|
|
Article: The Acid Rain Controversy.
- Article from:
- American Forests
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1989 American Forests. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The Acid Rain Controversy, by James L. Regens and Robert W. Rycroft. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (1988). Numerous tables and graphs; 228 pp.; hardcover, $24.95; paperback, $12.95.
Deciding what to do about acid rain is a problem whose shape resembles the controversy about affirmative-action hiring. It raises profound philosophical questions about why the living should pay for the sins of the past. The goals are always painfully clear and simple-employ more minorities, reduce air pollution. In each case, if we send the bill to the people who benefit from past sins, we are billing the innocent. Even if they were alive when harmful decisions ...