On November 9, 1968, Alfred Kahn, of Southern Illinois University's Public Administration and Metropolitan Affairs Department, asked for a "call to action" at "The Environmental Crisis" Conference at Washington University in St. Louis. He stated, "We must create an environmental coalition at the metropolitan regional level,'t that would be composed of concerned organizations and people. He outlined a broad program of education, communication, planning, and action. The Coalition was incorporated in 1969 and has remained, essentially, a volunteer citizen's organization but with paid staff and a permanent office.
The work of the Coalition is carried out by various issue-oriented committees: clean air, energy, open space/land use, solid waste, transportation, and clean water. Since its founding, the Coalition has been involved in many watchdog and legal actions such as the Meramec Dam controversy (they opposed) and Union Electric's proposed nuclear power plant in Calloway County (they filed suit as an intervenor). The Coalition publishes a monthly newsletter, the "Alert."
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Coalition for the Environment records document the founding of the organization, its administration and the environmental issues it studied, protested, supported, and criticized. The material is arranged into four series and contains board of directors minutes, financial reports and budgets, annual meeting material, by-laws, correspondence, workshop and conference material, public relations material, committee minutes and correspondence, environmental studies, newsclippings, newsletters, and brochures. The early history, administrative and financial records are extensive except for administrative correspondence. Affiliate organizations correspondence and information is also not extensive. Apparently correspondence was not retained, or,possibly, it was kept by individuals. The material on
environmental issues constitutes the bulk of the records. The air pollution, energy, water, and open space/land use issues have the most extensive and significant material. Coalition for the Environmentts role as an intervenor in the Union Electric Callaway County nuclear reactor controversy is well documented with legal documents, records of the hearings, surveys, and studies. There is also extensive material on the Meramec Dam controversy including U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' environmental statements, studies, reports, hearing records, and correspondence. The run of Coalition for the Environment's newsletter, "Alert", is not complete, but gaps are being filled in by CE.
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1 Folders 1-15
Series 1 - Administrative, 1969-1978
1. General Correspondence, 1969-1977
2. Legislative Correspondence, 1970-1978
3. National Legislation Correspondence, 1970, 1974-75
4. Board Minutes, April, 1969-72
5. Board Minutes, 1973-78
6. Foundation Minutes, 1975
7. Executive Committee Minutes, 1970-77
8. Administrative Coordinating Council, 1977-78
9. Environmental Coordinating Council, 1977-78
10. By-laws, Articles of Incorporation, 1970
11. Board Members and Officers, 1969-78
12. Annual Meetings, 1970-73, 1976, 1978
13. Early Organization - Conference, The Environmental Crisis, November 9, 1968
14. Organizing Committee, January,1969 - April, 1969
15. History and Goals, 1975
BOX 2 - Folders 16-41
16. Structure and Organization Committee, 1972
17. Reorganization, 1975-77
18. Membership Development Campaign, 1975
19. Conservation Federation of Missouri - Legislative Reports, 1972
20. Program for Coalition, 1970
21. Workshop for Citizen Action, October 11, 1969
22. Technical Dinner Meeting, November 6, 1970
23. Earth Week, 1971
24. Coalition Foundation Meeting, "St. Louis, A Sense of Place," February 2, 1972
25. Farm Tour, October 14, 1972
26. Growth Conference, May 31, 1974
27. Coalition Retreat, July 23-24, 1977
28. Environmental Legislative Workshop, August 20, 1977
29. "Jobs or A Clean Environment, Is It An Either/Or Choice,"
May 12, 1978 and Parker Wheatley show, Sept.
30. Personnel, 1971-77, Policies and Procedures
31. Editorials, 1976-77
32. Press Releases, 1969-70
33. Public Relations - Lieberman Associates, 1970-71
34. Public Relations, 1969-71
35. Voting Records Questionnaire, 1974
36. Budget Proposals, 1969-77
37. Budget Reports, Statements, 1971-78
38. Tax Status, Returns, 1969-77
39. St. Louis Community Trust, 1975-77
40. Fund Raising - Contributions, 1970-75
41. Canvassing Fund Raising, 1977-78
BOX 3 - Folders 42-59
42. Eco-Niche Budgets, 1975-1976
43. Eco-Niche Store Ads, correspondence, 1974
44. Christmas Cards, 1971
45. Theatre Benefits, 1973
46. Affiliated Organizations, 1970
47. Affiliated Organizations, 1971
48. Affiliated Organizations, 1972
49. Affiliated Organizations - Junior League of St. Louis, 1970-72
50. Affiliated Organizations - Correspondence, 1974-78
51. Missouri Caucus for Environmental Education, 1977
52. Missouri Citizen Action (MCA), 1978
Series 2 - Environmental Issues, 1968-1978
53. Air Pollution Committee, 1969
54. Air Pollution Committee, 1970
55. Air Pollution Committee, 1971
56. Air Pollution Committee, 1975-78
57. U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution Hearings, October, 1969
58. Missouri Air Conservation Commission, 1969-78
59. Air Fact Sheets
BOX 4 - Folders 60-73
60. Air Pollution and Health Study, 1971
61. Air Pollution St. Louis County, 1968-71
62. Air Pollution, St. Louis County, 1972-76
63. Air Pollution Workshop, December 11, 1971
64. Energy Committee Correspondence, 1973
65. Energy Committee Correspondence, 1974
66. Energy Committee Correspondence, 1975-76
67. Energy Committee Correspondence, 1977-78
68. Energy Committee, 1973-77
69. Energy Conservation, 1975-76
70. Energy Conservation Grant, 1977
71. Energy Action Committee, 1976
72. Sun Day, 1978
73. Citizens for Yes on Proposition 1, November 2, 1976
BOX 5, Folders 74-85
74. Mercury Poisoning, 1968-73
75. Meramec Basin Project, 1970-71
76. Meramec Basin Project, 1972-73
77. Meramec Dam, 1975-78
78. Meramec Basin, Project Report, 1949
79. Comprehensive Basin Study, 1964
80. Nuclear Energy Correspondence, 1973-75
81. Nuclear Power, Coalition Documents
82. Project Independence Hearings, Sept., 1974
83. Nuclear Workshop, March, 1975
84. Nuclear Moratorium, 1974-76
85. Nuclear, Initiative Petition, 1976
BOX 6, Folders 86-l04
86. Nuclear, Missouri Public Service Commission - Intervention
in Union Electircls Callaway Plant, 1973-74
87. Nuclear, Missouri Public Service Commission - Hearings, November, 1974
88. Nuclear, Intervention, Atomic Energy Commission Meetings, 1974
89. Nuclear, Intervention, Interrogatories, 1975
90. Nuclear, Intervention, General Information
91. Nuclear, Intervention, Anti-Trust
92. Nuclear, Intervention, Geology, 1975
93. Nuclear, Nationwide
94. Nuclear, Clippings
95. Nuclear, T.V. Public Service Announcements
96. Noise
97. Pesticides Survey, 1974
98. Population Committee, 1971-72
99. Solid Waste Committee, 1969-78
100. Solid Waste Committee, 1970-72
101. Solid Waste, 1977
102. Recycling Centers, 1971-74
103. Recycling Articles, 1972
104. Recycling Conference, May, 1973
BOX 7, Folders 105-128
105. Trash to Energy - Bi State, 1977-78
106. Missouri - Bureau of Solid Waste Management, 1973
107. Regional Solid Waste Management Plan, 1973-74
108. Solid Waste - Antonia Landfill, 1974
109. Solid Waste - Chouteau Island Landfill, 1971-72
110. Solid Waste - Fern Glenn, 1971
111. Solid Waste - Hillsboro Sewer Project, 1972
112. Solid Waste - Mal Landfill, 1973
113. Solid Waste - St. Charles, 1974
114. Solid Waste - South County Landfill, 1973-75
115. Solid Waste - Virgus Quarry, 1972
116. Solid Waste - Union Electric Thermal Pollution
117. Transportation Committee, 1970-75
118. Transportation Committee - Report to Traffic Advisory Commission, 1975
119. Transportation - Air Pollution Committee
120. Transportation - Bi State Transit, 1973-75
121. Transportation - Bond Issue, 1972
122. Transportation - Car Pools, 1973
123. Transportation - East Side Explosion
124. Transportation - Inner Belt, 1971-74
125. Transportation - Mass Transit, 1972-73
126. Transportation - Mass Transit Hearings, February, 1974
127. Missouri State Highway Commission, 1977
128. Transportation of Hazardous Material, 1969
BOX 8, Folders 129-145
129. Open Space/Land Use Committee
130. Open Space/Land Use Committee - Pere Marquette Ski Development, 1969
131. Open Space/Land Use Committee - Forest Park Recreation for Handicapped, 1970
132. Open Space/Land Use Committee - Airport Project, 1970
133. Open Space/Land Use Committee - Wallace, McHary, Roberts & Todd Land Use Plan, 1971-72
134. Open Space/Land Use Committee - National Road Insurance Act, 1971-72
135. Open Space/Land Use Committee - L-15 Levee, 1971-73
136. Aquacenter, St. Louis, 1973
137. Billboards, 1971
138. Earth City and Mo. Bottoms
139. Forest Park Preservation Fund
140. Parks, 1971
141. Weldon Springs Task Force, 1974-77
142. Wilderness, 1973-76
143. Mingo National Wilderness, 1971-74
144. Water Committee, 1970-78
145. Stream Complaints, 1969
BOX 9 Folders 146-152 and Volume 1
146. St. Charles Water Pollution, 1969
147. Water Pollution Control Board Hearings, 1969/1972
148. Water Pollution Book - Manuscript
Series 3 - Publications, 1969-1978
149. "Alert"
150. "It Makes Me Want to Scream" Brochure, 1977
151. Flyers, announcements
152. Newsclippings
Series 4 - Volumes, 1973
Volume 1. Environmental Statement Draft - Meramec Park Lake, Upper Mississippi River Basin, April, 1973
BOX 10 - Volumes 2-5
2. Final Environmental Statement - Meramec Park Lake - August,1973
3. Final Environmental Statement - Meramec Park Lake - August, 1973, Vol. 2
4. Final Environmental Statement - Meramec Park Lake, Appendices A-L
5. Final Environmental Statement - Meramec Park Lake, Appendix M
ADDENDA:
BOX 11
Folder 1. Weldon Spring: A Proposal For A Regional Environmental Educational Center, January, 1977.
INDEX
Air Pollution, f. 53-63
Coalition for the Environment, f. 1-152
Earth Week, f. 23
Energy, f. 64-73, 80-95
Environment, f. 1-152
Meramec Basin, f. 75-79
Mercury Poinsoning, f. 74
Mingo National Wilderness, f. 143
Missouri Caucus for Environmental Education, f. 51
Missouri Citizen Action, f. 52
Noise Pollution, f. 96
Nuclear Power, f. 80-95
Parks, f. 139-140
Pesticides, f. 97
Recycling, f. 102-105
Solid Waste, f. 99-116
Transportation, f. 117-126
Water Pollution, f. 146-148
Weldon Springs, f. 141, Addenda f. 1
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