This sub-series comprises 12 files arranged in alphabetical order by subject matter. The majority of the records deals with the 1990 time frame. The records dated 1988 to 1989 and 1991 were migrated to this sub-series by Fulton's staff in order to close issues or bring forward ongoing issues. The files document Fulton's actions, activities, role and work as National Advocate on Environment and work with the Standing Committee on Environment.
The record types are: incoming correspondence and attachments; photocopies of newspaper clippings; Fulton's replies; reports from private organizations and advocacy groups; federal court transcripts; federal department published reports and communiqués; hansards; and transcripts of speeches on environment given by Canadian professors.
The issues documented are: Hagersville tire fire; biodegradation of papers and plastic; Lucien Bouchard's "Green Plan", NDP report of the Task Force on Environment "Towards a sustainable Future"; clear cut logging practice; motor vehicle emissions; logging threatening Khutzymoten Valley; Post-Rafferty Environment and Review Process (EARP), Implementation Guidelines; Bill C-78 Canadian Environmental Act; proposed expansion of the Kemano power facility in Northwestern British Columbia; Environmental Assessment - Energy matters and National Energy Board; regulation of pesticides; PCB hazards; global warning; Federal Pesticides Review; high-efficiency in candescent light-bulb; Ozone Layer Protection Bill; spraying pesticide along the CN B.C. North Line; discharge of waste material into the Wapiti River; B.C. Voice of Women Statement on the Nuclear Issue;
Uranium toxicity; British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board; Environment-Standing Committee on Motion of Jim Fulton to call upon the B.C. government to place a moratorium on logging in the Carmanah Valley; motion to make the Parliament Hill environmentally friendly; Acid rain; clean-up of hazardous material at Distant Early Warning (DEW) line sites in the Canadian Arctic; sewage treatment practices in Greater Victoria; tanker traffic in B.C.; Mad Cow Disease; proposed slaughter of Bison in Wood Buffalo National Park; plight of a Blue Heron colony; Northern diseased Bison; contaminants released from pulp mills; and environmental impact assessment for refuse - derived fuel.
