Dear colleagues: I don’t suppose that many of you make it over to the Journal of Policy History regularly, so I write to inform you of the publication of my new article on acid rain politics in Ontario (co-authored with Ryan O’Connor), titled, “Property, Technology, and Environmental Policy: The Politics of Acid Rain in Ontario, 1978 - 1985.” It is in the latest issue of the journal: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0898030615000299 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0898030615000299>
The article provides an account of how activists in Ontario and the provincial government responded to the acid rain problem in the 1970s and 1980s, highlighting political processes specific to air pollution governance with relevance beyond Canada. Here is the abstract: In the popular “cottage country” Muskoka and Halliburton regions near Toronto, the rapid deterioration of the area’s many lakes alarmed local property owners and businesses during the late 1970s, while scientific studies and reports pointed to the culprits – notably Ontario’s nickel-copper ore smelting and power generation industries whose production processes released chemicals producing acid rain. Despite the provincial government’s initial reluctance to regulate the pollution sources aggressively, by the middle of the 1980s all of the province’s largest polluters had been required to bring about substantial reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions. In providing an account of this uncharacteristically successful example of environmental governance, this article describes the role of the region’s propertied interests in raising the issue on the public agenda, formulating policy, negotiating with polluters, and lobbying public officials for measures to abate acid rain precursors. It also underscores the importance of technological innovations in facilitating the outcome. Yours truly, Owen Owen Temby, Ph.D. (political science) Assistant Professor Department of Political Science The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg & Brownsville, TX Book Review Editor (environmental policy), Review of Policy Research -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
