store.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Logarock
Actually no it doesn't. The study was done in Greenland. Other countries may still have higher levels of acidity locally.
The good news is that at least these local pockets of pollution are not affecting the global atmosphere any more.
TheRedneck
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Logarock
Yes. Greenland.
Which produces no SO2 to speak of but receives quite enough from North America.
You find that funny?
originally posted by: StallionDuck
So we're one step closer to being able to breathe some relief. It has been found that the acidity of our atmosphere is back to the pre-1930s Industrial Complex. I guess this makes any acid rain we see "normal" and natural as if it had not been man made.
The successful reduction of SO2 emissions has more to do with "cap and trade" than with taxes.
voxeu.org...
Unlike most earlier pieces of landmark environmental legislation, the CAAA of 1990 was not precipitated by a ‘crisis moment’ (the most memorable was the Cuyahoga River catching on fire, leading to the Clean Water Act)