Citizens for Sensible Control of Acid Rain

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This article is part of the Center for Media & Democracy's spotlight on front groups and corporate spin.

Citizens for Sensible Control of Acid Rain (CSCAR) operated between 1983 and 1991 to oppose tightening the Clean Air Act. In a 1986 letter sent to more than 600,000 constituents, CSCAR claimed that the acid rain bill would cost some $110 billion to industry and utilities and increase the electricity rate by 30 percent.

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