The Environmental Debate, Third Edition

xii The Environmental Debate

Document 104: California Land Conservation Act (1966) and Article XXVIII

of the California Constitution (1967) ................................................... 125

A. California Land Conservation Act ................................................... 125

B. California Constitution, Article XXVIII ........................................... 126

Document 105: Kenneth E. Boulding on the Spaceship Economy (1966) ........................ 126

Document 106: Lynn White, Jr., on Western Religions and the

Environmental Crisis (1967) ................................................................. 127

Document 107: Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb (1968) ........................................... 128

Document 108: Garrett Hardin on Controlling

Access to the Commons (1968) ............................................................. 129

Document 109: John Teal and Mildred Teal on the

Productivity of the Salt Marsh (1969) ................................................... 130

Document 110: Ian McHarg on the Fitness of Ecosystems (1969) .................................. 131

Document 111: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (1970)................................ 132

Document 112: Richard Nixon on the Need for

Environmental Regulation (1970) ......................................................... 134

A. From the State of the Union Address, January 22, 1970 .................... 134

B. From a Special Message to Congress on Marine Pollution

from Oil Spills, May 20, 1970 .................................. ......................... 135

Document 113: Clean Air Act Amendments (1970) ....................................................... 135

Document 114: Dennis Puleston on the Founding of the Environmental

Defense Fund (1971) ............................................................................. 137

Document 115: Barry Commoner on the Ecosphere (1971)............................................ 139

Document 116: Clean Water Act (1972) ........................................................................ 140

Document 117: Christopher Stone Proposes Legal

Rights for Natural Objects (1972) ......................................................... 141

Document 118: Sierra Club v. Morton (1972) ................................................................ 142

A. The Supreme Court Decision ........................................................... 142

B. William O. Douglas’s Minority Opinion ........................................... 142