The acid rain issue came into prominence because scientists kept telling the world of
acid rain's potential devastating effects. Yet, the acid rain debate was marked by mistrust
between American and Canadian scientists. The signing of the Air Quality Accord in
1991 appears to have quelled this divisiveness and promises to bring about a new era of
scientific cooperation. Using surveys of acid rain scientists in the United States and
Canada across three time periods, this study finds both similarities and differences
between how Canadian and American scientists view many of the issues surrounding the
acid rain debate.
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