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AGENDA 21
CONNECTING THE DOTS
The Transformation of America
that is Taking Away Our Liberties Prepared by Richard
Rothschild [email protected]
Democrats also concerned www.democratsagainstUNagenda21.
com
(Actual Headline)
DEMOCRATS AGAINST
U. N. AGENDA 21
”Carroll County Maryland
”Carroll County Maryland
kicks ICLEI out!”
kicks ICLEI out!”
RNC- RESOLUTION EXPOSING UNITED NATIONS AGENDA 21 WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of extreme
environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control that was initiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992; and,
WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is being covertly pushed into local communities throughout the United States of America through the International Council of Local
Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) through local “sustainable development” policies such as Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, and other “Green” or “Alternative” projects; and,
WHEREAS, this United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called “sustainable development” views the American way of life of private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms; all as destructive to the environment; and,
WHEREAS, according to the United Nations Agenda 21 policy, social justice is described as the right and opportunity of all people to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by
society and the environment which would be accomplished by socialist/communist redistribution of wealth; and,
WHEREAS, according to the United Nations Agenda 21 policy National sovereignty is deemed a social injustice; now therefore be
RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee recognizes the destructive and insidious nature of United Nations Agenda 21 and hereby exposes to the public and public policy makers the dangerous intent of the plan; and therefore be it further
RESOLVED , that the U.S. government and no state or local government is legally bound by the United Nations Agenda 21 treaty in that it has never been endorsed by the (U.S.) Senate, and therefore be it further
RESOLVED, that the federal and state and local governments across the country be well informed of the underlying harmful implications of implementation of United Nations Agenda 21 destructive strategies for “sustainable development” and we hereby endorse rejection of its radical policies and rejection of any grant monies attached to it, and therefore be it further
RESOLVED, that upon the approval of this resolution the Republican National Committee shall deliver a copy of this resolution to each of the Republican members of Congress, all Republican candidates for Congress, all Republican candidates for President who qualify for RNC sanctioned debates, and to each Republican state and territorial party office and recommend for adoption into the Republican Party Platform at the 2012 Convention.
As Approved by the Republican National Committee, January 13, 2012
KANSAS CONDEMNS A-21
The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning the United Nations' Agenda 21 environmental action plan, which focuses on sustainable development.
Kansas lawmakers adopted the non-binding resolution following intense debate over what supporters believe is the U.N.'s attempt to "indoctrinate" the public on sustainability issues and its desire to control the local government planning process.
ALABAMA CONDEMNS A-21
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A bill to bar the state from taking over private property without due process passed the House this morning on a 96-0 vote.
Senate Bill 477, sponsored by Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, is intended to shelter Alabamians from the United Nations Agenda 21, a sustainable development initiative that some conservatives see as a Trojan horse for the creation of a world government.
TENNESSEE CONDEMNS A-21
Lawmakers in Tennessee passed a resolution on March 15, 2012 condemning United Nations Agenda 21 as a “destructive and insidious” environmental plan to advance communist agenda under the guise of community planning.
The state House of Representatives voted 72-23 in favor of House Joint Resolution 587, which denounces the non-binding UN Agenda 21
Oath of Office
I will support the Constitution of the United States; and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the State of __________, and support the Constitution and Laws thereof...
QUESTION
Have you ever REALLY thought about what this means?
When you took the oath, did you mean it?
Are you prepared to stand, speak, act and defend our Constitutions?
The Crux: Unalienable Rights We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit* of Happiness
14th Amendment: …nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
A Critical Crossroads.
Will we choose respect for our citizens freedoms or government overreach?
or this…
Equity
Agenda 21
So many things making so little sense:
EPA drives industries overseas where pollution increases EPA embraces ethanol while blaming farming for pollution Master Plans across America overtly ignore property rights Environmental nooses rob property rights & individual freedoms
based on unsettled science, distorted statistics & exaggerated predictions.
Focus on Social Equity eclipsing life-liberty property (Why?) Municipal Master Plans have become Manifestos
People in tears across America (Why?)
What’s happening? Radical Environmentalism is not the
cause. It is also a vehicle. Radical Environmentalists have become
“the tool” of an anti-American movement that has metastasized and is usurping congressional authority
A CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER: It is as a matter of fact, an anti-
American; anti-Free market, anti-Constitutional movement
What if? What if you wanted to eliminate
candy manufacturers from the world? …How would you do it?
Which would be easier… Banning candy or promoting healthy teeth?
And if we were going to promote healthy teeth, shouldn’t we also promote general health and avoidance of diabetes?
How would you do it? Get the ADA on your side (a NGO) Create a health sustainability
coordinator that belongs to a U.N. organization that promotes benefits of a candy-free society
Pass laws requiring schools to use healthy diet templates
Require schools to teach the evils of candy
How would you do it?
Explain how Candy consumption consumes too much of the world’s sugar cane supplies.
Publish selective articles “proving” candy is harmful to your health
Endorse organizations that promote healthy eating. Offer smart sugarfree growing awards
Pass resolutions that state, “in the absence of positive proof”, we should err on the side of caution and avoid candy.
How would you do it? Get non-candy companies to sell
alternatives. How? Offer grants to companies that
manufacture healthy desserts. Offer grants to schools, communities,
and businesses that provide healthy desserts in lieu of candy
Promote technology that monitors sugar intake
How would you do it?
Require fund transfers to poor countries to wean them from sugar-based foods.
Create gov’t dietary commissions staffed with anti-sugar political appointees.
Require all members of the dietary commission be trained in proper diets
How would Moore or Gore do it?
Produce a movie about corruption at Hershey’s Chocolate, “Candy and Me”
Produce a movie denigrating the system that enables us to have chocolate in every household, “Capitalism and Candy… How greed is killing America”
Produce a movie on the evils of cavities, “An Inconvenient Tooth”
How would you do it? Create false moral equivalencies… if
you don’t support the banning of candy, you must be cold, callous, and in favor of harming children.
Blame the poor health of children worldwide on wasteful capitalism; and sugar consumption of wealthy nations
Declare the debate is over. Sugar must go
Sustainability has a double meaning…
sustainability with a small “s”(i.e. responsible environmental & energy
policies) versus
SSustainability with a Capital “S” A Socio-economic political movement From UN Dept of Social & Economic Affairs Clear Marxist undercurrents
Focus: 3-E’s Environment-Economy-Social Equity
It is a GreenGreen Trojan Horsemasking a RedRed Agenda
Free market Free market manipulatiomanipulationn
UnsustainabUnsustainabeenergy eenergy initiativesinitiatives
Government Government control of control of Land-Labor-Land-Labor-CapitalCapital
Group rights Group rights trump trump individuals’individuals’
Private Private Property Property ImpingementsImpingements
Social Social EngineeringEngineering
Constitutional Constitutional ImpingementsImpingements
Gov’t in Gov’t in production & production & consumptionconsumptionSSuussttaaiinnaabbiilliittyy
Where does it come from?
UN Agenda 21 Sustainability (with Capital “S”)
U.N. + Constitution = Unconstitutional
HOW DID WE GET HERE???
U.S. ADOPTION “Effective execution of Agenda 21 will require a
profound reorientation of all human society, unlike anything the world has ever experienced –a major shift in the priorities of both governments and individuals and an unprecedented redeployment of human and financial resources. This shift will demand that a concern for the environmental consequences of every human action be integrated into individual and collective decision-making at every level.“
– signed by G.H. Bush, 1992
U.S. ADOPTION President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order
#12852 which created the President's Council On Sustainable Development on June 29 1993.
It’s purpose was to translate the recommendations set forth in Agenda 21 into public policy administered by the federal government. They produced: "Sustainable America - A New Consensus".
President’s Sustainability Council Balanced? You Decide…
Membership included: • Twelve Cabinet-level Federal Officials
• Jonathan Lash, Pres. World Resources Institute• John Adams, Ex. Dir. National Resources Defense Council• Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Pres. Zero Population• Michelle Perrault, International V.P., Sierra Club• John C. Sawhill, Pres. The Nature Conservancy• Jay D. Hair, Pres. World Conservation Union (IUCN)• Kenneth L. Lay, CEO, Enon Corporation• William D. Ruckelshaus, Chm., Browning-Ferris Industries & former EPA Administrator
J Gary Lawrence Clinton’s advisor for Sustainable
Development: “Participating in a U.N. advocated planning
process would very likely bring out many …right wing conspiracy groups…who would actively work to defeat any elected official…undertaking Local Agenda 21. So we call our process something else, such as “comprehensive planning,” “growth management,” or “smart growth.”
Agenda Agenda 2121
President’s Council on Sustainable Development
Agencies
EPA/HUD/DoT
ICLEI (Int’l Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives)
America’s planning associations
NationalAdoption
Local Implementation
State/Local
Planning
Lawsuit “collusion”?
Regulatory Tyranny
Coercion &
Complicity
A red agenda marketed with pretty green name: “sustainability”
Agenda 21 spread like an INFECTION: UN A21 ICLEI NGO’s State Planners
America’s planning association(s) provide sample ordinances based on ICLEI doctrine that originated in UN Agenda 21
Municipal Plans become Manifestos. Why can’t we see this? They tricked us…
Understanding Constitution vs Agenda 21
SOURCE
Constitution SustainabilityAgenda 21
Greatest Concern
Freedom from Tyranny
Global Warming & Social Equity
Strategic Vision
Protect Life-Liberty-Property
Environment, Economy, Equity
Role of Government
Protect unalienable rights given by God
Government acts as God
Legislative Focus
Protect Human Rights
Protect earth from humans
Understanding Constitution vs Agenda 21
Constitution SustainabilityAgenda 21
Scientific Threshold
Proof required Lack of Certainty not a basis of inaction on environment
America’s Middle Class
Single family homes; cars; prosperity
UNsustainable
Role of Suburbia
American Dream UNsustainable
Meat-based diets
Medium or Rare? Cattle grazing UNsustainable
Understanding Constitution vs Agenda 21
Constitution SustainabilityAgenda 21
Role of rural private land
Farmers & ranchers as custodians
Wildlands Project; Re-wild 50% of America
Cities Collapsing due to social equity programs
Force middle-class into cities to promote equity
Value system
Equality of opportunity; individual rights
Globalism- Good of many outweighs good of few
Understanding Constitution vs Agenda 21
Constitution SustainabilityAgenda 21
America’s Role
Beacon of Freedom
Source of planetary degradation
Role ofFree Market Capitalism:
Source of wealth & opportunity
Source of Social Injustice; to be steered by government
Growth Template
Highest & best use via Free Markets
Smartgrowth; New Urbanization
But despite the bad, good things come from Sustainability.. Right?
“There were orchestras under the Third-Reich that played beautiful music…
but this doesn’t change the nature of the Beast.”
- Richard Rothschild
But how did it get here?
What’s really in Agenda 21?
Section 1: Social & Economic Dimensions
Section 2: Conservation & Mgmt of Resources for Development
Section 3: Strengthening the roles of major groups.
Section 4: Means of Implementation Rio Declarations
From U.N. Dept of Economic & Social Affairs
Understanding the Bible of Sustainability- Agenda 21 Pay close attention to the choice of words
and emphasis on “Government” in the Agenda 21 “Sustainability” document.
In particular watch for the following: Gov’t into production and consumption Gov’t source for all solutions “Identity Politics” as a means of dividing;
conquering; and building consensus against capitalism and private property rights.
Transfer of wealth initiatives and pro-Marxist “bent”.
Emphasis on “the people” rather than individuals
Agenda 21… “Each country should, in
consultation with its youth communities, establish a process to promote dialogue between the youth community and Government… “
Government determines appropriate levels of production and consumption
Middle class= unsustainable
Agenda 21- Gov’t Centric
14.41. Governments at the appropriate level, should:
(b) Select combinations of land uses and production systems appropriate to land units through multiple goal optimization procedures, and strengthen delivery systems and local community participation;
Waste Disposal
21.4. Environmentally sound waste management must go beyond the mere safe disposal or recovery of wastes… by attempting to change unsustainable patterns of production and consumption.
QUESTION- How will they do this?
Sustainability Agenda21 SECTION III STRENGTHENING ROLE OF MAJOR GROUPS (Identity Politics)
24.Global action for women towards sustainable and equitable development
25.Children and youth in sustainable development
26.Recognizing and strengthening the role of indigenous people and their communities
27.Strengthening the role of non-governmental organizations: partners for sustainable development
29.Strengthening the role of workers and their trade unions
Appeal to the proletariat
29.4. For workers and their trade unions to play a full and informed role in support of sustainable development, Governments and employers should promote the rights of individual workers to freedom of association and the protection of the right to organize as laid down in ILO conventions…
What has Sustainability become?
Unfortunately, the environmental movement has been hijacked as a convenient excuse to attack capitalism; blame America; transfer wealth; impinge on Constitutional rights; and install a government run socio-economic system.
United Nations paradigm: Capitalism and private property rights are not sustainable, and pose the single greatest threat to the world’s ecosystem and social equity.
Creates an Irreconcilably Incompatible Conflict:
Constitutional Principles: Life-Liberty- Pursuit of Happiness/Property…
versus Sustainability Agenda: Economy – Environment – Social
Equity Marxism?
Is it Incompatible? Social Equity as promulgated
means: 1) Environment trumps economy 2) Environment trumps unalienable rights 3) All people should benefit EQUALLY from
the earth’s resources. 4) Government decides the what, where,
how, and who will get to use resources. No free market.
Not convinced?
Professor Carl J. Circo: University of Arkansas School of Law
Publication: Does Sustainability Require a New Theory of Property Rights (2009)?
“Does sustainability challenge the U.S. property regime? The answer is yes…”
“The critical question is whether U.S. sustainability advocates can muster the theoretical support they need to achieve their
social justice objectives.”
Maurice Strong, U.N. Undersecretary of the Rio Earth Summit
"Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, the use of fossil fuels, electrical appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing - are not sustainable.“
..."Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?"
UN report- Habitat I conference: “Land … cannot be treated as an
ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principle instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth, therefore, contributes to social injustice.”
Green Agenda Has Parallels with Excesses of Communism, says Czech President Vaclav Klaus 7-28-2011
Klaus, 70, who has twice been elected as Czech President, is a most important figures in post-communist Europe. His experiences under totalitarian rule have made him exquisitely alert to the erosion of democratic freedoms.
In Sydney… Klaus, an economist who fought against communism, warned of the new threats to our freedom he recognises in the doctrine of global warming.
"I feel threatened now, not by global warming… (but) by the global warming doctrine, which I consider a new dangerous attempt to control and mastermind my life and our lives, in the name of controlling the climate or temperature."
Global warming alarmists "want to change us, they want to change our behaviour, our way of life, our values and preferences. They want to restrict our freedom because they themselves believe they know what is good for us. They are not interested in climate. They misuse the climate in their goal to restrict our freedom. Therefore ...what is in danger is freedom, not the climate".
A better way…
“Property rights mean self-interested monitors. No owned creatures are in danger of extinction. No owned forests are in danger of being leveled. No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg when it is his goose.” -Thomas Sowell
Time to connect the dots…
The “mark” of UN Agenda 21 …Three E’s According to Agenda 21, the objective
of Sustainable Development is to integrate: EEnvironmental policies EEconomy EEquity (as in Social Equity) ` … in order to achieve reduced consumption,
social equity, and the preservation and restoration of biodiversity (Capital “S” Sustainability)
E
EE
Seeing is believing…
Agenda 21 Doesn’t come with flashing lights that say “Agenda 21”.
Comes wrapped in a plain green package labeled smartgrowth or sustainability.
“ I C L E I ”
The “Three E’s” appear in Master The “Three E’s” appear in Master Plans and Education throughout the Plans and Education throughout the U.S.U.S.
Carroll County previous Master Plan Vision Statement
“Carroll County sustains a balance between protection of
natural systems (Environment), Economic development, and social Equity…”
(The three E’s)
Master Plans… are now are now MANIFSTOS:MANIFSTOS:
They are the SOFT UNDERBELLY of constitutional freedoms: Life/Liberty/Pursuit of Happiness/Property
Master Plans place Environment first, and demand planned Economies and SOCIAL EQUITY
Hijacked by EPA, HUD, DoT, DOA and State Planning Departments to force top-down restructuring of our lives they deem “sustainable”.
Freedom of choice being eliminated(why…)
True colors of sustainability
Harvey Ruvin, recent Vice Chair of the ICLEI, “individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective” in the process of implementing Sustainable Development.
Still not convinced? TJspare-TJspare- Thomas Jefferson
Sustainability Study to Preserve and Assess the Regional Environment (TJSPARE in Virginia)
PlanMarylandPlanMaryland
MWCPMWCP
TJspare- Thomas Jefferson planning
Sustainability proposal “won” a $999,000 HUD sustainable planning grant.
EXCERPT: “The diversity and the inherent dignity and
worth of all living things are fully appreciated; and societal benefits and costs are equitably shared by all citizens.”
TJspare- Thomas Jefferson planning (continued)
EXCERPT:
“To create conditions that promote a healthy balance of wealth, power, and privilege…
To be measured by the gap between incomes of the rich and poor, and by the extent to which community leadership (elected and appointed) reflects the Region's overall diversity.”
TJspare- Thomas Jefferson planning (continued)
EXCERPT:
“To maintain a population composition that does not reduce the sustainability of the Region… (What does this mean? How?)
To be measured by the distribution of population according to age, race /ethnicity, income/personal wealth, education, and employment status.”
MWCP- Master Water Control Plan
Original purpose was to protect human life and property…
Why did we enter the spring thaw with reservoirs nearly full?
Radical Environmentalism? Perhaps, but is it the sole procuring cause? Are you aware Agenda 21 and Wildlands
Project demand we drive away humans and “re-wild” 50% of America?
PlanMaryland (DRAFT)
A wholesale DISMISSAL of American values? EXCERPT:
“The values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs over adversity.”
PlanMaryland- (DRAFT)
“Oversight and management of PlanMaryland’s implementation will occur under the auspices of the Smart Growth Subcabinet and its Coordinating Committee, with advice from the Sustainable Growth Commission. … To be handled through a Smart Growth PlanMaryland working group, which will consist of a subset of Subcabinet and Committee members, assisted by a broad inter-disciplinary team of professionals drawn from the State agencies.“
Central Planning?
PlanMaryland- (where are private (DRAFT) property rights?)
“However, in the absence of a set of policies and strategies for containing development and prioritizing the highest and best use of all land in the State, there is no reason
to believe that market forces alone will produce development that is smart, sustainable, and balances the competing demands made on limited resources.”
(Apparently the State believes all land belongs to it… Highest and Best use according to whom?)
Questions
What are the implications if governments are to ensure “the best… possible land use?”
Does a new “highest and best use” justify rezoning against the will of present owners?
Suppose gov’t deems preservation in pristine form to be “best possible use?
Suppose govt deems office parks to be highest and best use?
Suppose govt changes its mind from year to year?
PlanMaryland- (DRAFT)
Sustainable Growth Commission will “advise on the content and preparation of the State Development Plan, State Transportation Plan, and State Housing Plan.
(Is there anything left??? Yes… see next slide)
PlanMaryland- (DRAFT)
Table 4-2: Functional Strategies for…
Production, Distribution, and Consumption of
Food, Water, Energy. (Resistance is futile… they’ll cut your
funding)
PlanMaryland- tortured data and questionable premises
Global Warming is anthropogenic and caused by CO2 (GHG)??? Septics are principle source of Bay nitrates??? WWT plants are preferable to septic systems??? Maryland State values trump local discretion? Full achievement of Plan visions will reduce vehicle miles by 6%
(A total reordering of society for speculative gain of 6%) People relocate further from employment due to cheap housing? State worrying about # people/house? State decides capital, regulatory, & assistance (coercion) State development vision will make us healthier and happier
(where is the proof of concept)
PlanMaryland- questionable premises
Unfounded assertions and no proof source: Car expenditures subtract from local economy (2-21) Compact development: 20-40% less driving (2-19)
distance or time? Compact development (reliance on mass transit or
bicycles) can increase productivity (2-11) Compact development is financially advantageous for
govt (2-20) but ignores cost of water, sewer, social services, policing, and congestion
Deterioration of old communities have moved jobs away (2-30) but ignores evidence that deterioration is a function of social decline that is aggravated by social programs that create a dependent class.
#1 ISSUE: State of Maryland Uses “Alternative” Measures of Prosperity in lieu of GDP to measure Success (Sept draft)
Gov. O’Malley wants government to use socialist criteria. Since the GDP “infers and overstates social well-being; does not address equity and wealth distribution; and disregards negative environmental degradation and social impacts” Maryland now uses an alternative metric(s):
Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) directly incorporates the 3 “E”s of Sustainability, including subjective, questionable measures; e.g. loss of leisure time, noise pollution, and cost of family changes
Gross National Happiness (GNH) attempts to measure wellbeing. This Buddhist concept was created in Bhutan in 1972 to supplant traditional economic indicators with subjective measures of “happiness”
Happy Planet Index (HPI) ranks the US lower than Vietnam, Cuba and Haiti (pre or post earthquake?)
Subjective new yardstick for measuring success:
GDP being usurped by new Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) (2-13).
The GPI displaces measurable objective economic statistics with subjective concepts known as the
3-E’s: Environment - Economy - Social Equity “The GPI is designed to measure sustainable
economic welfare…To accomplish this, the GPI uses three simple underlying principles for its methodology: account for income inequality, …environmental degradation, human health effects, and loss of leisure time.”
PlanMaryland’s GPI
www.green.maryland.gov/mdgpi
The real choice? A ZERO-SUM world: A pack-em and stack-em world,
where production is capped by limited resources; and the only alternative is a redistribution by government of limited production among a growing population.
versus
A world of HOPE: Where our economy continues to grow; personal choices expand; and standards of living improve for a healthier, happier lifestyle
Enablers of Gov’t overreach
Kelo vs New London, Connecticut Radical anti-property rights environmental
doctrine Planning- sample ordinances derived from
ICLEI / Agenda 21 movement APA appears to advocate AGAINST private
property rights… Is this a professional org or advocacy group?
EPA & HUD ideology derived from ICLEI / Agenda 21
Tools of Coercion
Legislative coercion Grant Coercion Environmental nooses Junk science and manufactured
crisis NOW… Obama EO 13575 Rural
Councils (WHY???)
EPA as defendant (EPA website)Friendly lawsuits gain judicial fiat power??
DELAWARE LAWSUIT American Littoral Society, et al. v. EPA, et al., No. 96-330 (D. Del.) In this case (filed June 1996), plaintiffs and EPA signed a consent decree which the court entered on
August 4, 1997. The decree provides that EPA will ensure that the TMDLs are established if Delaware does not establish the TMDLs.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAWSUIT Kingman Park Civic Association, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al, No.
1:98CV00758 (D.D.C.) In this case (filed on March 25, 1998), plaintiffs seek an order … requiring EPA to monitor all unmonitored
waters in the District, to establish TMDLs for all waters listed by EPA for all pollutants of MARYLAND LAWSUIT Sierra Club, et al. v. EPA, No. H97-3838 (D. Md.) In this case (filed November 13, 1997) plaintiffs seek an order vacating EPA's approval ofMaryland's 1996
303(d) list, requiring EPA to identify all WQLSs in Maryland and establish TMDLs for all such waters, and to implement such TMDLs through the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permitting program
PENNSYLVANIA LAWSUIT American Littoral Society, et al. v. EPA, No. 96-489 (E.D. Pa.) In this case (filed January 1996), plaintiffs and EPA signed a consent decree which the district court
entered on April 9, 1997. The consent decree sets out a 12-year schedule for establishment of TMDLs for all WQLS on Pennsylvania's 1996 list
VIRGINIA LAWSUIT American Canoe Association, Inc. and the American Littoral Society v. EPA and EPA - Region
III, No. 98-979-A. In this case (filed July 9, 1998), plaintiffs and EPA signed a consent decree which the district court entered
on June 11, 1999. The consent decree sets out a 11-year schedule for establishment of TMDLs for all water quality limited segments (WQLS) on Virginia's 1998 Section 303(d) list as amended by EPA on May 10, 1999
WEST VIRGINIA LAWSUIT Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc., et al. v Carol Browner, et al., No. 2:95-0529
(S.D.W.VA.) In this case (filed July 1995), plaintiffs and EPA signed a consent decree which the district court entered on
July 9, 1997. The consent decree sets out a ten-year schedule for establishment of TMDLs for (1) certain portions of the Ohio River
Presidential Executive Order #13575 – Rural Councils
June 9th, 2011: Presidential Executive Order #13575 - Establishment of the White House Rural Council, which will inject the federal government into rural communities in an Agenda 21-style fashion.
25 cabinet members include: DoD; Homeland Security; National Drug Control; HUD; Dept Labor etc.
How does this impact us?
Municipal Master Plans… Create urban development zones in
rural areas to promote social equity. Arrest private property rights Arrest of more freedoms on the
horizon (transportation, energy, food) EPA destroying our industries
Citizens in tears and in fear
Intuitively understand something has gone terribly wrong
Non-elected agencies & citizens’ councils creating appearances of consensus
Shredding “unalienable rights” Soviet style railroading of public policy Fueled by draconian EPA/HUD overreach
What do we need? Legislation to overturn Kelo vs New London Congress must take back authority from “Agencies” and defund (50% cut) EPA; HUD; & sustainability grants Require Cost/Benefit analysis on EPA abatement mandates Cease federal agency participation in UN Organizations-
a violation of Article 1 Section 10. Resolve EPA/HUD may not withhold permits & funding
from State or County gov’t as an enforcement tool. Resolution rejecting Obama’s EO 13575 Rural Council Resolution rejecting Three-E’s and reaffirming
Constitutional Principles of Life/Liberty/Property as basis for operations by EPA/HUD and all federal agencies
Caution They will try to discredit these concerns
with hysterical rebuttals: They will say we oppose zoning- FALSE They will say we believe you should be able to
do anything with property regardless of environmental impact- FALSE
They will cry racist when we oppose government gerrymandering of housing stock- FALSE
They will say this concerns are a conspiracy theory- FALSE. The smoking guns are inarguable.
Next Steps Need Congressional Hearings: Ph-D
speakers available and eager to be heard Documentation is abundant We are in end-game… not much time left. The Antidote: Reinstatement of the The Antidote: Reinstatement of the
United States Constitution as a United States Constitution as a principle for all principle for all environmental efforts environmental efforts that shall be based on VERIFIABLE that shall be based on VERIFIABLE SCIENCE AND SOUND ECONOMICS.SCIENCE AND SOUND ECONOMICS.
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