Has the Clean Air Act Helped Reduce Acid Rain?
10/27/06 PLYMOUTH, NH- Do federal laws really work to reduce acid rain in northeast lakes? Plymouth State Universitys Center for the Environment and partnering researchers have been chosen to help find the answer through a $1.1 million grant. The five-year grant, one of the largest ever received by PSU, will collect and analyze lake samples from Maine to the Adirondacks in an effort to gauge whether the Clean Air Act has helped reduce the effects of acid rain on Northeast surface waters. This grant is part of the national EPA program to collect long-term data on acid rain impacts on lakes. Center for the Environment Director Dr. Steve Kahl has studied acid rain in New Englands surface waters for more than 25 years. The EPA grant will be instrumental in continuing this research to shed important light on the health of invaluable natural resources and whether current laws are effective in protecting them. The importance of the work relates directly to the federal Clean Air Act and future
