The Environmental Protection Agency has started a project to actually picture the environmental movement in the United States. This is an attempt to make the public aware of the air pollution in their area or state and to acquaint them with the effects of air cleaning efforts. (PS)

Briefly reviews the man-environment research sponsored by these eight government agencies: Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Justice, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation. The Man-Environment Research survey report was the source of…

The Division of Advanced Environmental Research and Technology (AENV) examines those environmental problems outside the responsibilities of other federal agencies. Present areas of concern include: organic threats to the environment, energy, land-use decisions, weather modification, earthquakes, and the development of a data base for understanding…

Describes a study undertaken by CURE (Center for Urban Research and Experiment) to determine the role of the Federal Government in man-environment research. The survey report, Man-Environment Research," includes a summary of the status of man-environment research, both outside and within the federal government, and a bibliography with 2,000…

Man-environmental research projects sponsored by the Department of Transportation (DOT) over the last decade are reviewed, based on the Man-Environment Rresearch survey report. The effects of transportation on the community are the major concern of the DOT projects. (PR)

Describes the projects undertaken by each of four teams working in different areas of environmental research. (LS)

Presents a brief inventory of socially-oriented environmental research projects funded by HEW (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), based on information from the Man-Environmental Research survey report. (PR)

Briefly describes man-environment research projects sponsored by HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) in its current three-year-old research program. (The Man-Environment Research report is the source of information for this review.) (PR)

The chairman of the President's Council on Environmental Quality outlines the administration's environmental program. (MF)

During his postdoctoral fellowship year, Dr. Rand taught a course on psychology and the physical environment at the Columbia University School of Architecture, worked with the New York City Office of West-Midtown Planning, completed a conceptual design of urban housing, and obtained support for a 3-year study of the fellowship between housing…

In-house and extramural research being conducted under the Federal Interagency Energy/Environment Research and Development Program was described at the recent National Conference on Health, Environmental Effects, and Control Technology on Energy Use. Programs to develop control technology and survey health and ecological effects are now underway.…

Lists and annotates recurrent federal publications that contain basic statistical data on pollution levels and controls, natural resources and wildlife conservation, water resources supply and development, weather and ocean conditions, federal aid programs, and the environmental impact of energy development. It also lists continuing bibliographies…

Data and arguments are presented to support the contention that there may not be sufficient fuel to run the proposed American light water reactor program. Success of the program may also depend on unproven technology of the breeder reactor. A moratorium in the light water reactor program is recommended. (BT)