GA 87 Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain Fonds
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Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library Finding Aid : GA 87 Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain fonds. © Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library GA 87 : Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 1 GA 87 : Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain fonds. - ca. 1979 - ca. 1992. - ca. 35.5 m of textual records and other material. The Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain began in 1981 and for most of the 1980's was Canada’s largest environmental group. It played a central role in raising awareness of the acid rain issue, through advocacy, educational programmes and by lobbying the governments of both Canada and the United States for the passage of legislation resticting acid rain-causing emissions. With the passage of amendments to the U.S. Clean Air Act in 1990 the Coalition’s mandate was completed and the group disbanded. During the decade of its existence the Coalition was headed by Michael Perley and Adele Hurley, its executive co-ordinators and chief lobbyists. Starting in 1981 with 12 member groups representing tourism, naturalist and sportsmen’s associations, the CCAR maintained offices in both Toronto and Washington. Registered as a charitable organization in Canada, the CCAR was registered as a lobby group in the United States, and was the first-ever Canadian lobby group to be so registered in Washington. By 1991 the Coalition had grown to 58 member groups, representing over 2 million Canadians. CCAR worked closely with the Canadian Acid Precipitation Foundation, a registered charitable organization created to carry out a variety of educational projects on the acid rain issue, and to support the educational work of the Coalition. The Foundation’s activities included extensive direct mail campaigns asking for private donations, the sale of merchandise, charitable dinners featuring such prominent speakers as Senator Edward Kennedy and Alan Gotleib (former Canadian ambassador to the United States), and the AirWatch monitoring project. Contents: fonds consists of the records of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain documenting all aspects of its activities and operations during its 10-year existence from 1981- 1991. These include correspondence, minutes and reports, research files, financial records, legal records, publications, ephemera, audio-visual material, realia, and other material created or received by the CCAR and CAPF in the course of their business, and constitute a study in Canada-U.S. environmental relations. Fonds is arranged in 7 broad series with sub-series: 100. Acid Rain: Canada 200. Acid Rain: United States 300. Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain 400. Acid Rain: Foreign 500. Canadian Acid Precipitation Foundation 600. Financial Records 700. Non-textual Materials. Title from content of the fonds. Includes 33.5 m of textual records, 3 cm of photographs, 0.5 m realia, 23 sound recordings, 14 videorecordings. Donated in 1994. In 1996 1 audio cassette was added: “Acid Rain Retires”, a recording of Michael Perley with Peter Gzowski on “Morningside”, CBC, Nov. 20, 1990. The first five series numbers are as assigned by the Coalition while series numbers 6 and 7 have been arbitrarily assigned. CCAR’s complex series, sub-series and file numbering system has been retained and some gaps and inconsistencies in numbering are present. Detailed finding aid available. Books forming the library of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain were catalogued and can be found by searching the University of Waterloo Library catalogue by author, using the name Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain. Series 100 : Acid Rain : Canada Acid rain : Canada. - 1975-1991. Contents: series consists of records documenting CCAR's lobbying and publicity activities in Canada, including: research into all aspects acid rain in Canada (including scientific information, government control programs, polluters, provincial initiatives, legislation, and people/groups active on this issue); contact with groups and individual politicians; responses to government research reports; and efforts to raise public awareness of the CCAR and the issue of acid rain. Includes correspondence; research, government, and industry reports and papers; news clippings; journal and magazine articles; government documents; news releases; fact sheets, posters, and other publicity materials; ms. and ts. notes; emphemera, etc. Series is arranged in the following sub-series: 100. Surveys and Summaries 110. Abatement 120. Impacts 130. Polluters 140. Legal 150. People, Groups 160. Provinces 190. Miscellaneous. GA 87 : Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 2 File 1 Surveys/General Summaries 1976-1979. - 1976-1987. Contents: 1 magazine, 2 articles, 8 scientific reports, 2 address notes, 1 backgrounder, 2 news releases, 2 strategy reports, handwritten and personal notes. Original number: 100 File 1 File 2 Surveys/General Summaries 1983-1984. - 1983-1984. Contents: 2 magazines, 6 articles. Original number: 100 File 2 File 3 Surveys/General Summaries 1980-1981. - 1979-1981. Contents: 2 magazines, 72 articles, 3 scientific reports, 3 backgrounders, 2 news releases, 14 interviews, 1 fact sheet, 2 address notes, 1 government Hearing testimony, correspondence. Original number: 100 File 3 Series 110 : Acid Rain : Canada : Abatement File 4 Abatement. - 1981-1984. Contents: 4 articles, 1 strategy report, 2 backgrounders, correspondence. Original number: 110 File 1 File 5 Abatement Cost, not INCO or Hydro. - 1979-1984. Contents: 10 articles, 2 strategy reports, 1 technical report, 1 conference review. Original number: 110 .1 File 1 File 6 Abatement : Benefits. - 1982-1985. Contents: 1 article, 1 address notes. Original number: 110 .2 File 1 File 7 Abatement Technologies : Press and Media. - 1981-1989. Contents: 24 articles, 4 technical reports, 2 news releases, 2 info packages [info sheets, news releases, articles, backgrounders], correspondence. Original number: 110 .3 File 1 File 8 Abatement Technologies : Correspondence and Reference. - 1981-1989. Contents: 2 articles, 3 technical reports, 1 conference programme, 1 info brochure, 5 news releases, 1 address notes, 2 publication/product ads, 1 U.S. patent info package, 1 strategy report, 1 scientific report, 1 info package [info brochures, fact sheet, project lists], handwritten and personal notes, correspondence. Original number: 110 .3 File 2 File 9 Abatement : General Government Action/Other. - 1979-1982. Contents: 6 articles, 2 interviews, 1 news release. Original number: 110 .4 File 1 File 10 Abatement : Use of By-products, Including Disposal. - 1981-1985. Contents: 5 articles, 1 address notes. Original number: 110 .5 File 1 File 11 Abatement : Ralph Torrie Paper. - 1983. Contents: 3 strategy reports, correspondence. Original number: 110 .6 File 1 File 12 Abatement : Canadian Control Programs : 1st 25%. - 1981-1984. Contents: 2 articles, 1 strategy report, 1 government bill, 1 government control order, 1 interview, 1 address notes, emissions statistics, handwritten and personal notes, correspondence. Closed file #145. Original number: 110 .7 File 1 File 13 Abatement : Canadian Control Programs : 2nd 25%. - 1983-1984. Contents: 11 articles, 1 government activities report, 3 strategy reports, 1 interview, 2 news releases, handwritten and personal notes, correspondence. Closed file #146. Original number: 110 .8 File 1 File 14 Abatement : Canadian Control Programs : Unilateral 50%. - 1980-1985. Contents: 1 strategy report, 7 emissions statistics, 3 fact sheets, 1 recommendations summary, 1 news release, personal notes, correspondence. Original number: 110 .9 File 1 GA 87 : Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Page 3 File 15 Abatement : Canadian Control Programs : Unilateral 50% : Press Clippings. - 1984. Contents: 55 articles, 3 interviews. Original number: 110 .9 File 2 File 16 Abatement : EM&R Non-Ferrous Industry Study : Correspondence and Reference. - 1984. Contents: 6 articles, 1 industry report, 1 review paper, 1 address notes, many handwritten and personal notes, correspondence. Closed file #147. Original number: 110 .10 File 1 File 17 Abatement : EM&R Non-Ferrous Industry Study : Press and Media. - 1984-1986. Contents: 15 articles. Closed file #147. Original number: 110 .10 File 2 File 18 Abatement : Canadian Low Sulfur Coal Task Force. - 1984-1988. Contents: 9 articles, 1 strategy report, 3 technical reports, 1 news release, 2 issue briefs, correspondence. Original number: 110 .11 File 1 File 19 Abatement : Federal Program, March 1985 : Press and Media. - 1985. Contents: 15 articles, 1 news release, correspondence. Original number: 110 .12 File 1 File 20 Abatement : Federal Program, March 1985. - 1984-1987. Contents: 3 articles, 1 magazine, 6 fact sheets, 4 news releases, correspondence. Original number: 110 .12 File 2 File 21 Abatement : Ontario Programme, December 1985. - 1985-1989. Contents: 2 articles, 4 news releases, 2 statements, 1 Congressional Record, 2 report reviews, 5 government regulations, 1 info package (news releases, statements, info sheets), 1 annual report, 1 government order, 1 brief, 4 technical reports, correspondence.) Original number: 110 .13 File 1 AB File 22 Abatement : Ontario Industry Compliance. - 1985-1988. Contents: 5 articles, 4 progress reports, 1 presentation outline, 1 government order, 2 report reviews, 2 news releases, 2 statements, 2 fact sheets, 1 newspaper 2 meeting minutes, 1 strategy report, correspondence. Original