While the term “acid rain” is widely known, its definition is less understood. It is indeed a phenomenon that remains ...

Our state is part of the region that consistently leads the nation in emissions of acid rain-producing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Pennsylvania is a leader in acid rain in the U.S. Acid rain ...

After taking a close new look into soil chemistry and where calcium comes from, scientists said Wednesday that acid rain may be doing less damage to forests than anticipated. In a report published in ...

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden with pollution from coal power plants and cars at the time that it turned ...

The United States could see the return of toxic acid rain, an environmental problem thought to have been solved decades ago, due to the White House's rollback of pollution protections, according to an ...

Adding scrubbers in coal-fired power plants helped reduce acid rain, but they continued to fuel climate change. Drums600 via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Climate change can seem like an insurmountable ...

Acid rain is a term that refers to not just rain but also other forms of precipitation such as snow, hail, sleet, and fog that has a higher acidity than normal. Acid rain is caused by the burning of ...

With the pesticide DDT, lead paint, and the power plant emissions that were causing acid rain, growing public outcry eventually led to policy changes, despite pushback from industry. Climate change ...

Democrats and Republicans once worked together to solve an environmental crisis. That sentence, admittedly, reads a bit like the start of a fairy tale. Long gone are the days when Republicans seemed ...

Norfolk Southern Railroad released and burned five tanker cars of vinyl chloride in East Palestine, Ohio, to prevent explosion after a freight train derailed in the village Feb. 3. Vinyl chloride, a ...