This series consists of material relating to specific activities of Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC). The records in each activity subseries document research, plans, and actions taken to advance an environmental issue in New York State. The subseries dates are not always inclusive. The bulk of the activities date from the late 1980s to the late 1990s, but several folders within each activity subseries contain older information that CEC activists used as background research material.
This series documents CEC's efforts to support grassroots environmental activities. In some cases, the records demonstrate CEC's efforts to advance an existing grassroots movement. In other examples, CEC's records show it joining state, national, and international networks to become active in a larger environmental cause or project. CEC's records also show extensive outreach activities - efforts to foster cooperation or stimulate new environmental activism among concerned citizens. Limited financial information and budgets are accessible throughout the Activities series, although these tend to be concentrated in a few fiscal years or in specific projects such as publications and conferences. Additional financial records can be found in the Fundraising series.
Correspondence and reports from government agencies such as the New York State Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and others were collected for CEC research. Outgoing correspondence, notes, memoranda, and strategic plans document CEC's efforts to press government regulators to take action. In addition to lobbying material, there are political outreach records.