Acid rain agreement

To control acid rain requires international cooperation and much effort has gone into crafting agreements between countries... 

Langmuir, D and R. L. Schmiermund. 1986. Geochemistry of lime mortar and portland cement weathering by acid rain. Phase I Rept., Part 1, for 7/15/86 to 9/30/86, Coop. Agreement CA-0424-6-8001 between Natl. Park Service and Colorado School of Mines. 

The United States and Canada sign a Memorandum of Intent to develop a bilateral agreement on transboundary air pollution, including the already serious problem of acid rain. ... 

Agreement on financing of monitoring programs for acid rain... 

In addition to enshrining commitments both to reduce acid rain and to cooperate on scientific and other matters (specifics of which will be discussed below), the Agreement had a broader goal. It was the vision of at least some if not most of those involved in the negotiations that the AQA would become a central tool or key regime in the management of air quality in North America. The Agreement was not to be merely an acid rain... 

The AQC did address transboundary ozone and led the effort to incorporate a new ozone annex into the Agreement. It has also begun to address the problem of airborne particulates. While these successful efforts at cooperation are to be applauded they relate only indirectly to scientific and technical cooperation on acid rain. The ozone annex is at http //www.ec.gc.ca/ cleanair- airpu r/ C AOL/ air/can u sa e. h tml... 

Provincial Agreements for the Eastern Canada Acid Rain Program, 1990 to 1994... 

The Canada-U.S. Mr Quality Accord In March 1991, Canada and the United States signed an Air QuaUty Accord. This agreement addresses the acid rain problem and provides for the study and control of those air pollutants that commonly move across the Canada-U.S. border. Annexes will be developed to specifically address urban smog. 

Another major report on acid rain was released in February 1983 a bilateral study by the U.S. and Canada that was initiated by President Carter in 1980 when the two nations signed a Memorandum of Intent to study the causes and effects of acid rain and to develop a mutual agreement on limiting transboundary air pollution. The study had been intended to reach a consensus on the science, but the U.S. and Canada deadlocked over a key section dealing with the effects and significance of... 

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