Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals

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Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals

Ecological Goals
2:00	Commissioned Paper: Review of Ecological Goals Walter Reid, Vice President for Programs, World Resources Institute Discussant: Rodney Fujita, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
3:00	Public Comment and Discussion Opportunity
Funding and National Environmental Goals
3:30	Commissioned Paper: Review of Environmental Goals Relative to Funding Priorities Albert Teich, Head, Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science Discussant: Kwai-Cheung Chan, Director of Program Evaluation in the Physical Systems Area, General Accounting Office
5:00	Public Comment and Discussion Opportunity
5:30	Adjourn for the Day
Thursday, August 24
9:00	Breakout Discussion Groups
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Adjournment

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Front Matter (R1-R12)

Part I: Committee Report (1-2)

Society's Environmental Goals (15-26)

Use Social Science and Risk Assessment to Make Better Societal Choices (27-36)

Focus on Monitoring to Build Better Understanding of Our Ecological Systems (37-50)

Reduce the Adverse Impacts of Chemicals in the Environment (51-60)

Develop Environmental Options for the Energy System (61-72)

Use a Systems Engineering and Ecological Approach to Reduce Resource Use (73-80)

Improve Understanding of the Relationship Between Population and Consumption as a Means to Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Population Growth (81-86)

Set Environmental Goals Via Rates and Directions of Change (87-90)

Bibliography (91-94)

Part II: Commissioned Papers (95-96)

National Environmental Goals: Implementing the Laws, Visions of the Future, and Research (97-134)

Measurement of Environmental Quality in the United States (135-178)

Attitudes Toward the Environment Twenty-Five Years After Earth Day (179-190)

Environmental Goals and Science Policy: A Review of Selected Countries (191-242)

Can States Make a Market for Environmental Goals? (243-280)

Setting Environmental Goals: The View from Industry. A Review of Practices from the 1960s (281-326)

Status of Ecological Knowledge Related to Policy Decision-Making Needs in the Area of (327-344)

The Federal Budget and Environmental Priorities (345-398)

Part III: Keynote Addresses and Presentations (399-400)

D. James Baker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (401-406)

Thomas Grumbly, U.S. Department of Energy (407-412)

Barry Gold, U.S. Department of the Interior (413-418)

Harlan Watson, House Committee on Science (419-422)

David Garman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (423-430)

John Wise and Peter Truitt, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (431-436)

Judith Espinosa and Peggy Duxbury, President's Council on (437-448)

Gilbert S. Omenn, University of Washington (449-462)

Part IV: Appendixes (463-464)

A Committee Member and Staff Biographical Information (465-470)

B Forum Agenda (471-474)

C Forum Participants (475-482)

D Summary of Responses to Call for Comments (483-488)

E Respondents to Call for Comments (489-496)

F Summary of Breakout-Group Discussions (497-500)

G Detecting Changes in Time and Space (501-504)

H Contents and Executive Summary of a Report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government (505-516)

Index (517-530)