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Transfrontier air pollution along the United States-Mexico border is reviewed. Both governments have addressed the issue and concluded, after over 12 years of efforts, very little has been accomplished. Reasons for the federal failures and successes at other levels are explored. It is proposed the United States adopt the Mexican concept of ownership of air and Mexico adopt the United States concept of a bubble airshed. A plan is presented whereby these mutual federal concessions could lead to economic reasons to eliminate transfrontier air pollution along the United States-Mexico border.
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Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. His chief interest is transfrontier pollution; under the sponsorship of the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies, he works with a consortium of three Mexican border states universities and four southern Mexican universities on environmental problems. He has served as chairman of the Environmental Section, United States-Mexico Border Health Associations. He has authored over 100 publications, including two books and three monographs. Professor Applegate is the father of two adopted Mexican children.
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Applegate, H.G. Transfrontier air pollution along the United States-Mexico border. Environmentalist 4, 219–227 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02334672
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