U. S. Department of Energy promotes "sustainable development" in accordance with United Nations'

The Sierra Times ^ | 08. 18. 02 at 20:26 Sierra Time | Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

[madfly]

U. S. Department of Energy promotes "sustainable development" in accordance with United Nations' scheme
By Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online
Published 08. 18. 02 at 20:26 Sierra Time

The U. S. Department of Energy
has joined in promoting the concept of
"sustainable development", as revealed by their website.  One of the "solutions" offered is "relocation" of property owners.  This is something we are seeing on a local level here in Clallam County, Washington.[1]

“Sustainable Development” was first introduced by Maurice Strong, socialist, senior adviser to the Commission on Global Governance and driving force behind the concept of “sustainability”. When introducing the term at the 1992 Rio Conference (Earth Summit II), he stated:  Industrialized countries [Americans] have “developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma.  It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption pattern of the affluent middle class – involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning and suburban housing – are not sustainable.  A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns.”[2]  Strong also explains in an essay that the concept of sovereignty has to yield in favor of the “new imperatives of global environmental cooperative.”

Following are some alarming excerpts from the U.S. Department of Energy's website:

http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/disaster/disintro.shtml ...Development continues unabated in the riskiest of areas, along the coasts and floodplains in the U.S. Communities in these high-risk regions, by definition, are not sustainable. Residents cannot count on the communities' survival for generations to come. Some live in fear that the next rain or wind storm could mean the end of normal life. These are people and communities at risk, locked in a costly, life-threatening gamble with the environment.... ...Sustainable development offers a way out. For some communities, the only solution is relocation, moving entirely off the floodplain, out of harm's way. For others, sustainable development means restricting new construction in particularly vulnerable areas, elevating structures to remove the threat of flooding, or building smarter, stronger buildings that are more hazard-resistant... ...While at first glance this facet of sustainable development may seem unrelated to disaster prevention, in truth they're intricately tied. An increasing body of evidence points to human energy use - specifically the burning of fossil fuels - as a factor in global climate change. Global climate change, in turn, may be at least partially responsible for the increased number and severity of storms. By making efficient use of energy resources, disaster-prone communities that employ sustainable development are also doing their part to slow global warming and temper the very storms that threaten them.... ...Striving for sustainability is a daunting task, even for those communities that aren't disaster-prone. Changing the way we use resources and approach development is slow-going and often frustrating...

The Dept. of Energy bases much of its rhetoric on the false premise that humans are the cause of "global warming" - when in fact, global warming is a theory, not scientifically proven. See Global Warming Models Labeled 'Fairy Tale' By Team of Scientists.[3]

The insurance industry has been pulled into the game of “Sustainable Development”, too. The website states: “Increasingly, the insurance industry is taking an interest in global climate change as a possible contributor to the dramatic rise in costly natural disasters. Industry leaders share with advocates of sustainable development a desire to mitigate weather-related damages and make communities stronger. Insurance and The Natural Sciences: Partners in the Public Interest, a speech presented in September 1996 by Franklin W. Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America, further explains this ‘insurance connection.’”

As a “public/private” partnership, the move toward fascism continues.[4]

The Dept. of Energy website refers the reader to the United Nations for more information. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, through Global Change, a magazine about climate change and ozone depletion published by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.

Action you can take:  

Write to President Bush and request that he reverse the "Sustainable Development" trend in the agencies he controls.  Find contact information here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

 

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[1] See ‘Contentious’ river property owners unwilling to sell,  but some feel they have no choice and Citizens speak out against river buyout; county to proceed with grant application anyway

[2] Agenda 21 stresses “ Improving human settlement management; Promoting sustainable land-use planning and management; Promoting sustainable energy and transport systems in human settlements, to name a few – in other words, “managing humans” is the goal at a global level.

[3] See also Another Study Debunks Global Warming.  Two new studies of temperatures and ice cap movement in that same area indicate that is not the case.  In fact, Antarctica is becoming colder.  Dr. Peter Dorman and his team of scientists have determined that since 1986, temperatures have been dropping an average of 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit per decade and similar downturns have occurred since 1978 in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of east Antarctica.  When the scientists noticed that “glacial ice wasn’t melting, streams weren’t flowing, lakes were shrinking and microorganisms were disappearing, they decided to expand their data collection and discovered that “Antarctica as a whole had gotten considerably colder."  The study seems to confirm what 17,000 scientists have previously determined; there is no “global warming.”

[4] Fascism defined: “a governmental system with strong centralized power, permitting no opposition or criticism, controlling all affairs of the nation (industrial, commercial, etc.), emphasizing an aggressive nationalism.” (The American College Dictionary, c. 1951, P 438)

[madfly]

ping

[BenLurkin]

Oh for crying out loud!

[ALfreereeper]

Is this what "Breaking News" has come to?

[madfly]

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[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Major Matt Mason]

If Maurice Strong was involved, it has to be a load of Barbara Steisand. The world will be a much better place once Mr. Strong goes on to meet his maker.

[madfly]

IT is to those who are familiar with the UN's Agenda 21.

Perhaps you'd like a current update of Jason Priestly's condition.

[madfly]

Where do you disagree with this article.

Will you be attending The World Conference on Sustainable Development this week, held by the UN at Johannesburg?

[madfly]

If Maurice Strong was involved, it has to be a load of Barbara Steisand.

Well said!

[lavaroise]

They obviously want to kill people if need be for their sustainable development. What else does it mean? Is it a worthy god? Made of ideas of men?

[USA21]

Goodby America

[Future Snake Eater]

IT is to those who are familiar with the UN's Agenda 21

I guess that leaves me out. What's Agenda 21?

[MileHi]

the concept of sovereignty has to yield in favor of the “new imperatives of global environmental cooperative.”

That has a nice Marxist ring to it.

[madfly]

Here's a little bit about it and its' 10 year anniversary conference, Johannesburg, by a most knowledgeable man, Henry Lamb.

Unsustainable freedom

By Henry Lamb
web posted May 27, 2002

The opposite side of sustainable development is unsustainable freedom. Sustainable development means: government-managed integration of economic development, environmental protection, and social equity.

The concept of government-managed economic development is the opposite of free enterprise and free markets. The concept of government-managed environmental protection tramples the concept of private property rights. The concept of government-managed social equity penalizes individual achievement, enterprise and excellence, and rewards the opposite.

Sustainable development is government-managed development; freedom cannot survive in a government-managed society.

In a land that celebrates the recognition that "all men are created equal," with the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, a person can no longer live wherever he chooses. If the choice is outside the urban boundary; in a critical habitat area; within the "view-shed" of a scenic byway; or is inconsistent with any of the government's management requirements, freedom is sacrificed on the altar of sustainable development.

Moreover, those people who have chosen to live within what has been designated as a buffer zone, or a proposed connecting corridor between wilderness areas, are being forced off their land in order to reshape our free society into a sustainable society. Klamath Basin farmers live in a proposed buffer zone. The Endangered Species Act was the vehicle chosen to deprive the farmers of their water to force them off the land. Although the farmers have won the battle for now, it is a temporary victory. Environmental organizations have sued to force the government to protect the fish, and force the people off the land.

The bible of sustainability is Agenda 21, adopted at the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in 1992. The 10th anniversary of its adoption will be celebrated at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26 - September 4, 2002. More than 40,000 proponents of global governance are expected to gather to adopt a Plan of Action to speed the "wrenching transformation of society" into sustainability.

Agenda 21 . . .

Full Text Here

[madfly]

More on Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

Natural Process: That Environmental Laws
May Serve the Laws of Nature.

[MeekOneGOP]

To Kofi Annan, with love,

Bart

[B4Ranch]

The problem is that the 'average citizen' has no knowledge whatsoever of the actions being taken by our leaders. They are the ones who need to be informed.

How do we resist when both parties are working against us?

[Eustace]

By not remaining silent at any cost.

The Truth is our most powerful weapon right now.

Past that I guess we all have decisions we must make.

I don't care about royalty , economic status , name , job or title , I accept only one King.

And if Gods' own people can't lay claim to this world than neither can Caesar.

Although he has many people believing he can. And that is their main strength LIES , drag them into Gods' Light and they will crumble...

From some of the protests around the world concerning the WTO , it appears many people know the Truth. They don't get coverage so that it appears everyone is going along with the elites , but the elites know better. Which is why they control the medias , our schools and churches and our government.

Once again the will use a catastrophy for effect and confusion , so that their solution (world rule) will be seen as a helpful thing.

Most people don't want to talk about it , it takes them out of their comfort zone. So do we quit talking so their comfort zone can become our substainable slavery ? There's something in the Bible that says when you know your neighbor is in jeopardy and don't warn him , you are also guilty of the harm that comes to him.

I guess I see myself as warning my neighbors the best I can. If they choose to remain in the path of danger , there's nothing I can do.

As much as people don't want to know the Truth , sooner or later they will see it coming.

[madfly]

bump for the Truth!