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There is no doubt that coal-burning power plants account for about 70 percent of the 24 tons of sulfur dioxide dumped into the air of the Midwest and Northeast each year. There is no doubt that this sulfur dioxide is carried hundreds of miles away, with a final resting place somewhere in northeastern North America. And there is no doubt that acid rain has engendered an international--and international--debate marked by some appropriately acerbic rhetoric...
...aside from the fact that sulfur dioxide goes up, and acid rain comes down, the coal producers, utilities, environmentalists, and politicians involved agree on virtually nothing...
After nearly a decade of research, the effects of acid rain on the lakes and forests of the Northeast are still not clear. The Canadian Government and environmentalists in this country insist that acid rain is killing millions of fish and trees. American electric utilities and coal producers dispute this conclusion. And for two years, the Reagan Administration equivocated, claiming that not enough research had been done to take a position. Last June, though, two reports on acid rain from two prestigious sources changed the whole complexion of the conflict...
...cannot understand why so-called environmentalists are against nuclear power. I am an environmentalist, and for that reason I am ardently pronuclear. There is no question in my mind that the alternatives-oil, coal and hydroelectric power-deface the environment to a much greater extent. Conservation remains the most attractive alternative...
...last survivor of the violent 19th century feud with the West Virginia Hatfields that took 30 to 50 lives over 30 years; of congestive heart failure; in Liberty, Ky. Although bloodshed between the rural Appalachian clans ceased long ago, it was not until May 1976 that former Coal Miner McCoy and the late Willis Hatfield, then 88, shook hands to end America's most famous misunderstanding, the origins of which are unknown. Last week, to the strains of Amazing Grace, the McCoys gathered to pay their last respects-at the Hatfield Funeral Chapel in Toler...