AGI and Member Society Position Statements

Member Society Position Statement Web Pages

• Association of American Geographers (AAG) Resolutions
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Position Statements Webpage
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) Position Statements
• American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) Position Statements and Policies Webpage
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Position Statements and Policies Webpage
• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Papers and Position statements
• Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Position Statements
• Geochemical Society (GS) Position Statements
• Geological Society of America (GSA) Position Statements
• The Geological Society of London (GSL) Position Statements
• Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Position Statements
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Position Statements
• National Ground Water Association (NGWA) Position Statements
• Seismological Society of America (SSA) Public Policy Summary
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
• Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
• Seismological Society of America (SSA)
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Policy Statements
• Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Position Statements and Resolutions

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Data Preservation and Access

• AAPG: Preservation of Geological and Geophysical Data (12/00)
• AASG: Sample & Data Preservation (11/04; revised 8/29/11)
• AGU: The Importance of Long-term Preservation and Accessibility of Geophysical Data (5/97; revised and reaffirmed 2/12)
• AIPG: Use of Professional Seals (6/11)
• ASCE: Coastal Data Collection Program (3/12)
• GS: Data Policy (11/07)
• GSA: Data Preservation (10/05; revised 11/12)
• GSA: Geoheritage (4/12)
• GSA: Open Access to Data (5/05; revised 11/12)
• GSA: The Value of Geologic Mapping (11/03; revised 4/12)
• MSA: Preservation of Natural History Collections: Minerals and Rocks (10/09)
• SVP: Best Practices from the Ethics Education Committee Regarding Research, Publication, and Museum Work (PDF) (5/08)

Fossils

• SVP: Guidelines from the Ethics Education Committee for Collecting, Documenting, and Curating Fossils
• SVP: Sale of Vertebrate Fossils Online (10/99)
  
• SVP: Paleontological Resources on U.S. Public Lands (joint statement with The Paleontological Society) (10/99)
• SVP: Hailing Fossil Preservation Bill
• SVP: Concern Over Possible Loss of Fossil Resources

Public Land

• AAPG: Offshore OCS Leasing
• AAPG: Reformation of the Clean Water Act - Wetlands Access
• AAPG: Access to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (8/00)
• AIPG: Access to Public Lands (2/03)
• GSA: Integrating Geoscience with Sustainable Land-Use Management (5/09)
• SME: Access to Public Lands for Mineral Exploration (7/11)
• SVP: Paleontological Resources on U.S. Public Lands (joint statement with The Paleontological Society) (10/99)
  

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Education

• AAG: Resolution Supporting K-12 Geography Education
• AAG: Prohibition of National Science Foundation Funding for Political Science Research
• AGU: Earth and Space Science Should be Taught in K-12 Education (12/01; reaffirmed 2/12)
• ASCE: STEM Education (4/12)
• GSA: Visas for Foreign Scientists and Students (5/05)
• GSA: The Importance of Teaching Earth Science in Schools (4/04; revised 10/11)
• GSA: Public Investment in Earth Science Research (4/11)
• GSA: Valuing Professional Contributions to Geoscience Public Policy and Education (5/01; revised 5/09)
• GSA: Expanding and Improving Geoscience in Higher Education (10/11)
• NAGT: Teaching Climate Change (11/08)
• NAGT: High School Earth Science Instruction (3/12)
• NESTA: The Importance of Earth Science Education K-12 (3/87; endorsed by AGI and 4 other societies)
• NESTA: Equal Opportunity in Earth Science Education (89)
• NGWA: Declaration of the Importance of Earth Systems Science Education (9/09)
• SME: Federal Support for U.S. Mining Schools (3/13)
• SVP: Statement about Louisiana's new "Science Education Act"

Evolution in the Classroom

• AGI: Statement on Teaching Evolution (11/81; reaffirmed 12/03)
• AGU: The Scientific Theories of Biological Evolution and History of the Earth Should be Central Elements of Science Education (12/01; revised and reaffirmed 2/12)
• AWG: Science Curricula and the Teaching of Evolution in K-12 Classrooms (4/98; reaffirmed 3/07)
• GSA: Teaching of Evolution (5/01; revised 7/09)
• GSL: "Young Earth Creationism," "Creation Science," and "Intelligent Design" (4/08)
• NAGT: On Teaching Evolution (11/06)
• PS: Evolution (4/03)
• TSOP: Evolution Statement (2003)
• SVP: On Evolution (11/94)
  

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Energy

• AAPG: Geologic Carbon Storage
• AAPG: United States National Energy Supply
• AAPG: Natural Gas Supply Concerns (10/99)
• AASG: Energy (11/04; reaffirmed 3/11)
• AIPG: National Energy Policy (2/03)
• ASCE: Energy Policy (1/10)
• GSA: The Role of Government in Energy and Mineral Resources Research (4/11)
• NGWA: Geologic Carbon Sequestration (2/08)
• NGWA: Geologic Carbon Sequestration Rulemaking (8/09)
• SME: Coal's Importance in the U.S. and Global Energy Supply (9/12)
• SME: Meeting the U.S. Minerals and Metals Needs for Energy Production (4/12; revised 2/13)

Oil and Gas Exploration

• AAPG: United States and Canadian Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Resources
• AAPG: National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Access (8/00)
• AAPG: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Access (8/00)
• AAPG: United States National Energy Supply
• AAPG: Tax Reform (2/99)
• AAPG: Natural Gas Supply Concerns (10/99)
• AAPG: Onshore OCS Access
• AAPG: Offshore OCS Access
• AAPG: Oil and Gas Workforce Needs in the 21st Century (8/99)
• ASCE: Hydraulic Fracturing (3/12)
• GSL: Shale Gas

Nuclear Energy/Nuclear Waste

• AGU: The Capability to Monitor the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Should be Expanded, Completed, and Maintained (9/09; revised and reaffirmed 2/12)
• GSA: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring (10/09; revised 11/12)
• GSL: Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (9/12)
• SME: Nuclear Power (3/11)
• SSA: CTBT Position Statement (10/99; reaffirmed 2007)

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Environment

Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Land Use

• AAPG:  Reformation of the Endangered Species Act (9/99)
• AASG: Environmental Affairs (2/11)
• AIPG: Aggregate Resources and Land-Use Planning (2/03)
• ASCE: Coordination of Beach Erosion Control (2/11)
• ASCE: Restoring and Maintaining America's Beaches (3/12)
• SSSA: Carbon Sequestration (PDF) (10/01)
• SSSA: Agricultural Nutrient Management and Environmental Quality (PDF) (2/00)

Climate Change

• AAG: Resolution Requesting Action on Climate Change (11/06)
• AAPG: Climate Change Policy (10/99)
• AAPG: Geologic Carbon Storage
• AIPG: Climate Change (9/08)
• AGI: Global Climate Change (1/99)
• AGU: Geoengineering Solutions to Climate Change Require Enhanced Research, Consideration of Societal Impacts, and Policy Development (12/09; revised and reaffirmed 2/12)
  
• AGU: Human Impacts on Climate (12/03; revised and reaffirmed 12/07, 2/12, and 8/13)
• GSA: Global Climate Change (10/06; revised 3/13)
• GSL: Climate Change (11/10)
• NAGT: Teaching Climate Change (11/08)
• NGWA: Ground Water Protection and Management Critical to the Global Climate Change Discussion (8/09)
• NGWA: Geologic Carbon Sequestration (2/08)
• SSSA, ASA, CSSA: Position Statement on Climate Change (6/11)
• SSSA: Carbon Sequestration Position Statement
  

Water

• AAPG: Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing (8/99)
• AAPG: Reformation of the Clean Water Act - Wetlands Access (8/99)
• AASG: Ground Water (3/06; reaffirmed 2/11)
• AIPG: The Clean Water Act (5/11)
• AIPG: Ground Water Policy (5/11)
• AIPG: National Water Resources Policy (5/11)
• AIPG: The Safe Drinking Water Act (5/11)
• ASCE: Costal Development (3/12)
• GSA: Water Resources (09/08; revised 3/13)
• NGWA: Ground Water Protection (5/90; reformatted 9/09)
• NGWA: Ground Water Remediation (5/90; reformatted 8/09)
• NGWA: Role of Government in Ground Water Protection (5/90; reformatted 9/09)
• NGWA: Fostering Private Sector, Governmental Agency,and Institutional Cooperation on Ground Water Investigations (8/09)
• NGWA : Ground Water Sustainability (8/09)
• NGWA: Hydraulic Fracturing: Protecting Ground Water Resources (11/11)
• NGWA: The Ground Water Industry's Role (11/11)
  

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Hazards

Natural

• AASG: Hazards (10/04; reaffirmed 2/11)
• AGU: Meeting the Challenges of Natural Hazards (12/96; revised and reaffirmed 4/12)
• ASCE: Earthquake Engineering Research Funding (3/12)
• ASCE: Earthquake Hazards Mitigation (3/12)
• ASCE: Floodplain Management (3/13)
• GS: Statement Regarding the March 11, 2011, Earthquake and Tsunami (9/11)
• GSA: Geoscience and Natural Hazard Policy (10/05; revised 11/08)
  
• SSA: In Support of Improved Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard Mitigation (7/08)
• SSA: Resolution in Support of the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System (7/08)
• SSA: Resolution in Support of the National Science Foundation's EarthScope Initiative
• SSA: Actions for Managing Earthquake Risk (7/08)
• SSA: Comment on the Reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (6/09)

Manmade

• AGU: The Capability to Monitor the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Should be Expanded, Completed, and Maintained (9/09; revised and reaffirmed 2/12)
• SME: Mine Safety & Health (5/11)
• SSA: Capability to Monitor the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Position Statement (9/00; reaffirmed 7/08)

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Natural Resources

• AAPG: Reformation of the Clean Water Act - Wetlands Access (8/99)
• AAPG: Offshore OCS Access
• AAPG: Research & Development Needs (8/99)
• AASG: Mineral Resources (3/06; reaffirmed 2/11)
• AGU: The Ocean Sciences should be the Focus of Increased Education and Training, Policy Development, and Research Funding (12/05; revised and reaffirmed 2/12)
• AIPG: Domestic Mineral Resources (2/03)
• AIPG: Statement on Wetlands (2/03)
• GSA: The Government's Role in Energy and Mineral Resources Research (10/08; revised 2011)
• GSL: Rare Earth Element Briefing
• MSA: Preservation of Natural History Collections: Minerals and Rocks (10/09)
• MSA: Asbestos Statement (11/11)
• SME: Rare Earth Elements (6/11)
• SME: Improved Regulator Coordination to Ensure Responsible Mining & Environmental Protection (10/11)
• SME: Meeting the World's Future Mineral Needs (8/11; revised 2/13)
• SME: Mining and the Use, Quality and Availability of Water (6/12)
  
  

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Science Policy

Science Policy

• AAPG: Research & Development Needs
• AASG: Geological Mapping (3/06; reaffirmed 9/08)
• AGI: Critical Needs for the Twenty First Century: The Role of the Geosciences (8/08)
• AGU: The Need for Balance between Small and Large Science (4/96; revised and reaffirmed 5/04)
• AGU: The U.S. Government has a Critical Role in Supporting Basic Research in the Earth and Space Sciences (5/98; revised and reaffirmed 2/12)
• GSA: The Government's Role in Energy and Mineral Resources Research (10/08)
• GSA: The Value of Geologic Mapping (11/03; revised 4/12)
• GSA: Valuing Professional Contributions to Geoscience Public Policy and Education (5/01; revised 11/12)
• GSA: Supporting Planetart Exploration (4/12)
• GSA: Promoting Earth Science Literacy for Public Decision Making (4/13)
• GSL: How can Earth Scientists Meet the Needs of the Twenty First Century? (5/10)

Ethics and Professional Issues

• AAG: Statement on Professional Ethics (11/09)
• AGI: Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct (4/99)
• AGU: AGU Supports Free and Open Communication of Scientific Findings (8/11)
• AIPG: Policy on the Exercise of Professional Judgement (3/98)
• AIPG: Policy on Relationships Between Professions (7/97)
• AIPG: Policy on State Registration/Licensing of Geologists (10/89; revised 6/07)
• AWG: Diversity in the Science, Engineering and Technology Workforce (PDF) (7/00)
• GSA: Diversity in the Geosciences (6/10; revised 4/13)
• GSA: Maintaining the Benefits of Involvement by Federal Scientists in Scientific Society Leadership (12/07)
• GSA: Valuing Professional Contributions to Geoscience Public Policy and Education (5/01; revised 11/12)
• SVP: Statement on Ethics
  
  

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