Vermont Edition

Revisiting Acid Rain

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One of the nation’s biggest coal-fired plants has settled a lengthy lawsuit over acid rain. The state of Vermont was one of the plaintiffs in the case. We look at the toll – and the lessons from the settlement. And, we examine the science behind acid rain, and why it’s not talked about much anymore.
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Ohio power company funded UVM acid rain research

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An Ohio company has agreed to spend four-point-six billion dollars to clean up emissions from its power plants. As VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports, American Electric helped fund groundbreaking research at the University of Vermont that demonstrated the company’s emissions contributed to acid rain in Vermont and the Northeast.