Stockholm and beyond : report.
- United States. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Stockholm and beyond : report. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![4] should be developed and included in all future operations. One valu- able management tool is requiring renewal of strip-mined areas, the cost of which should be included in the product cost. C. The United States must require, wherever possible, the use of the best available technology to insure miners’ health and safety. As the best technology in one situation may be inappropriate in another, the choice should be based on all relevant information. The United States should make all information and technology in this area available to other nations. D. The United States should support an international assessment of existing mineral resources and upon completion of this, plan its own future economy. Such assessment may well result in the development of international accords and altered markets. EK. The United States must undertake research and the necessary controls on mineral wastes disposal in ways that do not affect the environment adversely. Such regulation should apply both to the government and to the private sector. 9. Energy The management of energy resources must be accomplished with the realization that energy is vital for the progress of any society. Also, it is evident that at each stage of the energy flow, there are detrimental side effects on the environment. A. As the major consumer of the world’s present energy resources, the United States should examine the current uses of energy to insure maximum efficiency at all stages. Efficiency in production, consump- tion, and transportation must be improved to maximize available energy resources. This examination should consider unnecessary en- ergy consumption, such as high horsepower internal combustion engines. In addition, the international community should explore pos- sible energy consumption limitations. B. The consumer should assume the cost burden or benefit of moving to a more rational use of energy only if national policies are con- sistent and such government subsidies as the oil depletion allowance and immediate writeoffs for exploration expenses are eliminated. Oth- erwise, the result will be that the consumer bears the burden for the producer as well as himself. C. The United States, in cooperation with the international com- munity, should study the conservation of energy, exploration for undiscovered energy resources, and research on new energy sources. D. The United States and the international community should de- velop appropriate monitoring systems for assuring energy use con- sistent with the environment. 463-287 O—72__4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32221587_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
