A) Water, Air, Soil, Minerals, Plants.--We support and encourage social
policies that serve to reduce and control the creation of industrial by-
products
and waste; facilitate the safe processing and disposal of toxic and nuclear
waste; encourage reduction of municipal waste; provide for appropriate
recycling and disposal of municipal waste; and assist the
clean-up enhance the rejuvenation of polluted air, water,
and soil. We support measures designed to maintain and restore natural
ecosystems. which will halt the spread of deserts into formerly
productive lands. We support regulations designed to protect plant life,
including those that provide for reforestation and for conservation of
grasslands. We support policies that develop alternatives to
retard the indiscriminate use of chemicals,
including those used for growing,...We urge development of
international agreements concerning equitable utilization of the world's
ocean's resources for human benefit so long as the integrity
of the earth seas is maintained. Moreover, we
support policies on the part of governments and industries that conserve fossil
and other fuels, and that eliminate methods of securing minerals that destroy
plants, animals, and soil. We encourage creation of new sources for food and
power, while maintaining the goodness of the earth.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20918-CS-70-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference