1. ACID RAIN BY: JACKY AND CLAIRE

2. DEFINITION Acid Rain : Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes.

3. ROLE OF CONSUMERS ~ Consumers play a role in acid rain by buying products which contribute to emissions of harmful gasses. ~Some products come from factories that sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are emitted from tall smoke stakes which allows the emissions to travel far. ~The biggest contribution to acid rain is large factories that give off these oxides. Another thing that gives off these oxides are vehicles. ~The burning of coal, gas, and oil produces these emissions. ~**The burning of oil produces these emissions it is possible that the production of these products also emit these chemicals.

4. ROLE OF GOVERNMENT ~First government attempt to reduce SO 2 took place in London, England in 1963 at the Battersea Plant ~1985 Eastern Canada Acid Rain Program ~1979 United Nations Economic Commission ~UNECE (United Nations Economic Commissions for Europe) LRTAP (Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution) – has 51 parties which aim to limit, gradually reduce, and if possible prevent air pollution. ~1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions– 21 parties to reduce emissions by 30%

5. ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS ~ Multinational Corporations sell many things which have been made in places that give off SO 2 and NO x emissions. ~The large demand of these products to corporations allows for large amounts of emissions. ~There is a continuous cycle which goes like this: Demand For Products Emissions/ Pollution Chemicals Combine In The Sky Acid RainCorporations

6. ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ~ Waste products, especially the ones that end up as gasses, can be transferred to other cities and countries. ~ Communities that produce more SO 2 and NO x with their factories are not actually polluting their air as much as others! The emissions from their plants blows over to other places! :( ~ Sulphur dioxide can stay airborne from 3-4 days meaning it travels for a longer time, therefore can travel for hundreds or thousands of miles while Nitrate oxides can only stay airborne for about half a day so they don’t travel as far.

7. BALANCE ~ To balance economy and the environment, someone would have to find out how much SO 2 and NO x can be emitted into the atmosphere before it becomes too hazardous to humans, plants, animals, and water. ~Keeping track of our emissions will enable us to slowly diminish the harsh greenhouse gases that are causing acid rain to form.

8. SOLUTIONS ~paying attention to the things we buy and how eco-friendly they are ~Reduce the products we use that give off these emissions while being made ~ By doing this we will be reducing/ preventing further acid rain accumulation.