Wake County board rejects adoption of sustainability report
News Observer
Feb. 20, 2011
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News Observer
Feb. 20, 2011
RALEIGH -- Wake County's board of commissioners gave thumbs down to endorsing the sustainability report it commissioned in 2010, lest it interfere with individual property rights or support any international effort toward collectivism.
The report by a task force -- which examined the county's treatment of energy, water and waste over 18 months -- had been criticized by Republican board members, all of whom voted for putting conditions on it, as did some Democrats. The criticism reflects national conservative opposition to "sustainability" as an international movement that would deprive citizens of their rights.
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On a motion by Democrat Erv Portman, Coble's five conditions for accepting the report were voted on one by one.
The last and perhaps most controversial portion of Coble conditions, which passed on a party line vote, said the county would take no actions based on the United Nations' conference on sustainability in 1992.
Agenda 21, a document resulting from that conference, has been endorsed by many nations and four U.S. presidents, but has been roundly criticized by Tea Party and other conservative groups.
Coble cited the adoption of many cities of the principles of ICLEI, an organization founded as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, as an example of U.N.-backed activism.
"You cannot deny that these conversations are being held around the country and that there are great problems," Coble said.
The report by a task force -- which examined the county's treatment of energy, water and waste over 18 months -- had been criticized by Republican board members, all of whom voted for putting conditions on it, as did some Democrats. The criticism reflects national conservative opposition to "sustainability" as an international movement that would deprive citizens of their rights.
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On a motion by Democrat Erv Portman, Coble's five conditions for accepting the report were voted on one by one.
The last and perhaps most controversial portion of Coble conditions, which passed on a party line vote, said the county would take no actions based on the United Nations' conference on sustainability in 1992.
Agenda 21, a document resulting from that conference, has been endorsed by many nations and four U.S. presidents, but has been roundly criticized by Tea Party and other conservative groups.
Coble cited the adoption of many cities of the principles of ICLEI, an organization founded as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, as an example of U.N.-backed activism.
"You cannot deny that these conversations are being held around the country and that there are great problems," Coble said.
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