‘For The Record’ Examines the U.N.’s Agenda 21: 46 States and Counting Oct. 30, 2013 Just put “Agenda 21″ into your computer’s search engine and you’ll find hundreds of pages of information on the topic — ranging from the very bizarre conspiracy theories to very real comprehensive environmental polices adopted by local communities. The United Nation’s global plan for “sustainable development” might not sound nefarious, but many of its opponents say it threatens the very fabric of American life. The policy signed by 179 world leaders in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, has largely stayed under the radar, but it has never gone away. For The Record Examines the U.N.s Agenda 21: 46 States and Counting Since President George H.W. Bush first signed onto Agenda 21, the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives, or ICLEI, has been established to help local governments across the globe implement the group’s environmental and development policies. More than 450 U.S. cities and counties in 46 states have become members, according to the organization’s website. Additionally, more than 1,000 major cities around the globe are also members. While Congress has never approved Agenda 21, both Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama signed executive orders supporting the initiative. TheBlaze TV’s For The Record takes an in-depth look at how Agenda 21 is being implemented in communities throughout the United States in Wednesday night’s new episode, “The Agenda” (8:30 p.m. ET). Opponents of Agenda 21 told “For the Record” it’s something every American should understand because it guts property rights and civil liberties in an effort to establish a socially-engineered global society. Some San Francisco Bay Area residents are battling city planners on the implementation of “Plan Bay Area and Senate Bill 375,” which is designed to reduce the environmental impact of transportation and housing. In the Bay Area it’s known as a “smart growth” program and it means to move people from rural communities into the city’s urban sprawl where the government would have more control over how they impact the environment. It would reduce the need for vehicles and tighten up the space that people use when they purchase single family homes or farmland. Rosa Koire, a former forensic appraiser and the founder of Democrats Against UN Agenda 21, believes the smart growth plan isn’t so much about environmental impacts but making the people live closer together in areas where the government would have more control over them. Koire said these plans are “kind of the justification for restriction on land use and anything but the dense city centers.” “That’s what smart growth is about is moving people out of rural and suburban areas into the city centers,” she said. Support for the global implementation of Agenda 21 regulations comes not just from members of the United Nations but wealthy donors like billionaire George Soros, whose Open Society gave ICLEI a $2.1 million grant in 1997 to support its local Agenda 21 Project. The financing was used to promote the project in the United States.
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