To make the electricity that brightens our rooms, runs our refrigerators or blow-dries our hair, power plants in Ohio burn thousands of tons of coal daily. Pollutants go up smokestacks that are some of the tallest structures in our state, reaching up to 1,000 feet. It used to be thought that if the stacks were high enough it wouldn't hurt anything. But these smokestacks just act like cannons, shooting most of the damaging particles safely away from Ohio. These particles mix with moisture in th

Title 4 of the Clean Air Act, which covers Acid Rain, was brought about in 1990 with the adoption of the Clean Air Act Amendments. It established sulfur dioxide allowances, which were determined to be 1-ton. It also brought into play the market based emission trading, which has proven to be a very successful program.

Not only does the burning coal lead to acid rain, but it also contaminates are streams and rivers with mercury. The acid rain causes a higher than normal pH level in streams and rivers which in turn kills or harms many different native species of fish. There are other factors associated with burning coal like ground-level smog, soot and global warming.

e clouds, creating acid rain. This combination of chemicals and moisture then falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet and fog somewhere else and causes problems there instead of where it was produced.

In late February, the Supreme Court upheld st

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