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2023-05-16 03:12:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 98B4828004A01BDD412773F02BA3EE4A0D15E1A3A6BAFC77982E807F9AC18EF6
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Congress in 1990 passed a permit-trading scheme that incentivized power plants to reduce sulfur pollution. In 1995, the first year of the new rules, sulfur emissions from power plants dropped by 19%, reducing acid precipitation as much as 25% in the eastern United States. https://www.science.org/content/article/pollution-law-slackens-acid-rain
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