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A worldwide ban on ocean disposal of nuclear wastesDavis, W. J. (1980). Present status of oceanic radioactive waste dumpsites. Santa Cruz,: Environmental Studies Institute, 43 pp. (Report prepared and submitted to the City of San Francisco at the request of the Honorable Quentin L. Kopp, Supervisor of San Francisco, September 1980, as part of ESI's policy analysis of waste dumping in ocean waters). Davis, W. J. (1980). Radioactive dumpsites in U. S. coastal waters. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 43 pp. (Report prepared and submitted to the City of San Francisco at the request of the Honorable Quentin L. Kopp, Supervisor of San Francisco, September 1980, as part of ESI's policy analysis of waste dumping in ocean waters). Davis, W. J. (1981). The proposed Japanese oceanic nuclear waste disposal program: a scientific analysis. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 52 pp. (Report prepared and submitted on behalf of the Honorable Carlos S. Camacho, Governor, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, May 1981, as part of ESI's policy analysis of waste dumping in international waters). Davis, W. J. (1981). The Japanese solution. Oceans 14, 67. Davis, W. J. (1981). They lie about the seabed. Chain Reaction 23, 27-28. Davis, W. J. (1981). Radioactive pollution of the Pacific. Invited editorial, Asian Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, 12/2/81, p. 4. Davis, W. J., Van Dyke, J. M., Hirsch, D., Magnier, M. A. and Broder, S. P. (1982). Evaluation of oceanic radioactive dumping programs. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 145 pp. (Official UN document of the London Dumping Convention, document LDC 7/7, London: International Maritime Organization). Davis, W. J. (1982). Poisoning the sea. WIN Magazine 18, 6-7. Davis, W. J. (1983). Report on the London Dumping Convention: New strategies for the protection of the Pacific. Pacific Bulletin 3, no. 2, 7-10. Davis, W. J. (1985). Critique of the report on ocean dumping by the IAEA Panel of Experts. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 44 pp. (Official UN document of the London Dumping Convention. London: International Maritime Organization). Davis, W. J. (1986). Putting the future at risk in oceans of nuclear waste. Los Angeles Times, Invited Guest Editorial, 6/23/86, part V, p. 3. Davis, W. J. (1986). Nuclear waste dumping at sea. New York Times Magazine, 6 July 1986, p. 42. Davis, W. J. (1987). Politics, not safety, dictates nuclear waste policy. San Jose Mercury-News, invited editorial, 14 July 1986, p. 7B. Davis, W. J. (1988). Social and political issues of radioactive waste dumping at sea. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 22 pp. (Report prepared and submitted as an official UN document on behalf of His Excellency Bernard Dowiyogo, President of the Republic of Nauru, to the London Dumping Convention, Eleventh Consultative Meeting. London: International Maritime Organization). Davis, W. J. (1988). Economic issues of radioactive waste dumping at sea. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 24 pp. (Report prepared and submitted as an official UN document on behalf of His Excellency Bernard Dowiyogo, President of the Republic of Nauru, to the London Dumping Convention, Eleventh Consultative Meeting. London: International Maritime Organization).
Nuclear non-proliferationDavis, W. J. (1985). A reciprocal incentives regime: A proposal for strengthening the non-proliferation treaty. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 24 pp. (Official UN document of the Third Review Conference on the Treaty for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Devices, Geneva, August 1985, prepared and submitted on behalf of His Excellency Hammer de Roburt, Independence President of the Republic of Nauru as part of ESI's policy analysis of nuclear proliferation). Davis, W. J. (1985). The history of Article VI in relation to a balanced non-proliferation treaty. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 30 pp. (Official UN document of the Third Review Conference on the Treaty for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Devices, Geneva, August 1985, prepared and submitted on behalf of His Excellency Hammer de Roburt, Independence President of the Republic of Nauru as part of ESI's policy analysis of nuclear proliferation). Davis, W. J. (1985). A call for signature of protocols to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 10 pp. (Official UN document of the Third Review Conference on the Treaty for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Devices, Geneva, August 1985). Davis, W. J. (1987). Meltdown of a naval propulsion nuclear reactor: A site-specific analysis for the San Francisco Bay Region. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Nuclear Policy Program, University of California, 101 pp. (Report commissioned for the San Francisco Referendum on Home Porting the USS Missouri in San Francisco Bay).
Davis, W. J. (1988).
Nuclear accident aboard a naval vessel berthed in Brisbane, Australia: Quantitative analysis of hypothetical accident scenarios. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 164 pp. (Report commissioned as an analysis of the policy of port visits by nuclear vessels in Australian ports).
Understanding nuclear dispersion in hypothetical reactor and weapons accidentsDavis, W. J. (1986). Maritime transportation of radioactive material: Site specific analysis of a ship fire in port involving incineration of spent nuclear fuel. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Nuclear Policy Program, University of California, 280 pp. (Report prepared for Federal Court action on the policy of transporting spent nuclear fuel through U.S. civilian ports). Davis, W. J. (1986). Nuclear weapons accidents aboard military ships: A quantitative site specific analysis of consequences for the San Francisco Bay Area. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 44 pp. (Report commissioned for the U. S. Navy Scoping Hearing on Home Porting the USS Missouri in San Francisco Bay). Davis, W. J. (1986). Comments on the safety analysis report on the N-reactor at Hanford. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 18 pp. (Report prepared as sworn testimony for Congressional Hearings by the House Subcommittee on General Oversight, chaired by the Honorable James Weaver, May 1986, published in the Record of the Hearings, as part of the analysis of policy of plutonium production). Davis, W. J. (1986). Further comments on the N-reactor. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 11 pp. (Further comments in support of the report prepared as sworn testimony for Congressional Hearings by the House Subcommittee on General Oversight, chaired by the Honorable James Weaver, May 1986, published in the Record of the Hearings, as part of the analysis of policy of plutonium production). Davis, W. J. (1987). Nuclear accidents on military vessels in Australian ports: site-specific analyses for Sydney and Fremantle/Perth. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Nuclear Policy Program, University of California, 129 pp. (Report commissioned for Australian Senate Hearings on the policy of stationing of nuclear powered and armed warships in Australian port cities). Davis, W. J. (1987). Site-specific accident analysis for the Latina nuclear power reactor in Borgo Sabotino, Italy: Environmental, medical and economic consequences. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Nuclear Policy Program, University of California, 83 pp. (Report commissioned for the Italian Referendum on Nuclear Energy as part of energy policy analysis). Davis, W. J. (1987). Transportation of spent nuclear fuel: quantitative, site-specific accident analysis for the port of Anzio, Italy. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Nuclear Policy Program, University of California, 84 pp. (Report commissioned for the Italian Referendum on Nuclear Energy as part of energy policy analysis). Davis, W. J. (1987). Safety procedures relating to nuclear powered or armed vessels in Australian waters. Official Hansard Report of the Australian Senate, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, 27 March 1987, 444-617. Davis, W. J. (1987). The Seabrook nuclear station emergency planning zone issue: Analysis and prospectus. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 36 pp. (Report prepared under commission to the Attorney General's Office, State of Massachusetts on the policy of siting nuclear reactors in densely populated regions). Davis, W. J. (1987). Nuclear accidents on military vessels in Canadian ports: Site specific analyses for Esquimalt/Victoria. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Nuclear Policy Program, University of California, 139 pp. (Report commissioned for the Canadian Referendum on the policy of stationing nuclear powered and armed vessels in densely populated port cities). Davis, W. J. (1987). Meltdown of a naval propulsion nuclear reactor: A site-specific analysis for the San Francisco Bay Region. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Nuclear Policy Program, University of California, 101 pp. (Report commissioned for the San Francisco Referendum on Home Porting the USS Missouri in San Francisco Bay). Davis, W. J. (1988). Safety issues related to special isotope separation (SIS) technology. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 31 pp. (Report commissioned as an analysis of plutonium production policy as embodied in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the U. S. Department of Energy). Davis, W. J. (1988). Nuclear accident aboard a naval vessel homeported at Staten Island, New York: Quantitative analysis of hypothetical accident scenario. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 105 pp (Report commissioned as an analysis of the policy of homeporting nuclear vessels in New York harbor as proposed by the U. S. Department of Defense). Davis, W. J. (1988). Nuclear accident aboard a naval vessel berthed in Copenhagen, Denmark: Quantitative analysis of a hypothetical accident scenario. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 104 pp. (Report commissioned as an analysis of the policy of port visits by nuclear vessels in European ports). Davis, W. J. (1988). Nuclear accident aboard a naval vessel berthed in Japanese ports: Quantitative analysis of hypothetical accident scenarios. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 164 pp. (Report commissioned as an analysis of the policy of port visits by nuclear vessels in Japanese ports). Davis, W. J. (1988). Nuclear accident aboard a naval vessel berthed in Brisbane, Australia: Quantitative analysis of hypothetical accident scenarios. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 164 pp. (Report commissioned as an analysis of the policy of port visits by nuclear vessels in Australian ports).
Davis, W. J. (1989). Nuclear accident aboard a naval vessel berthed in Stockholm, Sweden: Quantitative analysis of a hypothetical accident scenario. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 104 pp. (Report commissioned as an analysis of the policy of port visits by nuclear vessels in European ports).
Prohibiting nuclear submarine disposal at seaDavis, W. J. and Van Dyke, J. (1989). Dumping of decommissioned nuclear submarines at sea: A technical and legal analysis. Santa Cruz: Environmental Studies Institute, 31 pp. (Report published as an official UN document of the London Dumping Convention, Eleventh Consultative Meeting. London: International Maritime Organization). Davis, W. J. and Van Dyke, J. M. (1990). Dumping of decommissioned nuclear submarines at sea: A technical and legal analysis. Marine Policy 14, 467-476.
Sustainable developmentDavis, W. J. (1979). The Seventh Year: Industrial Civilization in Transition. New York: W. W. Norton. Davis, W. J. (1979). Energy: How dwindling supplies will change our lives. The Futurist 13, 258-267. Davis, W. J. (1980). Solar power in perspective. In Inter-energy '79 Proceedings. The Biomass Energy Institute, Inc., pp. 1-27. Davis, W. J. (1980). More problems in paradise. Environment 21 (letter). Davis, W. J. (1980). Technology in a time of scarcity. Invited editorial, The Modesto Bee, 3/25/80, p. A-15. Davis, W. J. (1980). Transportation in the eighties: A critical analysis of transportation issues from the view point of energy and resource depletion. Report prepared under contract to the U. S. Department of Transportation, May 1980. Davis, W. J. (2000) Feasibility Study of a Coralstone Industry and its linkage with the rehabilitation and sustainable development of Nauru. Revised paper prepared at the request of His Excellency Kinza Clodumar, President of Nauru (34 pp). Davis, W. J. (2001). A Nauru Coralstone Industry: Costs, Benefits and Development Options. Paper prepared at the request of Hon. Vinci Clodumar, Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations (14 pp.). Davis, W. J. (2008) Peak Oil: The Not-So-Secret Signal. Op-ed article, Denver Post Online, in press, October 2008. Davis, W. J. (2010) The Feasibility of a Nauruan Limestone Industry and Its Linkage with Rehabilitation. Boulder, Colorado: Environmental Studies Institute, 609 pp. Davis, W. J. (2010) Market Research Report: The Financial Feasibility of the Islestone Industry. Boulder, Colorado: Environmental Studies Institute, 353 pp.
Climate change
Davis, W. J. (1979). The Seventh Year: Industrial Civilization in Transition. New York: W. W. Norton. Davis, W. J. (1993). The reduction of fossil carbon dioxide emissions: A draft protocol to the framework convention on climate change. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Program on Global Security, University of California, 37 pp. (this paper became the "AOSIS Protocol," the basis of international negotiations within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change). Davis, W. J. (1993). Criteria for joint implementation of commitments under the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Santa Cruz: Adlai Stevenson Program on Global Security, University of California, 18 pp. (Report submitted to the Inter-governmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change at its Ninth Negotiating Session). Davis, W. J. (1996) The Alliance of Small Island States: Conscience of international climate policy. Asia-Pacific Magazine 2: 17 - 22. Davis, W. J. and Lefale, Pene (1997). Evaluation of climate convention protocol proposals: Proposed AOSIS negotiating positions and strategies. Paper commissioned by the Alliance of Small Island States and the South Pacific Regional Environment Program in preparation for the Fourth Conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Davis, W. J. (2010) The Feasibility of a Nauruan Limestone Industry and Its Linkage with Rehabilitation. Boulder, Colorado: Environmental Studies Institute, 609 pp.
Protecting biodiversityDavis, W. J. (1979). The Seventh Year: Industrial Civilization in Transition. New York: W. W. Norton. Lameka, R. A., Van Arsdol, M. D., Constable, A., Davis, W. J., Fippinger, P. B., Kopetski, M. A., LaBrash, J. A., Levey, J. L., Pederson, K. K., Stark, C. P., Walsh, E. K., and Mageean, D. M. (2000). Assessing policy effectiveness in preservation of beaches in Ventura County, California, and south coastal Maine. Paper prepared for a Conference Sponsored by the California Coastal Coalition (CalCoast) and the California Beach Preservation Association, Montery, CA, 2 - 4 Nov. 2000. Davis, W. J. (2010) The Feasibility of a Nauruan Limestone Industry and Its Linkage with Rehabilitation. Boulder, Colorado: Environmental Studies Institute, 609 pp.
Davis, W. J. (2010)
Market Research Report:
The Financial Feasibility of the Islestone Industry. Boulder, Colorado: Environmental Studies Institute, 353 pp.
Ban on persistent organic pollutantsDavis, W. J. (1990). Global aspects of marine pollution policy: The need for a new international convention. Marine Policy 14, 191-197.
Davis, W. J. (1993)
Contamination of coastal versus open ocean surface waters: A brief meta-analysis. Marine Pollution Bulletin 26, 128-134.
Reducing marine pollutionDavis, W. J. (1990). Global aspects of marine pollution policy: The need for a new international convention. Marine Policy 14, 191-197. Davis, W. J. (1993) Contamination of coastal versus open ocean surface waters: A brief meta-analysis. Marine Pollution Bulletin 26, 128-134. Davis, W. J. (1993). The need for a new global ocean governance system. In Van Dyke, J. M., Zaelke, D. and Hewison, G. (Eds.), Freedom for the seas in the 21st century: Ocean governance and environmental harmony. Washington, D. C.: Island Press, pp. 147 - 170.
Restoration ecologyDavis, W. J. (2010) The Feasibility of a Nauruan Limestone Industry and Its Linkage with Rehabilitation. Boulder, Colorado: Environmental Studies Institute, 609 pp. Davis, W. J. (2010) Market Research Report: The Financial Feasibility of the Islestone Industry. Boulder, Colorado: Environmental Studies Institute, 353 pp.
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