Maine Environment Links on Acid Rain



 [This link is a good starting point.] Maine DEP Acid Rain page  (http://www.state.me.us/dep/air/acidrain/index.htm) Introduction to acid rain, with a short list of links. [mainegov]

EPA's Clean Air Markets Program: Acid Rain  http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/. Home page for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency acid rain program. Many links to data sources and resources for students and teachers. [usgov]

United States Geological Survey Acid Rain Data and Reports.  http://bqs.usgs.gov/acidrain/ Data and introductory material. [usgov]

National Atmospheric Deposition Program   http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/ Data from a "nationwide network of precipitation monitoring sites," which includes ten locations in Maine. [ind]

Acid Rain Retirement Fund:   (http://www.usm.maine.edu/~pos/alin.htm)    Home page for a nonprofit organization based in Portland that buys sulfur dioxide emission permits, and retires them..."buying pollution right out of the sky." [ind]

Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study   http://www.hubbardbrook.org/ Hubbard Brook is a long-term ecological research project located in the White Mountain National Forest, near North Woodstock, New Hampshire. Extensive website, with good resources for students and teachers. [ind]

Acid Rain: The Green Lane  (http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/)  Acid rain page from Environment Canada. [cangov]



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