Acid Rain Debate

"Ernest J. Yanarella, associate professor of political science at the University of Kentucky, is coauthor ofEnergy and the Social Sciences(Westview, 1982). Randal H. Ihara is a professional staff member with the U.S. Senate."

• Westview Special Studies -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An Overview of the Acid Rain Debate: Politics, Science, and the Search for Consensus -- The Political Context -- The Foundations of Policy Immobilism over Acid Rain Control -- Public Opinion and the Environment: The Problem of Acid Rain -- Policy Issues and Alternatives -- Perspectives on Acid Deposition Control: Science, Economics, and Policymaking -- Acid Rain Legislation and the Clean Air Act: Time to Raise the Bridge or Lower the River? -- Predicting Deposition Reductions Using Long-Range Transport Models: Some Policy Implications -- The Design of Cost-Effective Strategies to Control Acidic Deposition -- Equitably Reducing Transboundary Causes of Acid Rain: An Economic Incentive Regulatory Approach -- International-Comparative Dimensions -- Environmental vs. Ecological Perspectives on Acid Rain: The American Environmental Movement and the West German Green Party -- Acid Rain—Acid Diplomacy -- Conclusion: A Prospectus on the Future -- The U.S. Politics of Acid Rain -- Appendix