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Diplomacy Through Data Sharing
- The U.S. used acid-rain diplomacy to draw the USSR into multilateral environmental talks as a low‑stakes entry point.
- Early European treaties focused on data sharing and incremental trust-building rather than immediate cuts.
Tactics Mirrored Modern Denial
- Industry echoed modern climate-denial tactics: argue scientific uncertainty and warn of economic ruin to delay regulation.
- Framing fixes as unaffordable and speculative repeatedly blocked action despite accumulating evidence.
Regulatory Delay By Study
- Ronald Reagan repeatedly vetoed acid‑rain bills while creating commissions and pilot programs that stalled real action.
- That manufactured process of 'we're studying it' delayed regulation throughout the 1980s.