Looking At the Planet: Selected Environmental

Papers, Talks and Testimony 1978 – 2007

About … 1
Dedication 2

I. The Preservation of the World 23

  • The preservation of the world 24
  • Why Wilderness (1978) 30
  • In Praise of Predators (1979) 31
  • Who Administers Federally-owned Land? (1980) 33
  • Elections, Environment and the
  • Sagebrush Ripoff (1980) 35
  • Forest Planning in Arizona (1980) 37
  • Herbicides, Overgrazing and the Coronado (1983) 40
  • No Road to Progress (1985) 42
  • On the Draft Animal Damage Control Plan for the BLM Safford District (1989) 44
  • On the Draft Animal Damage Control Plan for the Coronado National Forest (1990) 46
  • Questions Concerning the Proposed
  • Contract Between Cochise County and Animal Damage Control (1989) 48

II. A Little Bit Here a Little Bit There Poisons the World 49

  • A Little Bit Here a Little Bit There Poisons the World 50
  • People…Not Poisons (1978) 53
  • News from the Phenoxy Front (1978) 56
  • Statement on Rangeland Policies (1979) 60
  • Herbicides on Rangelands (1979) 65
  • A Four-Point Primer on Pollution Prevention (980) 68
  • Dioxin in the Milk (1989) 70
  • Hazardous Materials in Arizona: Some Contexts for Change (1989) 72
  • Hazardous Materials in the Maquila Industry (1989) 77
  • Before the Joint Legislative Study Committee on Hazardous Materials (1989) 81
  • An Environmental Agenda for the 1990 Arizona Legislature: An Outline (1989) 87
  • How Not to Foul Our Own Nest in a Throw-Away Society: Some Suggestions for Legislative and Regulatory Reform (1990) 91
  • Pollution Prevention in Occupational and Environmental Contexts (1993) 98
  • The Need for a Pollution Prevention Approach: NGO Working Group Statement on Toxics (1994) 108
  • Cochise County-Northeast Sonora Planning Project (1995) 114
  • Proyecto de Planeación para la Región Noreste de Sonora/Condado de Cochise (1995) 120
  • Introductory Remarks to the Workshop: Integrated Hazardous Materials Tracking for Land Use Planning and Pollution Prevention (1996) 125
  • Hazardous Materials Orientation Training Module (1997) 127

III. On a Clear Day 150

  • On a Clear Day 151
  • What’s in the Smoke? A Breather’s Guides to Douglas Smelter Pollution (1982) 155
  • Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Clean Air (1985) 172
  • On the EPA’s Proposed Denial of an NSO to the PD Reduction Works, Douglas, Arizona (1986) 179
  • Is the State Ready to Give up Health-based Air Quality Standards? (1991) 184
  • Air Toxics, Maximum Achievable Control Technology and Residual Risk: an
  • Opportunity for Clean Air Reform in Arizona Or, On a Clear Day You Can See Which Way the Wind Blows (1991) 187
  • Groups Denounce Weak Air Quality Bill, Call on Legislature to Protect Human Health and the Environment (1992) 198
    On Proposed Arizona Air Permit Rules (4 July 1993) 207
  • On Proposed Modifications to Bowie Power Plant Special Use Permit (2007) 214

IV. Drops in the Bucket 216

  • Drops in the Bucket 217
  • Groundwater Contamination (1980) 220
  • Of Development, Disruption and Dispossession (1984) 222
  • On the Master Development Plan for the Proposed “Summit” Project near the City of Sierra Vista (1984) 225
  • The San Pedro: A River Doomed to Go Dry? (1984) 228
  • On Establishing a San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (1986) 231
  • On Arizona Draft Surface Water Quality Standards (October 1990) 234
  • On the Proposed NPDES Permit for Ina Rd. Wastewater Treatment Plant (1991) 239
  • Zero Discharge, Anti-Degradation and Source Reduction: Replacing the Failed Assimilative Capacity Model with Effective Surface Water Quality Standards for the 21st Century and Beyond (1992) 242
  • Zero Discharge, Non-Degradation and Anti-Backsliding: The Essentials of Water Quality Regulation (1994) 247
  • On the Nogales, Sonora Water Supply and Distribution, Treatment and Recharge Project (1996) 253
  • V. Rights and Wrongs 258
  • Rights and Wrongs 259
  • Law West of the Pecos (1979) 265
  • Toxic Substances and Deregulation (1981) 266
  • Pollution and Human Rights (1983) 269
    Civil Rights and Environmental Protection (1989) 271
  • “Wise-use” Movement Triumphs with Arizona “Takings” Legislation (1992) 277
  • Between Kafka’s Trial and Orwell’s 1984 (2004) 279

VI. A Rock and a Hard Place 283

  • A Rock and a Hard Place 284
  • On Aquifer Protection Permitting of Phelps-Dodge Copper Queen Branch (1987) 287
  • On Permitting of the Phelps Dodge Copper Queen Branch (1990) 289
  • Before the Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Production, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate (1990) 291
  • On Aquifer Protection Permitting of the Phelps-Dodge Copper Queen Branch Tailings Storage Area (1992) 297
  • Environmental and Social Impacts of Mining: Notes for a Workshop (1998) 303

VII. For What It’s Worth 324

  • For What It’s Worth 325
  • Some Semantics on Growth and Development (1979) 330
  • Structuring Environmental Protection into a U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (1991) 332
  • Sustainable Development vs. Economic Growth: Environmental Protection as an Investment in the Future (1991) 341
  • On the Proposed U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (1991) 345
  • Transparency, Local Control and Binational Cooperation: Adding Conditions of Sustainability to The Proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (1991) 349
  • Free Trade and Environment: A Border Perspective 355
  • Environment, Sustainable Development, Public Participation and the NAFTA: A Retrospective (1992) 364
  • The Sustainability Movement: Making It Happen (1993) 427
  • Recommendations Regarding NAFTA Draft Text on the Environment (1993) 431
  • Recommendations for including Sustainable Development in BECC Project Certification Criteria (1995) 438
  • On the Draft Guidelines for BECC Project Submission and Criteria for Project Certification (1995) 442
  • On the Draft BECC Certification Criteria and Guidelines (1996) 461
  • Earth, Inc.: A Failure of Vision (1997) 464

VIII. Pesticidia 468

  • Pesticidia 469
  • Pesticides in Mexico (1978) 474
  • Arizona Farmworkers Resolution on Pesticide Safety (1979) 476
  • What’s in the Milk? (1979 478
  • The Medfly, the Government, and Individual Rights (1985) 480
  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Forest Service Policy, 1979-1985 (1986) 482
  • On the APHIS Rangeland Grasshopper Cooperative Management Program Draft Environmental Impact Statement as Supplemented 1986 (1986) 501
  • Before the Arizona Joint Legislative Pesticide Oversight Committee (1987) 506
  • Toxic Farming (1989) 512
    Pesticide Reform in Arizona: Moving Beyond Risk Assessment and Clean-up to Exposure Prevention (1991) 515
  • Recommendations for Incorporating Integrated Pest Management and Right-to-Know Provisions in the Structural Pest Control Commission Rules (1991) 523
  • On the USDA-APHIS Medfly Cooperative Eradication Program Draft Environmental Impact Statement (1993) 526
  • Medfly Eradication and Public Health: a Fruitless Effort? (1994 542
  • Pesticide-Use Reduction: The Core Element in IPM (1993) 557
  • Pesticide Regulation and Use: The Public Perspective (1994) 560
  • Compromising Disease and Pollution Prevention: The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (1997) 567
  • Bisbee Vegetation Management Committee Majority Report (2000) 571

IX. At Whose Expense? 598

  • At Whose Expense? 599
  • Getting Serious about Pollution Prevention: Risk Assessment vs. Public, Occupational and Environmental Health (1990) 602
  • Plugging the Leak: Emergency Response to Global Crisis (1991) 612
  • On the Proposed Rule on Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accidental Release Prevention (1994) 625
  • Prevention, Not Risk Assessment 629
  • Some Unacceptable Risks of Risk Assessment (1995) 631
  • Risk Assessment and Risk-Based Policy: A Grassroots Perspective from the Ground Zero Perspective (1997) 637

X. Waste Not 647

  • Waste Not 648
  • Hazardous Waste Transport (1980) 653
    Dealing with Hazardous Wastes (1980) 654
  • Recycling Solid Waste (1980) 657
    Toxic Wastes and Taxpayer Expense (1980) 659
  • Comments on Hazardous Materials before the Arizona Joint Legislative Study Committee (1989) 661
  • The Arizona Hazardous Waste Management Facility: Public Concerns (1990) 669
  • On the Governor’s Hazardous Waste Technical Advisory Committee Report (1990) 674
  • On the Draft Permits for the Proposed Arizona Hazardous Waste Management Facility (1990) 678
  • Costs and Credibility: A Citizens View of the Superfund Program (1992) 687
    Health Effects of Hazardous Waste: An Environmentalist Perspective (1993) 693
  • On the Proposed H&K Municipal Waste Incinerator (1997) 702
  • On the Plasma Arc Incinerator Proposed for Whetstone, Arizona (2005) 703

XI. Who’s to Know? 705

  • Who’s to Know? 706
  • Uranium Testing Still Up in the Air after Phoenix Pow-Wow (1979) 713
  • The Spirit of NEPA 20 Years Later: Needs and Opportunities (1989) 715
  • Planning for Prevention: Once We Know, Then What? (1991) 726
    Border Right to Know Project, Selections (1994) 731
  • Proyecto Fronterizo de Derecho a Saber, Selecioness (1994) 746
  • Usefulness of Instituting a National Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (1994) 760
  • Criteria for Selecting Chemical Species for Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (1994) 765
  • Public Access to Environmental Information in Mexico and the United States: Issues and Policy Options: Draft for Discussion (1994) 770
  • Public Interest Science and the Myth of Objectivity (1995) 829
  • On BECC Confidentiality Procedures and Regulation (1995) 838
  • On Interim BECC Procedures and Regulations Regarding Public Notice and Comment Procedures (1995) 841
  • NGO Statement on Procedures for Public Notice and Confidentiality (1995) 844
  • On the BECC 20 December 1995 Revised Procedures for Disclosure and Confidentiality (1996) 846
  • Environmental Information Needs on the US-Mexico Border (1996) 852
  • Necesidades para la Información Ambiental en la Frontera México-Estados Unidos (1996) 857
  • Public Access to Environmental Information on the US-Mexico Border (1996) 862
  • Acceso Público a la Información sobre Medio Ambiente en la Frontera MéxicoEstadounidense (1996) 871
  • Tijuana River Watershed Toxics Data Project Final Report, Selections (1996) 881
  • Proyecto de Datos sobre Tóxicos para la Cuenca del Río Tijuana: Reporte Final, Seleciones (1996) 888
  • Community Access to Environmental Information in the U.S.-Border Region (1997) 895
  • Lista de Referencia de Tóxicos en la Frontera México-EU. Edición Homepage (1997) 909
  • A List of Lists for the US-Mexico Border Region: New Software for Integrating Public Right to Know with Local Land-Use and Emergency Planning (1997) 912
  • Right to Know in Ideal and Practical Contexts (1999) 919