"Acid Rain" - German: "Saurer Regen"
The superb Pierre Gosselin reminds us in his NoTricksZone blog:
In the early 1980s, the science was settled. Germany's forests were dying and would disappear in just a few years. The culprit: man. Today the forests are healthier than ever. [...]
There are so many parallels to today’s modern climate hysteria. Again, back then there was “consensus”, all the scientists agreed, there was no denying the catastrophe, and politicians called it a grave threat that required immediate action. Fear gripped Germany. Environmentalists, union leaders, church leaders, citizens, politicians, etc. marched on the streets and demanded the government take action. The culprit was clear: emissions from industry and man were producing acid-rain that was chemically searing forests.
In his post, Pierre Gosselin renders in English the highlights of an acid-rain documentary (available only in French and German) that
takes a look back at one of the greatest environmental hysterias ever to grip a population: Waldsterben (forest dieback), a.k.a. acid rain.
Make sure to read the source.
See also Acid Rain (1) - An American Perspective.
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