Environmental Engineering Reference
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Figure 4.15
The balance of trade in sulphur dioxide in 1980
Source:
From Park (1987)
agreed with Norway that acid rain originating
in Britain was causing problems in the Norwegian
environment. Subsequently, the British
government announced its intentions to cut SO
2
emissions by 14 per cent—commendable,
perhaps, but still well below that required for
entry into the '30 per cent club' (Park 1987).
An agreement reached by the Environment
Ministers of the EC in June 1988 required a 70
per cent reduction in emissions by the year 2003.
Britain agreed only to a 60 per cent reduction
and the CEGB initiated a series of measures
aimed at meeting that requirement (Kyte 1988).
By the following year, planning was in place to
fit FGD equipment to six coal-fired power
stations at a total cost of some £2 billion (c. $4
billion), but the whole process was thrown into
disarray by the privatization of the electricity
