A legislative solution to acid deposition

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-259

  Pouyat, Richard V ^a   McGlinch, Margaret A ^a  

^a 464 Russell Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Cap and trade; Clean Air Act; Environmental Protection Agency; National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039497041     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(98)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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