Member Society Position Statement Web Pages

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Position Statements Webpage
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) Public Policy Webpage
• American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) Policies and Procedures Webpage
• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Documents Webpage
• Geo-Institute (G-I) Board of Governors Resolutions Webpage
• Geological Society of America Position Statements
• Seismological Society of America (SSA) Public Policy Webpage
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Statements Webpage

• AGU:  Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases (12/98)
• AAPG:  Climate Change Policy (10/99)
• AGI:  Global Climate Change (12/99)

• AGU:  Capability to Monitor the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (9/99)
• SSA:  CTBT Position Statement (10/99)

• AGU:  The Importance of Archiving and Availability of Geophysical Data (5/97)

• AAPG:  Reformation of the Endangered Species Act (9/99)
• AAPG: Reformation of the Clean Water Act - Wetlands Access (8/99)
• AIPG: Policy on Clean Water Act (1/96)
• AIPG: Policy on the Safe Drinking Water Act (1/96)
• AIPG: Policy on Groundwater (1/96)
• AIPG: Policy on National Water Resources (1/96)

• AGI: Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct (4/99)
• AIPG: Policy on State Registration/Licensing of Geologists (10/89)
• AIPG: Policy on Relationships Between Professions (7/97)
• AIPG: Policy on the Exercise of Professional Judgement (3/98)
• GSA: Scholarship and Professional Activity in Geoscience Public Policy and Geoscience Education (5/01)
• SVP: Statement on Ethics

• AGI: Statement on Teaching Evolution (11/81; reaffirmed 1/00)
• AGU:  Earth History and Evolution of Life Must Be Taught: Creationism is Not Science (12/99)
• GSA: Evolution (5/01)
• AWG:  Policy Paper on Science Curricula and the Teaching of Evolution in K-12 Classrooms (4/98)
• SVP (through the Voices for Evolution website) (11/94)
• NESTA:  The Importance of Earth Science Education (3/87; endorsed by AGI and 4 other societies)

• SVP: Online Sale of Vertebrate Fossils (10/99)
• SVP: Paleontological Resources on Public Lands (joint statement with The Paleontological Society) (10/99)

• G-I: Endorsing the First Professional Degree (4/99)
• G-I: Endorsing the Establishment of a Center for Trenchless Infrastructure Systems (6/99)

AGU:  Scientific Research and Education in Natural Hazards (12/96)
SSA:  Resolution in Support of the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System (5/99)

• AAPG: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Alaska (6/98)
• AAPG: National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (3/98)
• AAPG: Natural Gas Supply Concerns (10/99)
• AAPG: Offshore Leasing (6/98)
• AAPG:  Preserving Access to the Grand Staircase-Escalante Resource Area, Utah (6/98)
• AAPG:  Tax Reform (2/99)

• AGU:  Congressional Earmarking (5/96)
• AGU:  Maintaining the Validity of Small Science (4/96)
• AAPG:  R&D Needs of the Independent Petroleum Industry for the 21st Century (8/99)
• AGU:  Role of U.S. Government in Geophysical Research (5/98)
• AGU:  Space Station (5/98)

• AIPG: Position on Mergers Between the United States Geological Survey and Other Government Agencies (1/20/96)
• AIPG: Position on the Mission and Name of the United States Geological Survey (4/26/97)

Assembled by AGI/AAPG Geoscience Policy Intern Alison Alcott and AGI Government Affairs staff Margaret Baker and David Applegate.

Last updated July 2, 2002

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