Daniel Patrick Moynihan convinced some of his colleagues to conduct a major study to figure out if acid rain was worth worrying about. It was completed in 1990 and showed that one-quarter of the Adirondacks’ 3,000 lakes and streams were too acidic to support fish life. This study convinced Senate to create some laws and regulations to reverse this affect such as the Clean Air Act of 1990.
New York Times
August 23, 2010
This article does not have alot of bias in it because it is mainly stating facts of acid levels in lakes. However, toward the end it does show a very pro environmentalist side when it says that there is more that can be done to help the Adirondack's lakes. He also says that the Senate has hardly showed interest in this acid rain, but if they did they would have the power to possibly reverse an enviornmental disaster.
I. Earth systems and resources
B. The atmosphere
II. The living World
A. Ecosystem Structure
VI. Pollution
A. Pollution types
3. Water Pollution
Max Hutson
This article raises a great issue and supports environmentalists with a great cause. With water being the most necessary compound of elements for survival if acid rain spreads to more locations it could be a global environmental disaster. The fact that the senate does not care too much about these lakes that have already been effected is sad, but understandable because they are worried about what is happening now rather than what could effect everyone 30 years from now. Hopefully acid rain is being reversed to keep a greener and healthier earth.
ReplyDeleteI think this sounds like a great proposal. I'm surprised to hear that pollution has actually gone down in the last decade. Acid rain effects almost everyone in some way, and i think it's definitely something worth fixing. The senate needs to pay more attention to issues that don't receive as much publicity (such as acid rain in this case) because by the time it gets bad enough to make headlines, it may be too late.
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