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Children's Environmental Health Network
November 19, 1993
The Honorable Kathleen A. McGinty
Deputy Assistant to the President
Director, Office on Environmental Policy
Old Executive Office Bldg., Rm. 360
Washington, DC 20501
Dear Ms. McGinty:
We wish to invite you to participate in the first national symposium on Preventing Child
Exposures to Environmental Hazards: Research and Policy Issues, to be held in
Washington, D.C. on March 18-19, 1994. Two hundred individuals have been selected
to participate in this pioneering event. Your work in ensuring a safe and healthy
environment will make a valuable contribution to this important meeting.
This invitational symposium will bring together for the first time policymakers,
researchers, clinicians, and advocates in a two-day working meeting that will generate
specific recommendations and action steps in pediatric environmental health research
and policy. The recommendations, along with the presented papers, will be published
in a monograph by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
Other invited participants include representatives from Congress, as well as the
American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations, the Natural
Resources Defense Council, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mt. Sinai
School of Medicine, Howard University, Harvard University, the Asian American Health
Forum, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, the American Board of Pediatrics,
the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the
Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
As you know, children today face an array of exposures to potentially toxic environmental
hazards, be it asbestos in their schools, pesticides in their food, or lead paint in their
homes. Children are more vulnerable than adults to exposure and illness from
environmental hazards due to their unique behaviors, physiology, and metabolism. Yet
most federal environmental regulations are based on data drawn from research on adult
animals and humans, and do not provide special provisions for protecting children's
health.
The Children's Environmental Health Network was developed to ensure a safe and
healthful environment for all children through the prevention of exposure to toxic
environmental hazards. The multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural coalition that comprises
the Children's Network recently collaborated with NIEHS to hold the first national
workshop on pediatric environmental health research in June 1993. The Children's
Network is working with medical examination boards to include pediatric
environmental health issues, and is currently planning this national symposium. Enclosed
5900 Hollis Street, Suite E Emeryville, California 94608
510 540.3657 FAX: 510.540.2673
please find a brochure outlining the two-day meeting, a detailed description of the
symposium workshops, a list of the Network's Advisory Committee members,
background material on the Network, and registration information.
Participation Requirements
Your participation before, during, and after the symposium is a crucial part of the success
of this meeting. We are inviting you to participate in this meeting in several ways. If you
decide to attend, you will be asked to choose two workshops. Papers for each workshop
will be mailed to you prior to the symposium. We ask that you read them so that we can
maximize discussion at the workshops themselves and develop specific
recommendations and action steps. Also prior to the symposium, we will ask you to
respond in writing (1-2 pages) to a short list of questions to further define key issues in
pediatric environmental health.
Because this is a working symposium with top leaders in the field, your participation
throughout the entire symposium is crucial. We ask that you attend the symposium for
both days. If you are unable to do so, please contact us so that we can discuss
alternatives. Finally, we would like you to review the recommendations that come out
of the symposium before they are published.
Logistics
There is a $50.00 registration fee to assist in defraying costs not covered through federal
funds. Registration is due November 30, 1993. For cancellations prior to January 18,
the full registration fee will be returned minus a $15 processing fee. There will be no
refunds for cancellations made after January 18. All cancellation requests must be made
in writing to Rod Armstrong, Children's Environmental Health Network, 5900 Hollis St.,
Suite E, Emeryville, CA 94608. All refunds will be issued after the symposium.
Federal participants must make and pay for their own travel arrangements to and from
the symposium. Hotel accommodations at the Washington Sheraton Hotel are
available at a special rate for Thursday, March 17, Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March
19, and will be arranged through our office. You will receive detailed information
regarding travel and accommodations upon receipt of your registration card.
In closing, we are inviting people who can bring a bold and creative approach to a
complex field. People who are willing and eager to work with other disciplines in new
and innovative ways to create unique solutions to old problems, and to map out the road
to prevention are the key to creating a healthy future for our children.
We look forward to your participation in this seminal event. The Preventing Child
Exposures to Environmental Hazards: Research and Policy Issues symposium will be a
turning point in safeguarding our future generations. Please join us. If you have
questions or want additional information, please call Rod Armstrong at (510) 540-3657.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Jackson, MD
J. Routt Reigart, MD
Symposium Co-Chair
Symposium Co-Chair
Enclosures
Children's Environmental Health Network
Preventing Child Exposures to Environmental Hazards:
Research and Policy Issues
National Symposium - March 18-19, 1994
Workshop Descriptions
Each workshop is structured to include formal presentations, general discussion, and the
formation of recommendations for research and policy. All speakers are confirmed, unless
otherwise noted.
Pesticides - The NAS Report: How Can the Recommendations Be Implemented?
How have recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences' June 1993 report on
Pesticides and the Diets of Infants and Children been implemented? Speakers from
government, industry, and a community-based organization will discuss progress toward
meeting the recommendations and future actions.
Moderator
Jim Aidala, Professional Staff Member, Sub-Committee on Environment, Energy &
Natural Resources
Panelists
Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, California Department of Health Services
John McCarthy, PhD, National Agricultural Chemical Association
Penny Fenner-Crisp, PhD, Director, Health Effects, Office of Pesticide
Program, US Environmental Protection Agency
Jay Feldman, Executive Director, National Coalition Against the Misuse of
Pesticides
Pesticides - How Research Has Succeeded and Failed in Informing Policy
How can research inform public policy on pesticides? Successes and failures in
translating scientific research into public policy will be discussed, including DDE and the
link with breast cancer, and endocrinologic and reproductive effects on wildlife.
Moderator
Barbara Boardman, MD, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Mary Wolff, PhD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Theo Colborn, PhD, World Wildlife Fund
Carolyn Brickey, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of
Arizona
Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group
Neurotoxicology - The Role of the Environment in Injuries to the Developing Nervous
System What do we know about agents that interfere with cell production, connection, and
myclanation? The workshop will address developmental implications and public policy
that may prevent exposures to children.
Moderator
Gary E. Goldstein, MD, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Panelists
Patricia Rodier, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center
Herbert Needleman, MD, University of Pittsburgh.
Genetic Susceptibility in Environmental Exposure
What role do genes play in a child's ability to withstand or succumb to an environmental
insult? Topics will include a discussion of "vulnerable" populations, and directions for
further research.
Moderator
J. Routt Reigart, MD, Chair, Environmental Health Committee, American Academy
of Pediatrics
Panelists
Edward Calabrese, PhD, University of Massachusettes, Amherst (invited)
Saraswati Sukumar, PhD, Assistant Professor, Salk Institute
Eric Juengst, Acting Chief, Ethical, Legal and Social Branch, Human
Genome Project (invited)
The Role of the Environment in Childhood Cancer
Have children been impacted by environmental carcinogens? The workshop will address
issues such as: trends in children's cancer rates, early and large dose exposures for the
fetus and for the very young child, the home environment, and the most effective policy
strategies and interventions.
Moderator
Patrica Buffler, PhD, MPH, Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Panelists
Sheila Zahm, ScD, National Cancer Institute
Lauren Zeise, PhD, California Dept. of Health Services
David Rall, MD, PhD, Assistant Surgeon General (retired), former Director,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Technology Exchange
How can research on environmental toxics and technologies be moved from the
laboratory to clinical practice and the community? Examples of technology transfer with
resultant feedback from the field to the laboratory will be presented.
Moderator
William Suk, PhD, MPH, Chief, Chemical Exposures and Molecular Biology
Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, NIEHS
Carcinogens in the Child's Environment
What are the mechanisms by which carcinogens in the child's environment interact with
the child's biology to produce cancer? This workshop will also address how a better
understanding of the biology of cancer induction will allow for better public policy.
Moderator
George Lambert, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey
Asthma Among Children: Does Air Pollution Play a Role? (Notice Title Change)
Does air pollution play a role in respiratory disease among children? An overview of
trends and potential causes of respiratory disease, and an examination of recent advances
in the study of respiratory disease and air pollution will be given. There will also be an
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evaluation of policies to prevent respiratory disease in children, and issues in clinical
practice.
Moderator
Henry Falk, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health
Effects, CDC
Panelists
David Bates, MD, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of British Columbia, Faculty of
Medicine
Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD, Chief, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch,
National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
Floyd Malveaux, MD, PhD, Howard University
Endocrine Effects of Prenatal Exposure to PCBs, Dioxin, and other Xenobiotics
What are the effects of specific compounds on the developing endocrine system? The
mechanisms of the effects on the endocrine system and transgenerational effects of in
utero exposures will be explored as well as implications for future policy.
Moderator
Theo Colborn, PhD, World Wildlife Fund
Panelists
Linda Birnbaum, PhD, US EPA, Health Effects Research Laboratory
John McLachlan, PhD, Director, Division of Intramural Research, NIEHS
George Lambert, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey
Neurotoxicology - Learning and Behavioral Consequences of Pre-Natal Environmental
Exposures How do physiologic changes during fetal development occur due to toxic damage? This
question will be explored by workshop presenters. An overview of current and future
directions for research and public policy will be given.
Moderator
Martin Philbert, PhD, Department of Neurotoxicology, Rutgers University
Panelists
Hugh Tilson, PhD, US EPA, Director of Neurotoxicology
Mark Schaeffer, MD, Office of Science and Technology (invited)
Steven Gilbert, PhD, Department of Environmental Health, Univ. of Washington
Building Healthy Environments for Children: A Vision for the Future
What visions do we have for a healthy environment for children? This workshop will
explore building a safe, toxic-free home; using urban planning to design healthy
communities; and involving children in the process of creating their own environments.
Moderator
Maureen Corry, MPH, Director, Education and Health Promotion, March of Dimes
Birth Defects Foundation
Panelists
Paul Bierman-Lytle (architect), Masters Corporation, Former Chair, Environmental
Health Committee, American Institute of Architecture
Tara Church, Tree Musketeers
Henry Holmes, Associate Director, Urban Habitat Program, Earth Island Institute
Children's Environmental Health Network
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From Science to Sound Bite: Understanding and Improving Communication Between
Science and the Media
How does scientific information about environmental health risks get translated for the
public? Most people in the US get their information on the environment from the print
and visual media. Speakers will look at how to bridge the gap between science and the
story.
Moderator
Ned Groth, PhD, Consumer's Union
Panelists
Elinor Blake, MSW, California Department of Health Services
David Carpenter, University at Albany, SUNY; Host, National Public Radio
Janet Raloff, Senior Editor for Environment/Policy, Science News
The Role of Nutrition In Mitigating Environmental Insults
Can nutritional supplements and anti-oxidants mitigate the effects of environmental
exposures? This workshop will explore the role of nutrition in mitigating environmental
insults to children, and the resultant policy implications.
Moderator
Harvey Karp, MD, American Academy of Pediatrics, Environmental Health Comm.
Panelists
Kathryn Mahaffey, PhD, Environmental Protection Agency
Howard Hu, MD, MPH, DS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School
The Role of the Environment in Birth Defects and Developmental Delay
Are birth defects and developmental delay attributable to environmental causes? This
workshop will discuss such topics as poverty-associated mental retardation, folic acid
preventable spina-bifida, and anencephaly. The role of epidemiologic research in finding
environmentally-caused birth defects will also be discussed.
Moderator
Jim Hansen, MD, President, Teratology Society
Panelists
Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., MD, MPH, Director, Division of Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities Branch, CDC
Craig Ramey, PhD, Director, Civitan International Research Center
Lowell Sever, PhD, Battelle Seattle (former head Birth Defects Program, CDC)
John Harris, MD, California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
Children's Environmental Health Network
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THE CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
5900 Hollis Street, Suite E, Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone (510) 540-3657 Fax (510) 540-2673
Who We Are
The Children's Environmental Health Network is the first national multidisciplinary and
multicultural project to focus on the prevention of childhood exposures to environmental
hazards. The Network's Advisory Committee is composed of representatives from leading
medical, child health and health advocacy organizations, and federal agencies. A partial list
includes:
The American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Family Physicians
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Consumers' Union
The Coalition of Hispanic Health
The Ambulatory Pediatric Association
and Human Service Organizations
The Environmental Defense Fund
The Asian American Health Forum
The National Urban League
The Natural Resources Defense Council
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Children's Environmental Health Network was formed because:
1.
Children are more susceptible to illness from exposure to many hazardous substances.
2.
Children are particularly vulnerable to exposure as a result of their naturally inquisitive
natures, and behavior patterns that differ radically from those of adults, such as crawling,
mouthing and other such exploratory behaviors. Children's vulnerability to environmental
insult, even at low exposures, is exemplified by the lead problem.
3.
Current federal and state environmental regulations do not adequately protect children.
Policy decisions, already focused on adults, rely on research largely from worksite
exposures.
4.
Medical practitioners working with children receive virtually no training on environmental
health.
5.
Underserved, and racial and ethnic communities bear a disproportionate burden of
exposure to hazardous substances. Children in those communities are placed at double
risk for illness due to poor or inadequate housing, poor nutrition, poor access to health
care, and limited developmental opportunities coupled with potential damaging
environmental exposures.
We believe that all children have a right to a safe and healthy environment.
What We Do
The purpose of the Children's Environmental Health Network is to prevent childhood exposures
to environmental hazards through:
the development of sound public health and child-focused national policy;
the development of prevention-oriented research; and
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the education of health professionals, parents, and community members in
preventive strategies.
The Network 's primary goals are:
to establish a national forum where experts in pediatrics and health, as well as
advocates for children, can identify key issues in policy, research, prevention, and
clinical practice.
to make pediatric environmental health a routine component of primary care for
children with emphasis on prevention and early diagnosis of environment-related
illness in children.
to stimulate research on the health effects to children caused by environmental
exposures.
Current activities include:
1.
National Symposium: Developing and conducting the first national symposium in the
U.S. dedicated to a discussion of pediatric environmental health. The symposium will
address the research and policy gaps, explore what children are at high risk and why,
continue the discussion of clinical application and the need for health care practitioner
training, and demonstrate the relationship and interdependency of practice, prevention,
research, and policy. Recommendations for action will be submitted to federal agencies,
medical organizations and community-based organizations. Symposium set for March 18-
19, 1994, Washington, DC.
2.
Kids and the Environment: Toxic Hazards manual: The manual was first developed as
part of the physicians training course on pediatric environmental health. The manual is
currently under revision and will be available in January 1994.
3.
Nurses Training Project: This project was developed in 1992 to train California nurses in
pediatric environmental health. The curriculum was pilot-tested in Santa Clara County.
The project was funded in 1993 to expand to two other Bay Area counties.
4.
Medical Education: Working with the medical specialty boards to include questions on
pediatric environmental health on medial board examinations.
5.
National Advisory Committee: Continuing the work of the National Advisory Committee
to identify issues and solutions in the areas of research, clinical practice, prevention, and
policy to prevent children's exposure to environmental hazards.
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CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Membership List
Errol Alden, MD
Director, Department of Education
American Academy of Pediatrics
Sophie Balk, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center
Dr. Balk is representing the Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Cynthia Bearer, MD, PhD
Director, Neonatology and Pediatric Environmental Health
Tod Children's Hospital
Lisa Bland-Malone
Policy & Legislative Analyst
National Urban League
Joy E. Carlson, MPH
Director, Children's Environmental Health Network
Isabella Clemente, RN, MSN, CPNP
Dept. of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center
Ms. Clemente is representing the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and
Practitioners (NAPNAP)
Maureen Corry, MPH
Director, Education and Health Promotion
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD
Chief, Respiratory and Health Branch
Centers for Disease Control
Adolph Falcon
Senior Policy Advisor, Policy and Research
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations
Eugene Felmar, MD
Director, Family Practice Residency
Santa Monica Hospital
Dr. Felmar is representing the American Academy of Family Physicians
Karen Florini, Senior Attorney
Environmental Defense Fund
Gina Gargano, MS
Health Educator, Children's Environmental Health Network
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Edward Groth, III, PhD
Director, Technical Policy and Public Service
Consumers' Union
Tessie Guillermo/Dong Suh
Director, Asian American Health Forum
Birt Harvey, MD
Associate Editor, Pediatrics
Richard Jackson, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Communicable Disease Control
California Department of Health Services
Dr. Jackson is representing the Physicians for Social Responsibility
Penny Manasco, MD
Assistant Director for Clinical Neurosciences
Burroughs Wellcome Company
Raphael Metzger
Director, Special Initiatives
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations
Howard Mofenson, MD
Long Island Regional Poison Control Center
Mary Ellen Mortensen, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Pharmacology/Toxicology
Ohio State University
Dr. Mortensen is representing the American Board of Pediatrics
Lawrie Mott, MS
Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Donna Orti, MPH/Christine L. Rosheim, DDS, MPH
Health Education Specialist
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Routt Reigart, MD
Associate Professor/Dept. of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Reigart is currently the Chairperson for the Environmental Health Committee for the
American Academy of Pediatrics
Katie Sokoloff, MPH, MPP
Senior Staff, Children's Environmental Health Network
William Suk, PhD
Chief, Chemical Exposures and Molecular Biology Branch, Division of Extramural
Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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NOTE to Christian Marsh
Subject: Request for Availability
Carol Browner's office suggested that we contact Ms. McGinty
about her availability to speak to a large audience of EPA staff.
Specifically, we would like to invite Ms. McGinty to speak
to approximately 350 EPA staff on the topic of Sustainable
Development. The meeting will be at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on
East Wacker Drive in Chicago on November 3; Ms. McGinty would be
scheduled to speak somewhere between 2:00 and 4:00 -- at her
convenience. The audience would be comprised of (1) staff from
the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. the Office of
Pesticide Programs, and the Office of Compliance Monitoring, and
(2) EPA enforcement attorneys from all across the country. EPA
would, of course, cover all expenses.
Please let me know whether her schedule would permit her to
make such an address. If so, I will ask Ms. Browner's staff to
issue the formal invitation to speak.
Thank you.
Boling Janney, EPA/OPPT
Tel: 202-260-1584
Fax: 202-260-2219
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Ms. Kathleen McGinty
Director
White House Office of Environmental Policy
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Ms. McGinty:
I am writing to invite you to be a keynote speaker at a
conference, "Corporate Environmentalism: Bridging the
Communication Gap, which will be held in New York City on the
28th and 29th of September. The Conference is sponsored by the
American Re-Insurance Company. We would be most interested in
having you speak at the beginning of the Conference on the 28th
of September, but we remain flexible given your very busy
schedule.
This annual conference addresses the issue of how industry
and the media can communicate more effectively with each other on
environmental issues. Last year, the conference was attended by
CEOs and Chief Environmental Officers of some three dozen major
U.S. corporations. Attached for your information is a list of
invitees and a reprint from last year's conference.
Please feel free to contact me at (202) 457-6422. Thanking
you in advance for your willingness to consider this request. I
am,
Sincerely yours,
John Job F. Jonas
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Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 16, 1993
Mr. John F. Jonas
Patton, Boggs and Blow
2550 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037-1350
Dear Mr. Jonas:
Thank you for the letter inviting Ms. Kathleen McGinty to
speak at the "Corporate Environmentalism: Bridging the
Communication Gap" conference on September 28-29.
Unfortunately, while it is certainly a wonderful
opportunity, Ms. McGinty will be unable to participate due to a
number of scheduling conflicts. Please be assured that in the
event her schedule changes, I will contact you regarding her
participation.
Thank you for contacting me. Best wishes for a productive
event.
Sincerely yours,
Christian Marsh
Scheduling Assistant
Office on Environmental Policy
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July 13, 1993
Kathleen McGinty
White House Office on Environmental Policy
Room 358
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20501
Dear Katie
The Environmental Quality Action Team at Herman Miller, Inc., is holding a corporate
Environmental Conference on August 17 and 18 at our corporate headquarters in Zeeland,
Michigan and respectfully requests that you serve as keynote speaker on August 17 to
discuss the opportunties for environmental leadership in corporations.
I understand that the requests for your time are enormous. In asking you to accept this
request, I know that your speech would be beneficial to us as we examine issues and
priorities for our future work. I believe that a discussion with our team could also be
beneficial to you as you help to set our nation's environmental policies. I have always
found you to be open to new ideas and willing to explore a variety of options to achieve
good environmental policies. As a company with a history of progressive management
practices, Herman Miller has had the good fortune of having many forward thinking
individuals working on environmental issues. We believe that good environmental
management and good economic management are not mutually exclusive. It's been our
experience that the opposite is true; good environmental management makes good
economic sense. As evidence of our practices, I have attached a copy of a Fortune
magazine article that came out this week that evaluates environmental management. As you
work through the environmental policies that will be proposed and implemented by
President Clinton and Vice President Gore, I believe this interaction with our
Environmental Quality Action Team would be helpful.
Herman Miller Inc Systems and Furniture for Office and Health Care Environments
855 East Main Avenue PO Box 302 Zeeland MI 49464-0302
Telephone 616 654 3000
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I look forward to hearing from you in regard to this request and, I hope, serving as your
host on your visit to Herman Miller. Please call me at (616) 654-3267 if you would like to
discuss this request further.
Kind regards
Roberty Johnston
Robert J. Johnston
Corporate Liaison
enclosure
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 16, 1993
Mr. Robert Johnston
Herman Miller Inc.
855 East Main Avenue
P.O. Box 302
Zeeland, MI 49464-0302
Dear Mr. Johnston:
Thank you for the letter inviting Ms. Kathleen McGinty to
speak at the Environmental Quality Action Team's corporate
Environmental Conference, to be held on August 17-18, 1993.
Unfortunately, while it is certainly a wonderful
opportunity, Ms. McGinty will be unable to participate due to a
number of scheduling conflicts. Please be assured that in the
event her schedule changes, I will contact you regarding her
participation.
Thank you for contacting me. Best wishes for a productive
event.
Sincerely yours,
Christian Marsh
Scheduling Assistant
Office on Environmental Policy
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 11, 1993
Mr. James D. Jenson
Executive Director
Montana Environmental Information Center
P.O. Box 1184
Helena, MT 59624
Dear Mr. Jenson:
I have received your invitation for Ms. Kathleen McGinty to
speak at your annual member Rendezvous scheduled for September 11
- 12, 1993.
Unfortunately, while it is certainly a wonderful
opportunity, Ms. McGinty will be unable to participate due to a
number of scheduling conflicts. Please be assured that in the
event her schedule changes, I will contact you regarding her
participation.
Thank you for contacting me.
Sincerely yours,
Christian Marsh
Scheduling Assistant
Office on Environmental Policy
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MEIC
MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER
20 Years of Activism 1973-1993
May 14, 1993
Ms. Katie McGinty, Director
Office on Environmental Policy
Old Executive Office Building, Rm. 358
Washington, D. C. 20501
Dear Ms. McGinty,
On behalf of the board and staff of the Montana Environmental Information Center, I cordially
invite you to be the keynote speaker at our annual member "Rendezvous."
MEIC is Montana's leading environmental lobby and advocacy organization. We work
statewide on a wide range of issues including clean water and water rights, air quality, energy,
mining, solid and hazardous waste, forest practices and land use planning.
The Rendezvous will be the weekend of September 11th - 12th at Boulder Hot Springs Resort,
near Helena, Montana. The keynote address is scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 11th.
It would be particularly fitting in our twentieth anniversary year, as we look forward to the
next twenty years of activism, to have you speak from your newly created vantage point. We "grew
up" with CEQ and are very interested in hearing about your and President Clinton's vision for the
Office on Environmental Policy.
In addition to MEIC's activities at the state level, I am particularly involved in the national
debate about hardrock mine reclamation and the effort to reform the 1872 Mining Law. I serve on
the Policy Dialogue Group on Mine Waste, a federal advisory committee to the EPA on mine
waste management.
As well as lobbying the legislature and monitoring government enforcement of environmental
regulations, MEIC works at the grassroots level with citizens concerned about environmental
problems in their area. The organization has about 2,000 members.
In addition to an invitation to meet and address members of a leading environmental
organization, we offer you the opportunity to view first hand the full range of public land
management conflicts in the West: grazing, logging, mining and water appropriation.
We could arrange visits of the Clark Fork-Silver Bow area, the largest Superfund site in the
country, the world-renowned Blackfoot River (of a River Runs Through It fame) which, after
decades of environmental degradation, now faces development of Montana's largest cyanide heap
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leach gold mine, and the problematic Zortman/Landusky gold mines adjacent to the Fort
Belknap Indian Reservation.
The latter might be of particular interest for it would give you an opportunity to talk with
tribal leaders about natural resource issues of concern to Native Americans. Mineral development,
water allocation and friction over tribal, state and federal sovereignty are issues begging to be
addressed.
An "on the ground" (or in the air) visit would help you have a better understanding of the issues
facing Montana. In light of Montana Sen. Max Baucus' key position in the Senate, such a visit
could help foster understanding and continue to build good relations between the White House
and Congress.
We would also be happy to arrange a meeting with Montana Gov. Marc Racicot. It might be
useful to you to discuss general policy concerns about state and federal relations over water
allocation, particularly in the Columbia and Missouri river basins, the Endangered Species Act
and management of areas adjacent to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks.
We would be delighted if we could entice you to speak at our annual member meeting. We
think it would be worthwhile for you and for the country if we could offer you an overview of the
environmental issues facing the West.
I will contact your office in a few weeks to see if I can provide more specifics. We appreciate
your consideration.
Sincerely,
Dames D. Sensen
James D. Jensen
Executive Director
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 27, 1993
Dr. Julie Johnson
Center for Tropical Conservation
Duke University
P.O. Box 90381
Durham, NC 27708-0381
Dear Dr. Johnson:
Thank you for the invitation requesting Ms. Kathleen
McGinty's attendance at a working conference on tropical
biodiversity to be held December 3-5, 1993.
Unfortunately, Ms. McGinty will be unable to accept due to a
number of conflicts and the uncertainty of her December schedule.
Please be assured that in the event her schedule changes, I will
contact you regarding her attendance.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Best wishes for a
productive event.
Sincerely yours,
Christian Marsh
Scheduling Assistant
Office on Environmental Policy
CTC
CENTER FOR
TROPICAL
CONSERVATION
August 1, 1993
JOHN W. TERBORCH, PH.D.
DIRECTOR
JULIF A. JOHNSON, PH.D.
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR
Ms. Kathleen McGinty
Director
White House Office on Environmental Policy
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Ms. McGinty:
We are organizing a small working conference on December 3-5 this year to
discuss the challenges of preserving biodiversity in tropical forests, identify
the inevitable trade-offs with development objectives, and explore ways to
minimize conflicts. We hope you will attend as one of the participants.
The goals of this conference are:
-To forge a consensus on the problems of biodiversity preservation in
tropical forests,
-To explore the realistic implementation of biodiversity conservation,
-To put solid recommendations into the hands of policy makers.
By the end of the conference, participants drawn from a broad spectrum of
fields and concerns will have produced a document that contains
recommendations for conservation and development policies in tropical forest
regions with considerable biodiversity value.
Rationale for the conference. The biodiversity of tropical forests is rapidly
being lost, despite increasing interest and efforts at halting this erosion. The
World Conservation Strategy and its successor, Caring for the Earth, have
called attention to the problem, and have defined three objectives of
sustainable development: i) the maintenance of essential ecological processes
and services; ii) the sustainable use of natural resources; and iii) the
DUKE UNIVERSITY
maintenance of biological diversity. The focus of many bilateral and
P.O. Box 90381
multilateral development projects has been on satisfying these objectives.
DURHAM, NC 27708-0381
PHONE: 919-490-9081
However, few projects have focused directly on the biodiversity objective,
FAX: (919) 419-1433
which is widely perceived as being of lesser economic importance. Many, however, will claim
this has not worked: in the tropical forest zone, the major processes of biodiversity erosion, loss
and fragmentation of habitat, and the overexploitation of species continues around and even
inside many protected areas.
Conference format. We have commissioned a set of position papers that will: describe the
current biodiversity crisis and its root causes; explore ecologically optimal conservation
strategies; review current conservation and development policies; examine the economic,
political and social feasibility of policies placing priority on biodiversity preservation; and
explore the relative merits of top-down and grassroots approaches to conservation and
development. Plenary speakers include: Katrina Brandon, Randall Kramer, Kathy MacKinnon,
Kent Redford, Steven Sanderson, Narendra Sharma, John Terborgh, and Carel van Schaik.
The format of the conference will be as follows: in the first phase, each position paper will be
presented, designated panelists will present brief responses, and a plenary discussion will follow.
In this way, we hope to build a consensus on the nature of the problems.
In the second phase, we will identify the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise, and map out
details of necessary trade-offs. Small working groups will attempt to state explicitly what the
conflicts are and, to the extent possible, to resolve them.
In a final plenary session, we hope to reach consensus on the extent to which a greater emphasis
on biodiversity protection can be made compatible with sustainable development or other forms
of economic activity.
The role of participants. The success of such an ambitious undertaking depends critically on
the commitment of the participants. Not only should they be experts in their own fields and be
able to summarize the major findings and relevant principles, but they should also have the
capacity to work together to integrate other perspectives. Based on your expertise and proven
ability to interact with a wide array of people, we would like to invite you as one of our
participants.
As a participant, you will be expected to serve as a panelist for at least one of the plenary
presentations, and to take an active role in plenary and discussion sessions and in the drafting
of conference documents. We will reimburse your travel costs to the conference.
Products and support. The first product of the conference will be a consensus document
containing a concrete list of policy recommendations, agreed upon by the conference
participants. Within six months, proceedings of the conference will be brought together in a
volume that will include each position paper, a report on the discussion following each paper,
and the consensus document.
The working conference will be organized by the Duke University Center for Tropical
Conservation (CTC). Support is provided by The Howard Gilman Foundation and a cooperative
agreement with the US Agency for International Development. The conference will be held at
White Oak Plantation, near Jacksonville, Florida.
Please let us know--by fax if possible--by September 10 if you will be able to attend. If so,
please also send a one-page statement of your assessment of the most urgent issues in this area.
These statements will help us to structure the conference. Feel free to telephone Julie Johnson
at CTC with any questions. We very much hope that you will be able to join us in December
for this challenging task.
Yours sincerely,
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Radell Kamer
(ani van Denaik
Julie Johnson
Randall Kramer
Carel van Schaik
Center for Tropical
School of the Environment
Department of Biological
Conservation
Duke University
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Yes, I accept the invitation to attend the conference.
No, I am unable to attend the conference.
I suggest that you invite
, who shares my area
of interest.
Comments about the conference or its planning:
Please attach a one page statement of your assessment of the most important issues in this area.
Please fax this reply to the Center for Tropical Conservation at (919)-419-1433 by September
10. Alternatively, you can mail it to CTC, P.O. Box 90381, Duke University, Durham, NC
27708-0381.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 27, 1993
Mr. Cord Jones
Organization Resources Counselors, Inc.
1910 Sunderland Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Mr. Jones:
Thank you for the literature and letter inviting Ms. McGinty
to speak at the Environmental Group semi-annual meeting to be
held on September 22, 1993.
Unfortunately, while it is certainly a wonderful
opportunity, Ms. McGinty will be unable to participate due to a
number of scheduling conflicts. Please be assured that in the
event her schedule changes, I will contact you regarding her
participation.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Best wishes for a
productive event.
Sincerely yours,
Christian Marsh
Scheduling Assistant
Office on Environmental Policy
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1910 Sunderland Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: 202-293-2980
Fax: 202-293-2915
Organization Resources
Counselors, Inc.
August 16, 1993
Kathleen McGinty, Esq.
Deputy Assistant to the President
Office of Environmental Policy
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4203
Dear Ms. McGinty:
I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to be the keynote-speaker-at the
Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (ORC) Environmental Group semi-annual
meeting on September 22, 1993. The September meeting will be held at the Washington
Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street, NW, Washington, D.C. (202/872-1500).
As our keynote speaker, your presentation would start at 8:45 a.m. and last for about an
hour, including time for questions. The ORC members in attendance are mostly senior
corporate officials who manage their company's environmental programs. They will be
interested in hearing what, from your perspective as Deputy Assistant to the President
and head of the new Office of Environmental Policy, has happened during the early
stages of the Administration insofar as environmental policy is concerned.
If possible, our members would appreciate hearing your views on the Administration's
thinking on environmental policy. As a former Governmental Affairs Committee
professional staff member for Senator Sasser, and as one who served as a special
assistant in the Carter Administration, I appreciate what the transition you have had to
make from Senate staff to White House staff. However, it is clear that your Hill experi-
ence, the insights you gained during your tenure with Senator Gore, as well as the
experiences you have encountered in your new position would be very informative to our
members.
As I noted earlier, the ORC Environmental Group meeting is attended by senior
corporate-level officials from ORC member companies (a list is enclosed; I also have
enclosed a xeroxed tri-fold explaining more about ORC). The meeting itself is an
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informal, off-the-record sharing of perspectives and ideas resulting in a constructive and
educational exchange of views and information between the public and private sectors.
Please do not hesitate to give me a call if you require any additional information about
the meeting or ORC. I look forward to your response to this invitation and to meeting
you on September 22, 1993.
Sincerely,
Corrtones
Cord Jones
Director, Environmental Activities
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Enclosures
VILLANOVA
SESQUICENTENNIAL
CENTER FOR PEACE & JUSTICE EDUCATION
December 20, 1993
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Kathleen McGinty
ANNIVERSARY
Office of Environmental Policy
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Kathleen,
I enjoyed the article about your journey from Philadelphia to
Washington, DC in a recent issue of The Catholic Standard and
Times. Your commitment and zeal show throughout the article.
Next semester I will be teaching a course entitled Caring for the
Earth, a three credit seminar on the environment. As part of the
course and as a part of the general environmental education here
at Villanova, I would like to invite you to speak about your work
or a related topic some time during the next semester.
The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from mid-January
through early May. An evening lecture about 7:30 P.M. would suit
my purpose, but I'm flexible depending on your time constraints.
Please let me know if you are available to speak at Villanova
during the first part of 1994. It would be of significant benefit
to both faculty and students.
Sincerely,
Owen Dackon
Owen R. Jackson, O.S.A.
Associate Director
Center for Peace and Justice Education
P.S. I took note of the fact that you are a "Hawk". Please do
not hold that against us "Wildcats"!!
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY VILLANOVA, PENNSYLVANIA 19085-1699 215-519-4499 FAX 215-519-4496
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 14, 1994
Mr. Owen Jackson, O.S.A.
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania 19086-1699
Dear Mr. Jackson:
Thank you for the letter inviting Ms. Kathleen McGinty to
speak to your faculty and students during your seminar Caring for
the Earth.
Unfortunately, while it is certainly a wonderful
opportunity, Ms. McGinty will be unable to participate this
semester due to a number of scheduling conflicts. Please be
assured that in the event her schedule changes, I will contact
you regarding her participation.
Thank you for contacting me. Best wishes for a productive
semester.
Sincerely yours,
Christian Marsh
Scheduling Assistant
Office on Environmental Policy