Acid rain once devastated forests and lakes — policy prevented the worst

Acid rain was a genuine environmental crisis in the second half of the 20th century, when sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions reached massive levels in industrialised regions. Pollution crossed national borders and damaged ecosystems hundreds of kilometres from their source. Deliberate environmental policy largely averted the worst outcomes, making acid rain a case study in a catastrophe that was successfully contained.

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