Recent discussions at the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament have focused on the use of artificial changes in the environment as a method of warfare. A far more urgent task is development of a specific ban on already available techniques of environmental damage and a general and complete disarmament. (BT)

Discusses the problem of providing sufficient protein to increasing populations, especially in underdeveloped countries. Focuses on the impact of the Green Revolution, genetics in improving protein yields, the expansion of fisheries, protein wastage in rearing animals and processing food, and the potential of microorganisms as a food source. (JR)

Presented is a discussion of the tendency of modern science to repress innovation principally through a complete lack of support or rejection of nonconforming scientists. (SL)

Summarized are 13 major problems facing every country in the world today. Problems include: disarmament, population explosion, pollution, energy, conservation of natural resources, transportation, communications, and health. (SL)

The reactor safety controversy is reviewed in light of the United States Atomic Energy Commission's Reactor Safety Study and the Report to the American Physical Society by the Study Group on Light Water Reactor Safety. Areas of agreement and disagreement are identified and implications for national policy are explored. (BT)

Discusses the devastating ecological impact of warfare and the traditional approaches to arms control. Indicates that international acceptance of an approach to preventing military ecocide is only possible by arousing world opinion to recognize the abhorrence of any ecological destruction. (CC)

The text of the declaration adopted by the conference (see SE 506 639 and SE 506 641) for presentation to the United Nations General Assembly for ratification and implementation. The declaration is a code of international conduct which holds that all nations must accept responsibility for the consequences of their own actions on the environment…

The author traces the history of international weapons negotiations in this century and notes the world's two nuclear superpowers and chief protagonists of the arms race, the Soviet Union and the United States, must act speedily and decisively on this critical matter. (BT)

Despite a rising tide of contamination, effective controls of marine pollution appear dubious because of conflicting national and economic interests. Since countries can not agree on problems such as national sovereignty, dispute settlement, jurisdiction over oil on the Continental Shelf and international seabed sources, marine pollution will…

Examines possible energy options and outlines assessments and conclusions influencing recent top level energy thinking and planning. Indicates that no nation on earth appears to have either a coherent long-range energy strategy or the institutions needed to devise one. (JR)

Discusses mankind's influence on climate and projects that increased release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere will produce a warming of the Earth's surface. (SL)

Discussed are the social responsibilities of scientists in communicating the social consequences of their actions and in the resolution of perceived technical deficiencies. The debate over nuclear waste disposal is utilized to illustrate the contentions presented. (SL)

Summarizes the major areas of concern considered at the first international conference on Science and Man in the Americas. Topics emphasized include: natural resources of the oceans, movements of the earth's crust, volcanology, energy resources, and food production as it relates to the world population problem. (JR)

Perceptions of the official and unofficial proceedings of the Stockholm conference by staff reporters and by two scientists (Berry and Ehrlich) concerning the achievements and disappointments of the attempt to establish a world organization for the preservation of environmental quality. Includes discussion of political divisions and personal…