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Environment

Engineers are committed to the stewardship of the environment through sustainable development of our natural resources. The engineering community has a key role to play in the development and implementation of effective environmental policies. Engineers, by virtue of their experience and training, are uniquely qualified to develop needed new technologies, assess existing ones, and provide the continuing technological data and evaluation necessary to achieve and maintain a clean and healthy environment. Scientific, engineering, and technological advice and assessment of on environmental impacts must be incorporated into the policy-making process. Government environmental laws and regulations should, to the extent practicable, incorporate risk-based decision-making and identify priorities to ensure that limited governmental resources are efficiently allocated.

Policy Objectives

Promote public/private investments in new technologies, processes, and systems for environmental protection and remediation while assuring sustainable development
Promote increased emphasis on research and development to identify and mitigate known and new environmental impacts
Encourage environmental management policies that are based on scientifically valid risk assessment and technology
Encourage design for environmental soundness and related approaches to prevent pollution and minimize waste generation

Society Statements

AIChE

MBTE : 8/15/02

Greenhouse Gass Emissions: Early Action : 8/15/02

Global Climate Change : 8/15/02

Right-to-Know : 8/15/02

Superfund Reform : 8/15/02

AIME

Ad Hoc Committee Report on Global Climate Change : 6/1/92

ANS

Nonproliferation : 8/15/02
Nuclear Power: The Leading Strategy for Reducing Carbon Emissions : 8/15/02

ASAE

Institutional Reforms in the Agricultural Sector : 8/15/02

ASCE

Destruction of Chemical Weapon Stockpiles (PS 448) : 8/16/02
Global Climate Change (PS 360) : 8/16/02
Hazardous Waste Thermal Treatment (PS 469) : 8/16/02
Pollution Management (PS 362) : 8/16/02
Roadway Runoff Water Quality Management (PS 466) : 8/16/02
Control of Combined Sewer Discharge (PS 395) : 8/16/02
Peer Review of Environmental Technical Regulations (PS 403) : 8/16/02
Public Awareness of the Environment (PS 338) : 8/19/02
Risk Management (PS 437) : 8/19/02
Waste Assimilative Capacity of Ocean and Coastal Waters (PS 286) : 8/16/02
Municipal Wastewater Biosolids(PS 429) : 8/19/02
Rural Nonpoint Source Water Quality (PS 461) : 8/19/02
Environmental Engineering (PS 412) : 8/19/02
Acid Rain (PS 285) : 8/19/02
Hazardous Waste Reduction (PS 331) : 8/19/02
Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (PS 383) : 8/19/02
Superfund Reauthorization (PS 305) : 8/19/02
Clean Air Act (PS 327) : 8/19/02
Endangered Species Act Reauthorization (PS 438) : 8/19/02
Environmental Auditing for Regulatory Compliance (PS 356) : 8/19/02
Greenhouse Gasses (PS 488) : 8/19/02
Gulf of Mexico Hyposia Program (PS 482) : 8/19/02
National Wetlands Policy (PS 378) : 8/19/02
Oxygenated Fuels (PS 486) : 8/19/02
Risk Management of Storage (PS 345) : 8/19/02
High-Level Nuclear Waste (PS 491) : 8/19/02
Radioactive Waste Management (PS 262) : 8/19/02
Revitalization of Brownfields (PS 485) : 8/19/02
Clean Water Infrastructure Funding (PS 480) : 8/19/02

ASME

Technology Implications for the U.S. of the Kyoto Protocol Carbon Emission Goals : 12/1/98
ASME Research Committee Guidance on Data Collection Peer Review Comments : 11/1/98
Global Warming : 8/14/02
Statement on the FY03 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency : 8/14/02

IEEE-USA

Environmental Product Labeling Standards for Retail Marketing of Electricity : 8/13/02